2 neighborhoods compared — 12 shuls, 6 day schools and 4 mikvaos on the map.
Greater Boston's Orthodox community lives just west of the city, in two quite different places, both inside the Greater Boston Eruv. Brookline and the neighboring part of Brighton are the dense, walkable center — the Young Israel of Brookline, the Bostoner Rebbe's Beth Pinchas, the Maimonides Minyan and a cluster of Brighton shuls, with the Maimonides School and kosher shopping on Harvard Street.
Newton, further west, is the suburban side: Congregation Shaarei Tefillah, Beth El-Atereth Israel and the Sephardic Beit Sasson around Newton Centre, single-family houses, and a Green Line ride into the city.
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| Brookline / Brighton, MA | 8 | · | 6 | 2 | $$$–$$$$ | $1.18M | Moving guide → |
| Newton, MA | 4 | · | · | 2 | $$$$ | $1.45M | Moving guide → |
Greater Boston's Orthodox center — the Young Israel of Brookline, the Bostoner Rebbe's Beth Pinchas and the Maimonides Minyan in Brookline, a cluster of shuls just over the line in Brighton, the Greater Boston Eruv, and the Green Line into the city.
Suburban Orthodox Boston — Congregation Shaarei Tefillah, Beth El-Atereth Israel and the Sephardic Beit Sasson within a few blocks of Newton Centre, inside the Greater Boston Eruv, with single-family houses and a Green Line ride into the city.
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ShulMap maps 2 Orthodox neighborhoods in Boston: Brookline and Newton. Together they have 12 shuls on the map, plus 6 day schools and 4 mikvaos. Each has its own page with a walkable shul map.
Brookline has the most on ShulMap, with 8 mapped, followed by Newton (4). Shul count is a rough guide to community size, not to fit — a smaller community with a daily minyan near housing you can afford may suit a family better than a bigger one.
By the US Census median home value for each community's ZIP (2020–2024), Brookline ($1,181,500) is the most affordable in Boston, and Newton ($1,450,900) the most expensive. These are ZIP-wide figures as valued by owners — asking prices usually run higher, and each relocation guide says which sections cost what.
ShulMap has mikvaos mapped in Brookline and Newton. Day schools are mapped in Brookline. A community without one on the map may still have one we have not added yet, and families commonly use institutions in a neighboring community.
It differs community by community, and ShulMap never infers one. Each community page carries its own eruv detail with the source and the date it was last checked. Always confirm with your local rav or the eruv hotline before carrying on Shabbos.
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