Directions to Whitehead
Main location
Nine Cambridge Center (Kendall Square)
Cambridge, MA
617.258.5000
Map
Driving to Whitehead Institute
From Logan Airport
Take Sumner Tunnel to 93 North. Exit right off 93 at
the Cambridge/Storrow Drive exit. When the ramp splits,
bear right following signs to Storrow Drive. Exit left
at the Kendall Square exit. At traffic light take a
right onto the Longfellow Bridge. Follow Main Street
(Main flows into Broadway) and take a left at the second
set of lights (Ames St.). You will see the Whitehead
Institute, which is on the corner of Main Street and
Galileo Galilei Way, at a slight distance on your right.
There are three public parking facilities located nearby.
Please see the information on Public
Parking below.
From the south
Exit right off Route 93 at the Storrow Drive exit.
Once on Storrow Drive, exit left at the Kendall Square
exit. At traffic light take a right onto the Longfellow
Bridge. Follow Main Street (Main flows into Broadway)
and take a left at the second set of lights (Ames Street).
You will see the Whitehead Institute, which is on the
corner of Main Street and Galileo Galilei Way, at a
slight distance on your right. There are three public
parking facilities located nearby. Please see the information
on Public Parking below.
From the north
Take Route 93 to exit 26, Leverett Circle/Cambridge.
Follow signs for Route 28 North and Cambridge. Move
into the middle or left lane and take a left, following
signs for Cambridge and the Museum of Science. Take
a right and continue until the second light (you will
pass the Museum of Science on the left). Take a left
(this is Edwin Land Boulevard but the road is not marked
at this intersection). Continue on this road (Galleria
Mall will be on your right), passing through one light
until you see a sign for Kendall Square. Take a right
onto Binney Street. Continue on Binney until you reach
the third set of lights at the intersection of Broadway.
Take a left onto Broadway. Take the next right (Ames
Street). You will see the Whitehead Institute, which
is on the corner of Main Street and Galileo Galilei
Way, at a slight distance on your right. There are three
public parking facilities located nearby. Please see
the information on Public Parking
below.
From the Massachusetts Turnpike
Exit left at exit 18, Cambridge/Allston. Bear right
off exit towards Cambridge. Go over bridge and take
a right onto Memorial Drive. Immediately after passing
the Hyatt Hotel on your left, take a left at the light.
At the end of the street, take a right onto Vassar Street.
Continue straight down Vassar, through the intersection
of Massachusetts Avenue, about one mile total. Vassar
intersects Main Street. Whitehead is ahead diagonally
on your right, at the corner of Main Street and Galileo
Galilei Way. Continue straight through the intersection
of Main and Vassar streets onto Galileo Galilei Way.
Pass Whitehead Institute on your right. At the traffic
light, make a right onto Broadway. Continue straight
one block; make a right at next traffic light onto Ames
Street. You will see the Whitehead Institute, which
is on the corner of Main Street and Galileo Galilei
Way, at a slight distance on your right. There are three
public parking facilities located nearby. Please see
the information on Public Parking
below.
Taking public transportation to Whitehead Institute
Whitehead Institute is located on the Red Line subway
system at the Kendall Square/MIT stop. Exit the T station
and walk away from Boston (away from the river) on Main
Street. The Whitehead Institute is two blocks up on
the right, at the corner of Main Street and Galileo
Galilei Way.
Public parking
Parking is not available at Whitehead Institute. There
are three public parking facilities located close to
the main building of the Whitehead Institute. One is
behind Nine Cambridge Center, with entrances off Galileo
Galilei Way and Ames Street. The second is on Broadway
between Galileo Galilei Way and Ames Street. The third
is on Ames Street between Broadway and Main Street.
They are indicated on the map
by a “P.”
Parking also is available at 500 Technology Square.
To access that garage, continue on Main Street away
from Kendall Square, take a right onto Portland Street.
Take Portland Street to the next intersection and take
a right onto Broadway. The entrance to Technology Square
and the parking garage will be on your right. The Technology
Square garage is the second garage on the right.
Last updated December 2, 2008. |