Traffic Advisory For 2026 Student Move-In

Parking restrictions will help with move-in activity in the City of Boston. Check below for neighborhood-specific information:

BOSTON UNIVERSITY 

Monday, August 31 to Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Parking restrictions will be in place from August 31 to September 1, 2026,  8 a.m. to 8 p.m., to help facilitate student move-in:

• Pratt Street - North side (even side), from Linden Street to Ashford Street.
• Ashford Street - North side (even side), from Linden Street to Malvern Street
• Gardner Street - North side (even side), from Linden Street to Malvern Street
• Linden Street - East side (even side), from Gardner Street to Pratt Street.
• Brighton Avenue - South side (even side), from Linden Street to Reedsdale Street.
• Highgate Street - North side (even side), from Cambridge Street to Farrington Street.
• Farrington Street - North side (even side), in front of #14 Farrington Street to Highgate Street
• Cambridge Street - South side (even side), from #424 Cambridge Street (near Denby Street) to Linden Street 
• Wadsworth Street - North side (even side), from Pratt Street to Hartley Terrace

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

Fenway – Tuesday, September 1 to Monday, September 7, 2026

Parking restrictions will be in place on the following streets:

• Opera Place - Both sides, from Huntington Avenue to Saint Stephen Street
• Hemenway Street - Odd side, from Forsyth Way to Westland Avenue.
• Saint Stephen Street - Both sides, from Opera Place to Gainsborough Street

Additional parking restrictions will be in place on the following streets for Tuesday, September 1, only. 

• Gainsborough Street - Both sides, from Huntington Avenue to Hemenway Street
• Hemenway Street - Even side, from Forsyth Way to Westland Avenue.
• Saint Stephen Street - Both sides, from Gainsborough Street to Massachusetts Avenue
• Symphony Road - Both sides, from Hemenway Street to Saint Stephens Street
• Westland Avenue - Both sides, from Hemenway Street to Massachusetts Avenue

Roxbury – Monday, August 31 to Monday, September 7, 2026

Parking restrictions will be in place from Friday, September 4, to Sunday, September 6 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the following street:

• Columbus Avenue - North side (odd side), from Burke Street to Melnea Cass Boulevard

Additional parking restrictions will be in place on the following streets from Monday, August 31, to Tuesday, September 1: 

• Coventry Street - Both sides, from Tremont to Columbus Avenue
• Tremont Street - North side (odd side), from Burke Street to Coventry Street

Additional parking restrictions will be in place on the following streets from Saturday, September 5, to Monday, September 7: 

• Columbus Avenue - South side (even side), from Coventry Street to Douglas Park
• Davenport Street - Both sides, from Tremont Street to Columbus Avenue

MISSION HILL MOVE-IN DAY - Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Parking restrictions will be in place on the following streets to help ease the congestion of  new residents and students moving into these areas on Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the following streets:

• Alleghany Street - South side, even side, from Parker Street to heading westerly to end
• Burney Street - East side, even side, from Tremont Street to Delle Avenue
• Calumet Street - North side, even side, from Darling Street to Hillside Street
• Carmel Street - East side, even side, from Tremont Street to Delle Avenue
• Cherokee Street - South side, even side, from Pontiac Street to Hillside Street
• Copenger Street - South side, even side, from Parker Hill Avenue to end
• Darling Street - East side, even side, from Calumet Street to Hillside Street
• Delle Avenue - South side, even side, from Parker Street to Carmel Street
• Eldora Street - South side, even side, from Sunset Street to Hillside Street
• Frawley Street - West side, odd side, from Huntington Avenue to Hillside Street
• Harleston Street - West side, even side, from Calumet Street to Parker Hill Avenue
• Hillside Street - North side, odd side, from Parker Hill Avenue to Parker Street
• Iroquois Street - North side, odd side, from Sachem Street to Calumet Street
• Mission Street - East side, odd side, from Stockwell Street to Huntington Avenue
• Oswald Street - West side, odd side, from Calumet Street to Hillside Street
• Parker Street - East side, even side, from Tremont Street to Fisher Avenue
• Parker Hill Avenue - West side, odd side, from Huntington Avenue to Hillside Street
• Pontiac Street - East side, even side, from Tremont Street to Hillside Street
• Sachem Street - West side, odd side, from Hillside Street to Calumet Street
• Saint Alphonsus Street - Both sides, from Tremont Street to Calumet Street
• Sewall Street - West side, odd side, from Tremont to Delle Avenue
• Stockwell Street - North side, odd side, from Wait Street to Frawley Street
• Sunset Street - East side, even side, from Parker Hill Avenue to Hillside Street
• Wait Street - East side, even side, from Huntington Avenue to Hillside Street