Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway — Attraction in Boston

Modern sculptures, organic horticulture, and beautiful foliage in downtown Boston - what's not to like? Well, the traffic - if you walk through at rush hour, it's a headache - honking and sirens, the air acrid with car exhaust. But if you visit early-EARLY in the morning during spring or fall bird migration, the RK Greenway is a little big magical. The gently curving design of the park must resemble a river from the air, because it reliably attracts birds usually seen near rivers or willows: yellow-bellied sapsucker, Lincoln's sparrow, swamp sparrow, and Northern waterthrush. It's also a magnet for migrating hermit thrush, ovenbird, and common yellowthroat. Every now and then, a yellow-breasted chat ends up here as well.

Beware the lunch rush during the work week; it's a great time to buy some pork and scallion dumplings, but not a great time to see birds in this lovely little urban greenspace. For the non-birders, there's a beer garden, a weekly farmer's market, food trucks of course, and reliably great food in Chinatown (Dumpling Cafe! Suishaya! Shojo!) within easy...

I love going to this Greenway.

It’s centrally located for a good time: To one side is the North End (Little Italy) and to the other side Boston Public Market and Union Oyster House. You’re also less than a half-mile from the Wharf and Aquarium.

This greenway is great for: kids, families, friends, couples and if you’re doing a meetup group. They have splash zones for the kids, and you’ll see students and picnickers everyday.

The Views: The trees and flowers are well kept and beautiful. It has a nice view of the old historical parts of Boston as well as the skyline.

The park is safe from 7am till 9pm. I haven’t visited outside those hours so I can’t make any claims. But generally speaking it’s well-lit and there are plenty of people including park maintenance and...

overall a great area park to explore though it CAN be a prime target area for thieves and scam artists so be careful also can have many homeless people around i see them often throughout the entire length of the park. but overall its a relatively safe and wonderful park that extends from South Station all the way up to Haymarket Square connecting much of the Financial District, Seaport, Waterfront, Aquarium/Harborwalk, and much of the North End & Fanueil Hall a great place to explore relax have lunch and spend time to see what was ONCE the DREADFUL I 93 Southeast Expressway to NOW a beautiful clean park good in almost ANY season just be advised it is OPEN AIR so it is exposed to the Elements...