Brighton (Boston)
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Brighton is a former independent town and now a district ( Neighborhood) in the northwest of Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. The name goes back to the English city of Brighton in the county Brighton and Hove. During the first 160 years of its existence the city of Brighton was known as Little Cambridge part of Cambridge. A long time was Brighton a rural town with a larger commercial center at its eastern edge. The city was divided in 1807 by Cambridge from 1874 and was annexed by Boston. Today, Brighton is a great community and is managed for the most part, together with the neighboring district of Allston, which is why both city parts are regularly referred to as Allston - Brighton. The population of this district consists mainly of whites and Asians, and has lower proportions of Latinos and African Americans.
- 2.1 religions
- 2.2 Population development
- 4.1 traffic
- 4.2 Education
Geography
Brighton is located together with the neighboring Allston in the northwest of Boston and borders Cambridge, Watertown, Newton, and Brookline. The border between Cambridge and Watertown and Brighton is the Charles River. The area of the district ( ZIP code 02135 ) includes 2.78 mi ² (7.2 km ²).
Brighton is managed for the most part, together with the neighboring district of Allston ( ZIP code 02134 ). Together, the two districts over an area of 4.12 mi ² ( 10.67 km ²) and 65 276 inhabitants.
Climate
In Brighton, the 121 ft ( 36.88 m) Height is to fall an average of 45 in ( 1,143 mm) of rain per year, plus an annual 48.1 in ( 1221.74 mm) of snow at a total of about 120 days per year with precipitation and 200 days of sunshine. The average high temperature in July is 84 ° F ( 28.89 ° C), the lowest temperature in January is 18.9 ° F ( -7.28 ° C).
History
In 1630, the land on which today Allston - Brighton and Newton are was awarded the City of Watertown. 1634 transferred the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the property rights of the southern side of the Charles River from Watertown to Newetowne, later Cambridge.
Built in 1646, the missionary John Eliot a prayer town on the border of today's places Newton and Brighton where resettled Indians converted to Christianity. The first permanent English settlement was established when settlers crossed the Charles River from Cambridge direction and Little Cambridge founded. This name remained until the area in 1807. Prior to the American War of Independence Little Cambridge was a small, thriving farming community with fewer than 300 inhabitants. Among these were wealthy Boston merchants such as Benjamin Faneuil, after a street in Brighton is named.
A key event in the history of Allston - Brighton was the establishment of a cattle market in 1775 to supply the Continental Army. The founders of the market, Jonathan Winship I and Jonathan Winship II, after the war were the largest meat producer in the entire state of Massachusetts. When the government of Cambridge began to take decisions against the cattle industry and failed to repair the Great Bridge, connecting Cambridge with Little Cambridge, their residents told of Cambridge go. 1807 if the required court approval was issued, and the city changed its name to Brighton.
In 1820, the horticulture was introduced as an industry in the city, and in the following 20 years blossomed Brighton as one of the most important cities in the Boston Garden environment. The business, however not neglected the livestock industry and built in 1834 the Boston and Worcester Railroad, which the cattle trade of the city further supported and strengthened. In 1866 there were in the city 41 slaughterhouses.
In October 1873, the citizens of the city of Brighton decided majority to join by means of annexation to the City of Boston. In January 1874, the official Brighton neighborhood of Boston, leading to a rapid population growth over the next 50 years from 6000 led to 47,000 inhabitants.
Religions
53,01 % of the inhabitants of the district indicate to be religious. 38.66 % are Catholic, 3.22% Jews, 2.13 % Muslim, 1.99% and 1.29 % Baptists are followers of the Episcopal Church. The rest is distributed to other faiths.
Population Development
In 2011 lived in 20,845 households 45 463 inhabitants in Brighton, representing an increase of 3.10 % compared to the previous year. The population density was 15,113 people per square mile and the average age was 33.1 years. 77.85 % of the population claimed to be single.
The population of the district was made up as follows: 79.0 % White, 2.84% African American, 0.17 % Indigenous American, 11.7 % Asian, 6.8% other races. Hispanics accounted for 6.92 % of the population.
6.8 % of residents in 2011 were registered as unemployed (U.S.: 9.1%). The average per capita income was 32 491 U.S. dollars, the average household income was 57 082 U.S. dollars. In 14.4 % of households with an annual income was 100000-150000 U.S. dollars.
Policy
In Brighton, the population is divided politically into 77.49 % 21.14% Democrats and Republicans. 1.37 % belong to independent parties.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
Brighton can be both with the Green Line B of the MBTA as well as via the bus lines 57, 64, 65, 70, 86, 501 and 503 reached. The Green Line C also ends in Brighton and the Green Line D is passing nearby.
While 47.55 % of residents drive their own car to work (USA: 75.83 %), 36.21 % use public transport (USA: 4.84% ). The average time to reach the place of work is 34 minutes.
Education
In Brighton you will find the Elementary Schools
- Edison School
- Winship School
- Baldwin Pilot School
- Mary Lyon ( kindergarten to 8th grade )
And Secondary Schools
- Brighton High School
- Another Course to College ( Pilot)
- Boston Leadership Academy (pilot )
- Mary Lyon Pilot High School (grades 9-12 )
In the district there were many Catholic schools, most of the are closed today. Remained the Saint Columbkille 's School ( kindergarten to 8th grade ) on Market Street and the Mount St. Joseph Academy are at Cambridge Street. EF International Language School is a private school for international students at the Lake Street.
In Brighton are beyond the Bryman Institute, Saint John 's Seminary and parts of Boston College and Harvard University. The district is located in close proximity to other colleges, including Boston University, and is, therefore, residence of many students and faculty.
Personalities
- Michael Bloomberg - Mayor of New York City
- William F. Galvin - Massachusetts Secretary of State
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II - Politician and businessman
- Patrick J. Kennedy - former member of Congress for the first district of Rhode Iceland
- John Krasinski - actor, director and author
- Dennis Lehane - author of the track wolves and many other establishments located in Boston novels
- Mr. Lif - Political Rapper
- Mike Milbury - a former coach and hockey players the Boston Bruins in the NHL
- Steve DeOssie - former professional footballer in the New York Giants and New England Patriots in the NFL
- Fred Salvucci - former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation
- AJ Soares - Football Player at New England Revolution in Major League Soccer
- Charles Richard Stith - Former U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania