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Living in Boston

For those who are new to Boston, here are some links to help you find your way.

Housing

Apartment Guide's online service (find an apartment by price range/number of beds/property name, or find a roommate.)

For Rent's online service (search an apartment by location/price range

The Boston Globe's real estate information

Craigslist's online posting service

Google's search for real estate

Neighborhood Information

Information about different neighborhoods in the city of Boston

Public Transportation through the Boston area

Crime statistics in different neighborhoods

Transportation

MBTA's schedules and maps for buses, subways, commuter rails and boats (can be downloaded to a Palm device)

Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (driver manual, renew or replace a license, pay a citation, vehicle registration, etc.)

Shuttles in the Longwood Medical Area

MapQuest's service to find a location and driving direction

SmartTraveler's real-time road information in and around Boston

Google's search for taxi service in Boston

Airports

Local airports

Logan Airport (includes getting to and from Logan)

UTILITIES

Electricity

List of electrical contractors in Mass.

Electrical contractors in Boston

KeySpan Energy

Nstar Electricity and Gas

Gas

Service Magic

Oil

Arlington Energy

Heat USA

Service Magic

Order Oil, online oil marketplace

Recycling

Google recycling locations in Boston

Banks

Listing of Banks in Boston

Citizens Bank

Bank of America

HSBC

Information for online banking

New England Credit Union

Sovereign Bank

State Farm Bank (online banking)

Washington Mutual (online banking)

Harvard University Employee Credit Union (available to Dana-Farber employees)

Tremont Credit Union (available to Dana-Farber employees)

Healthclubs

YMCA Boston — locations throughout Boston area

Classes with Boston Ballet

Other ballet companies

Curves Gym (for women)

Gold's Gym

How to choose a health club

Fitness center for women

World Gym

Fitcorp (Dana-Farber discount)

Boston Sports Club

Beacon Hill Athletic Club

Telephone

Companies

AT&T home phone service

AT&T wireless service

Cingular Wireless service

RCN cable TV/high speed/dialup internet/local phone service

Sprint wireless service

T-mobile wireless service

Verizon home phone and DSL Internet service

Verizon wireless service

Telephone Books

Verizon's online directory service

WhitePages.com Network's online directory service

SBC (AT&T)/BellSouth's online directory service

City and region

Boston's news and ads, useful information for visitors to get around the city

CitySearch's restaurants, bars, hotels, spa, movies and other business information in Boston

The Boston Globe's online service (news, business, sports, travel, etc.)

Massachusetts' real estate, home service, news, restaurant, hotel, car rental, airline tickets and other travelers' information

Mystic Media's websites for agritourism/ecotourism (pick your own berries, natural history museum), fairs and festivals, shopping, ski, wedding, spa, whale watching, cruises, etc, in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont)

Schools

Private schools

New York Times' school guide

Private school Listings on about.com

Public schools

New York Times' public school information

Brookline Schools

After-school programs in Allston-Brighton

Grocery stores

Find a Shaw's or Starmarket grocery store near you

Wholefoods Market (organic and fresh food)

Trader Joe's (culinary unique organic store)

Super 88 Grocery Store (leading Asian supermarket chain in the Boston area)

In Case of Emergency

In the United States, it is standard to dial 911 on any telephone to get the police call center. You will need to be able to report the location and state the reason that there is an emergency.

For listings of your local Boston police stations, check out your neighborhood information at:http://www.cityofboston.gov/neighborhoods/default.asp