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What homes cost at the ends of T lines, mapped

By Tom Acitelli
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By Tom Acitelli

The T is one of the Boston region's binding features, for better or worse. Living near a stop can have its advantages in terms of commute times, but can also cost quite a bit more than living farther away.

What about living at the ends of the T's various tentacles? What's that cost?

Here's a map of representative homes at different ends. They are each no more than a 15-minute walk or so from the actual stations. The data came from real estate research site NeighborhoodX, which culled from current market-rate listings.

Big takeaways: The western ends of the Green Line will cost you as will the Bowdoin end of the Blue.

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Alewife/Red Line

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Unit 2 at 46 Madison Avenue is a 980-square-foot 2-BR, 1-BA condo. It's asking $509 a square foot or $499,000 total.
46 Madison Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140

Braintree/Red Line

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Unit 3101 here is a 1,738-square-foot 2-BR, 3-BA condo asking $339 a square foot or $599,900.
416 John Mahar Hwy, Braintree, MA 02184

Mattapan/Red Line

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This 3,552-square-foot triple-decker with three units, including one for an owner-investor, wants $166 a square foot or $589,000 total.
620 River St, Mattapan, MA 02126

Wonderland/Blue Line

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Unit 1513 here is a 1,060-square-foot condo with two bedrooms and two bathrooms asking $349 a square foot or $369,900 total.
376 Ocean Ave, Revere, MA 02151

Bowdoin/Blue Line

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Unit 1 here is a 1,630-square-foot 2-BR, 2.5-BA asking $644 a square foot or $1,049,000 total.
25 Temple St, Boston, MA 02114

Oak Grove/Orange Line

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This 1,612-square-foot colonial wants $264 a square foot or $424,900 total. It's got four bedrooms and one bathroom.
340 Washington St, Malden, MA 02148

Forest Hills/Orange Line

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This 1,880-square-foot single-family with three bedrooms and one and a half bathrooms wants $239 a square foot or $450,000.
3850 Washington St, Roslindale, MA 02131

Lechmere/Green Line

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The 1,026-square-foot, 1-BR, 1.5-BA Unit 308 here is asking $702 a square foot or $719,900 total.
1 Earhart St, Cambridge, MA 02141

Heath/Green Line

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This is a two-unit apartment building with a convenience store as a tenant on the ground floor. The whole shebang is asking $299 a square foot or $1,050,000 total, though the building needs extensive work, including new kitchens in the apartments.
2 Schiller St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

Riverside/Green Line

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The newly built colonial here runs to 4,110 square feet and has five bedrooms as well as four and a half bathrooms. It wants $365 a square foot or $1,500,000 total.
45 Woodland Rd, Auburndale, MA 02466

Cleveland Circle/Green Line

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Unit 3 here is an 807-square-foot 2-BR, 1-BA asking $539 a square foot or $435,000.
46 Orkney Rd, Boston, MA 02135

Boston College/Green Line

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This 2,100-square-foot, 4-BR, 1.5-BA house wants $1,071 a square foot or $2,250,000 total. Those are the highest sums on this map; and so therefore we think the Green Line's Boston College terminus is the most expensive end of any T line.
66 College Rd, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
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Alewife/Red Line

46 Madison Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140
Unit 2 at 46 Madison Avenue is a 980-square-foot 2-BR, 1-BA condo. It's asking $509 a square foot or $499,000 total.
46 Madison Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140

Braintree/Red Line

416 John Mahar Hwy, Braintree, MA 02184
Unit 3101 here is a 1,738-square-foot 2-BR, 3-BA condo asking $339 a square foot or $599,900.
416 John Mahar Hwy, Braintree, MA 02184

Mattapan/Red Line

620 River St, Mattapan, MA 02126
This 3,552-square-foot triple-decker with three units, including one for an owner-investor, wants $166 a square foot or $589,000 total.
620 River St, Mattapan, MA 02126

Wonderland/Blue Line

376 Ocean Ave, Revere, MA 02151
Unit 1513 here is a 1,060-square-foot condo with two bedrooms and two bathrooms asking $349 a square foot or $369,900 total.
376 Ocean Ave, Revere, MA 02151

Bowdoin/Blue Line

25 Temple St, Boston, MA 02114
Unit 1 here is a 1,630-square-foot 2-BR, 2.5-BA asking $644 a square foot or $1,049,000 total.
25 Temple St, Boston, MA 02114

Oak Grove/Orange Line

340 Washington St, Malden, MA 02148
This 1,612-square-foot colonial wants $264 a square foot or $424,900 total. It's got four bedrooms and one bathroom.
340 Washington St, Malden, MA 02148

Forest Hills/Orange Line

3850 Washington St, Roslindale, MA 02131
This 1,880-square-foot single-family with three bedrooms and one and a half bathrooms wants $239 a square foot or $450,000.
3850 Washington St, Roslindale, MA 02131

Lechmere/Green Line

1 Earhart St, Cambridge, MA 02141
The 1,026-square-foot, 1-BR, 1.5-BA Unit 308 here is asking $702 a square foot or $719,900 total.
1 Earhart St, Cambridge, MA 02141

Heath/Green Line

2 Schiller St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
This is a two-unit apartment building with a convenience store as a tenant on the ground floor. The whole shebang is asking $299 a square foot or $1,050,000 total, though the building needs extensive work, including new kitchens in the apartments.
2 Schiller St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

Riverside/Green Line

45 Woodland Rd, Auburndale, MA 02466
The newly built colonial here runs to 4,110 square feet and has five bedrooms as well as four and a half bathrooms. It wants $365 a square foot or $1,500,000 total.
45 Woodland Rd, Auburndale, MA 02466

Cleveland Circle/Green Line

46 Orkney Rd, Boston, MA 02135
Unit 3 here is an 807-square-foot 2-BR, 1-BA asking $539 a square foot or $435,000.
46 Orkney Rd, Boston, MA 02135

Boston College/Green Line

66 College Rd, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
This 2,100-square-foot, 4-BR, 1.5-BA house wants $1,071 a square foot or $2,250,000 total. Those are the highest sums on this map; and so therefore we think the Green Line's Boston College terminus is the most expensive end of any T line.
66 College Rd, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467