Chinatown

Boston crews are repairing a water main break that submerged the streets of the city’s Chinatown neighborhood Friday.

The water main line that broke was a 12 inch pipe dating back to 1904, that was relined in 2000, according to the Boston Water and Sewer Commission. Crews are still working to determine the issue.

Traffic is being redirected in the area as water flows into the streets.

A water main break caused considerable street flooding and wreaked havoc for commuters Friday morning in the Chinatown area of Boston. The water main break happened in the area of Kneeland Street and Washington Street, not far from the Chinatown T stop and Tufts Medical Center. The issue began around 5:30 a.m. Friday, and water was flowing down the streets…

The city-sponsored daytime service supplements the MBTA’s shuttles in the area, which only operate in the early morning and at night.

Additional bus service was launched Friday morning to help people get around the Chinatown area of Boston during the Orange Line’s shutdown. The City of Boston has contracted with a third-party transportation company to provide daytime shuttle service that will operate between the Government Center, Chinatown and Tufts Medical Center T stops. Shuttle service will now run every 30 minutes…

The new plan, announced during a community meeting Wednesday night at Josiah Quincy Elementary involves, involves adding two more bus options to service Chinatown and Tufts Medical Center.

The MBTA says it is working with Boston officials to add a Silver Line bus stop in Chinatown after the neighborhood was omitted from a plan for shuttle buses to replace Orange Line service during the monthlong shutdown.

The MBTA said in a statement that it’s still in dialogue with the City of Boston “regarding the impacts of the Orange Line work and alternative transportations options.”

The MBTA is responding to growing pressure to include Chinatown in its shuttle bus plan after the Boston neighborhood was omitted from its original plan for shuttle buses to replace Orange Line service during the monthlong shutdown that starts Friday. Residents had a chance to weigh in Wednesday during a meeting with local leaders and the MBTA. The meeting began…

The MBTA’s shuttle plans do not include shuttle replacement rides at four stops along the Orange Line, including Chinatown, Downtown Crossing, State Street, and Tufts Medical Center.

Those who use the T are already bracing for the inevitable headaches that are coming once the Orange Line shuts down in just a few days, but those riders who use the Chinatown stop are now trying to figure out what else they’re going to do because shuttles won’t be an option at the transit station either. The MBTA’s...

T riders who plan to use the shuttle during the shutdown will have to hop off the bus and hop on connecting Green Line trains if they intend to pass through the four stops that are not going to be serviced by shuttle buses, including Tuffs Medical Center, Chinatown, Downtown Crossing, and State.

A man has been arrested and charged in connection with a sexual assault last week in Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood, according to police. Edwin Ramirez, 40, of Boston, has been charged with Aggravated Rape and robbery charges, according to a news release Monday from the Boston Police Department. In a prior release Sunday, police said the assault happened around 8:20 p.m….

Eight people from Massachusetts and New Hampshire have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for their alleged roles in an elaborate money laundering operation in the city’s Chinatown neighborhood.

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Authorities are investigating an escalator malfunction at an MBTA station, the latest issue in a string of incidents for the agency. A spokesperson for the T confirmed that an escalator at the Chinatown station along the Orange Line reversed direction on Sunday, suddenly switching from up to down. Roughly 10 people were using the escalator at the time, the spokesperson…

An award-winning Chinese restaurant in downtown Boston is shutting down. According to a source, Gourmet Dumpling House in the city’s Chinatown neighborhood is closing its doors, with a post from the place (within Google) confirming this and saying the following: Dear Beloved Customers, After 15 years in business, due to the lease term, we are so sorry to inform you…

A judge ordered two children charged in attacks at the Boston Common and in Downtown Crossing to wear GPS bracelets as a condition of bail. Two unidentified 13-year-olds were arraigned Monday at Suffolk County Juvenile Court. One of the defendants is facing 14 charges in connection with nine incidents; that person was ordered held on $5,000 bail, the Suffolk County…