Driving to the Martinos Center from Interstate 93 Southbound

• Take Interstate 93 South to Exit 28 (Sullivan Square, Charlestown).
• Once off the highway, follow signs for City Square, Charlestown which puts you on to Rutherford Ave.
• Follow Rutherford Ave to City Square. Turn Left at the light onto Chelsea St. as indicated by the small brown National Park Service sign to the USS Constitution/Navy Yard.
• On Chelsea St. turn right at the fourth light onto 13th St.
• Take your first left onto 5th Ave. for the Shipyard Parking Garage.
• From the garage take elevator to first floor (or second floor bridge) and walk down to security desk.

Driving to the Martinos Center from Interstate 93 Northbound

• Enter the new Central Artery Tunnel on I93 Northbound, and take Exit 26 (Storrow Drive).
• Once on the exit ramp inside the tunnel stay in the left lane and exit the tunnel, always remaining in the left lane. You will be forced to turn left once on the streets. Then make a left as you pass under the elevated Green Line at the rear of the Fleet Center. Turn left again to avoid entering the Fleet Center parking garage. Continue to follow the road around to the left until you see the Charles River on your right. As you pass under the Green Line again (this time it’s a concrete bridge) turn right onto the Museum of Science/O’Brien Highway bridge and cross the river. You have just passed through Leverett Circle from the east.
• Continue with “Driving to the Martinos Center from Storrow Drive” below at the second paragraph.

Driving to the Martinos Center from Storrow Drive East

• At the end of Storrow Drive, bear right at the fork and then take a left onto the Museum of Science bridge and O’Brien Highway.
• Enter the right hand lane. You will pass the Museum of Science on your left. Turn right onto Austin Street at the second traffic light at the sign to Charlestown. Cross the bridge over the railroad tracks, and turn right at the end of the bridge onto Rutherford Avenue.
• Continue with “Driving to the Martinos Center from Rutherford Avenue Southbound.”

Driving to the Martinos Center from Rutherford Avenue Southbound

• Once on Rutherford Ave, turn left onto Chelsea St. as indicated by the small brown National Park Service sign to the USS Constitution/Navy Yard. On Chelsea St. turn right at the fourth light onto 13th St. Take your first left onto 5th Ave. for the Shipyard Parking Garage. From the garage take elevator to first floor (or second floor bridge) and walk down to security desk.

Driving to the Martinos Center from Water Street

• For all approaches, follow the small brown National Park Service signs to the USS Constitution/Navy Yard until you have either passed this sailing ship or entered through the Navy Yard gate.
• Continue along Constitution Road/Water Street/Chelsea Street as it curves. You will pass the USS Constitution on your right.
• At 13th Street/Navy Yard Gate 5/MGH East MRI Unit sign, turn right into the Navy Yard.
• You will see Building 149 (MGH Biomedical Research Laboratories) on the right, and a parking garage on the left.
• Turn left, then right into the garage.
• From the garage take elevator to first floor (or second floor bridge) and walk down to security desk.

• Deliveries by truck are made at the Building 149 loading dock, which is reached via the alley immediately in front of Building 149 to the right. Deliveries by cart or two wheeler may be made via the pedestrian ramp at the alley.

Free Shuttle Bus between MGH-East (Charlestown Navy Yard) and the MGH Main Campus via North Station Weekdays

• Leaves every 15 minutes, (6:45am – 6:00pm) (MGH-East, Bldg. 149, Main Entrance to Jackson Building on Blossom Street) Leaves every 30 minutes, (6:15pm – 11:00pm) (MGH-East, Bldg. 149, Main Entrance to Gray Building entrance on Blossom Street). (Arrives/Departs Main Campus on the hour and half hour; Arrives/DepartsMGH-East fifteen minutes before and after the hour.)

Weekends

• Every 30 minutes, (9:00am – 6:00pm), (MGH-East, Bldg. 149, Main Entrance to Jackson Building on Blossom Street) (Arrives/Departs MGH East on the hour and half hour; Arrives/Departs Main Campus fifteen minutes before and after the hour.)

More up-to-date information on shuttle schedules is on the Partners Shuttle Schedules site.

Public Transportation

• Take the Green Line to North Station. Take free MGH Shuttle Bus to the last stop which is Building 149 in the Navy Yard. The bus stops, every 15 minutes (weekdays), across from North Station when heading toward the Navy Yard and just outside North Station when returning to the main campus. See the MGH Visitor’s Page for additional information about the shuttle schedules.
• Take the Red Line to MGH-Charles Street stop. Take free MGH Shuttle Bus from the Blossom Street stop (see above).

Additional Information For more information about getting to MGH, parking, shuttle schedules, and maps, see the MGH Visitor’s Page.