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Directions

MAIN BRANCH
 
To the Main Branch of the Newton Free Library - 330 Homer Street, Newton Centre:


FROM THE NORTH, WEST AND SOUTH:

Best route to Route 128. Proceed on Route 128 to Exit 24 (Route 30/ Commonwealth Avenue). At the end of the exit ramp, turn RIGHT onto Route 30 and go EAST towards Newton and Boston.  Proceed on Route 30 for 3.1 miles and bear RIGHT at the traffic light onto Homer Street. (Newton City Hall is across from Homer Street on the LEFT.)

FROM THE EAST:

Take the Mass Pike or Commonwealth Avenue WEST towards Newton.

Leave the Mass Pike at Exit 17 (Newton-Watertown). Stay in the middle lane at the end of the exit ramp and go straight ahead onto Washington Street. Continue on Washington Street for 1.3 miles to Walnut Street. Turn LEFT onto Walnut Street and drive SOUTH for 1.1 miles to Homer Street. (You will see the LIBRARY across the street at the corner of Homer and Walnut Streets.) Turn RIGHT onto Homer Street and drive past the Library to the adjacent parking lot on the left.

If you take Commonwealth Avenue, continue WEST from Boston or Brookline through Newton until you reach Walnut Street (about 2 miles into Newton). Turn LEFT onto Walnut Street and drive one block to Homer Street. (You will see the LIBRARY across the street at the corner of Homer and Walnut Streets).  Turn RIGHT onto Homer Street and drive past the LIBRARY to the adjacent parking lot on the LEFT.

If you enter the Library from the parking lot, the Druker Auditorium will be the first room on the LEFT.

For a detailed map , please click here for a link to Mapquest.com.

MBTA SCHEDULE 
The Main Branch of the Newton Free Library is accessible by subway, bus or train. 

By subway, take the Green Line to Riverside (D) to the Newton Highlands stop. The Library is approximately 1 mile from the Newton Highlands subway stop on the corner of Walnut Street and Homer Street. 

For a schedule of the Green Line, Riverside (D) line, please click here. 


By bus, take the 59 bus. The bus stops right on the corner of Homer Street and Walnut Street which is across from the Library.

For a schedule of the 59 bus, please click here.

By train, the closest commuter rail connections are at the Newtonville or the Needham line. From either station, taking the 59 bus will bring you to the corner of Walnut Street and Homer Street which is right in front of the Library. 

The NEWTONVILLE station is approximately 1.25 miles away from the Library.

For more information on the Needham line, please click here.


The NEEDHAM HEIGHTS station is approximately 4 miles away from the Library.

For more information on the Framingham/Worcester line, please click here.

BRANCHES 

For directions to the Auburndale Branch, please click here for a link to Mapquest.com.

For directions to the Newton Corner Branch, please click here for a link to Mapquest.com.

For directions to the Nonantum Branch, please click here for a link to Mapquest.com.

For directions to the Waban Branch, please click here for a link to Mapquest.com.

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