Back Bay

Boston police seized 20 mopeds Thursday during an operation they said was aimed at enforcing traffic laws for off-road vehicles. Officers patrolled the South End and Back Bay neighborhoods in search of unlicensed operators with unregistered and uninsured mopeds and motorcycles. Authorities say they focused their efforts on the 500 block of Boylston Street, Huntington Avenue, Gainsborough Street and the…

Boston police say they seized more than a dozen mopeds and made several arrests following a patrol operation in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood on Monday. Officers were assigned to the Back Bay neighborhood to enforce “motor vehicle laws” involving mopeds and motorcycles. Throughout the patrol, authorities said they recovered 13 mopeds for various violations, issued multiple citations and arrested three…

Complaints have been piling up about mopeds blocking traffic and driving erratically.

Whether you’re working from home and need to grab a sandwich during your lunchbreak, or having a weekend hangout and could use a pizza to feed your friends, food delivery apps have become an increasingly popular way to get meals straight to your door. In Boston, though, these convenient services are causing serious headaches on the streets, officials and...

In Boston’s Back Bay, a sign of the times is all about the time in the sign. The City of Boston recently reduced the time pedestrians can legally cross Berkeley Street at Boylston Street, and not everyone is in-step with the move. “We are very concerned about pedestrian safety in the Back Bay,” said Meg Mainzer-Cohen, president of the...

Crossing times in Boston’s Back Bay were recently shortened in a very busy intersection.

Copley Square — one of Boston’s most beloved public spaces — is getting a major facelift, the likes of which haven’t been seen in nearly four decades. The city is in the process of renovating Copley Square Park, a complex project seeking to make the Back Bay plaza “even more human,” according to project manager B Chatfield, with upgrades that…

In our latest “Building Boston” segment, project manager with Boston Parks & Rec B Chatfield walks us through the renovation that’s in the works at the heart of Boston’s Back Bay.

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Authorities arrested a man in connection to two armed robberies in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood this week. Boston Police say they arrested 61-year-old David Joseph Laffey in the area of Island Street and Melnea Cass Blvd. Police said the first armed robbery occurred around 5 p.m. on Wednesday in the area of 470 Commonwealth Avenue, the listed address for Bluemoon…

Boston police are looking for an armed robber who held up two Back Bay smoke shops, including one on Newbury Street, and was seen and heard on surveillance video in the process.

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Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man behind two armed robberies in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood this week. Police said the first armed robbery occurred around 5 p.m. on Wednesday in the area of 470 Commonwealth Avenue, the listed address for Bluemoon Smoke Shop, and the second around 9:15 p.m. on Thursday in the area of 324…

The Parcel 12 development, set to be unveiled in stages in 2024, is set to transform the western edge of Boston’s Back Bay with office space, a hotel, shopping, food and a public plaza.

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Drivers who commute into Boston via the Mass. Pike know it well by now — the new tower with the CarGurus logo on it right as you approach the Back Bay neighborhood. The building is part of a major new development that’s set to be rolled out in 2024 — it’s known as Parcel 12, and includes office space, a…

A 15-year-old student was taken into custody after a loaded gun was discovered in a backpack at Snowden International School in Boston.

A student was found with a loaded gun at a high school in Boston’s Back Bay on Wednesday, officials said. Snowden International School was locked down for about an hour after the student was found with a gun on school property, the head of school said in a letter to the community. No one was hurt. Boston police confirmed...

A man took pictures of people undressing in a changing room at a store on Boston’s Newbury Street Sunday afternoon, police said, asking for help finding him. Boston police didn’t say what store or stores the illicit photos were taken in. The incident took place about 3:30 p.m. at a store near the intersection with Clarendon Street. “The individual...

Emergency crews responded Thursday afternoon to a manhole explosion in Boston. The incident happened on Huntington Avenue, in front of the Cheesecake Factory in the city’s Back Bay neighborhood. Police did not have word on any potential injuries. No further information was immediately available.

There was a lengthy line of dedicated Apple fans outside of the tech giant’s Boylston Street store in Boston’s Back Bay on Friday morning, as the iPhone 15 launched to the masses. People were seen lined up along the sidewalk Friday morning, as Apple employees filtered people inside, surely to avoid chaos inside the store. The Boylston Street retailer...

Firefighters were seen atop of Hynes Convention Center in Boston’s Back Bay on Thursday morning, where a fire broke out twice. A routine test of the generator apparently led to the fuel line catching fire. Firefighters were able to put it out, before it reignited once again. That fire was put out a second time. An employee who was...

A routine test of the generator resulted in a fuel line catching fire.