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Directions to
Puppet Showplace Theatre
32 Station Street, Brookline

VIA PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

1. From the city, take the MBTA Green Line D outbound to Riverside.
2. Get off at the Brookline Village stop.
3. The theatre is across the street.

Inbound from Riverside, (just off Rt.128) is all above ground which makes for a pleasant ride.

A number of buses, like the #66/Cambridge, also serve Brookline Village.

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FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE

1. Take the exit for Route 95/128 South.
2. Take Exit 20 for Route 9 East.
3. Take Rt.9 East through Newton into Brookline.
4. Follow directions Coming East on Route 9.

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COMING EAST ON RT. 9

1. Continue on Route 9, past Route 95/128 approximately 6 miles into Brookline.
   Your trip will be generally downhill. Once past a small reservoir on the right, there's about a mile to go.
   At the bottom of the hill, through several lights, there's a large red brick fire station on the right and a footbridge over the highway straight ahead.
2. Take a jughandle turn to the rightto cross Washington Street.
   You will circle all the way around the fire station.
3. Cross Rt. 9 onto Washington Street.
   Washinton goes right over the T tracks and over a small bridge.
4. Immediately after you have crossed the bridge, turn right on Station Street, between the pizza parlor and the Post Office.
5. The theatre is down the block, on the left, across from the T station.

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FROM SOUTH OF BOSTON

1. Use Routes 3, 24, 1, or I-95 to get to Route 95/128 North.
2. Exit at Rt. 9.
3. Follow directions Coming East on Route 9.

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FROM THE TOBIN BRIDGE

1. Follow the signs to Storrow Drive.
2. Exit at Kenmore Square
3. In the Square, turn left after the bus station on Brookline Avenue
   This will take you onto a bridge that goes over the Turnpike, past the back of Fenway Park, past Simmons and Wheelock Colleges, past the hospitals. You will cross the Riverway several blocks before reaching Rt. 9 (West).
4. Bear right at big intersection facing the apartment complex.
5. Drive under the footbridge and turn right.
6. Immediately after you have crossed the bridge, turn right on Station Street, between the pizza parlor and the Post Office.
7. The theatre is down the block, on the left, across from the T station.

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FROM THE JAMAICAWAY (INBOUND)

1. Turn onto Brookline Avenue toward Brookline (away from the hospitals.)
2. At the intersection with Rt 9 (west), bear right.
3. Pass under the footbridge and bear right onto Washington Street.
4. Immediately after you have crossed the bridge, turn right on Station Street, between the pizza parlor and the Post Office.
5. The theatre is down the block, on the left, across from the T station.

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FROM NORTH OF BOSTON

1. South on Route 2.
2. Turn right onto Fresh Pond Parkway at the Alewife MBTA Station.
3. Follow this highway to the Charles River.
4. Turn left on Memorial Drive in Cambridge.
5. Go down to the high BU Bridge,
6. Bear right to cross the river.
7. Continue on until entering the Riverway, which crosses Rt. 9 just past the hospitals.
8. Turn right on Rt. 9.
9. Bear right at big intersection facing the apartment complex.
10. Drive under the footbridge and turn right crossing the bridge over the T tracks.
11. Immediately after you have crossed the bridge, turn right on Station Street, between the pizza parlor and the Post Office.
12. The theatre is down the block, on the left, across from the T station.

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