Directions
Getting Here
Location
The PIRC is located in Holyoke Center Room 550, 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge. Holyoke Center is located at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue, Holyoke Street, and Mount Auburn Street.
By Public Transit and Shuttle
Holyoke Center is one block from the Harvard Square Red Line Station. Parking is available at the Alewife, Braintree, or Riverside MBTA “T” stations. Holyoke Center is also near the 1, 66, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74/75, 77, 77A, 78, 86, and 96 bus stops. For more information, see www.mbta.com.
Shuttle buses run between Harvard Square and the Watertown Arsenal on the Charles on Arsenal Street. For more information, see www.uos.harvard.edu/transportation.
Parking
On-street parking is very difficult. The following garages are within walking distance of Holyoke Center (map):
- Holyoke Garage, Holyoke Street
- Church Street Parking Lot
- Harvard Square Parking Garage, 65 JFK Street
- University Place Garage, University Road, off Bennett Street
- Charles Hotel Parking, 1 Bennett Street
- Alewife T Station Parking, intersection of Route 2 and Route 16. Harvard Square is the third stop from Alewife and is approximately a ten minute ride.