r/Brookline

My roommate and I are looking at apartments for the fall and 50 Green St/The Concorde popped up. We like the look of the unit, but then of course we went down a rabbit hole and found out about the bed bug apocalypse of summer 2025 😭

Does anyone live there now / lived there recently / know what the current status is? Has that been dealt with or is it still an issue?

TIA!!

the amount of aylit schultz signs in my neighborhood have doubled since her recent controversies began what’s up with that

Hello all - I wonder if anyone can reflect on their experience with noise complaints in Brookline?

Background: My apartment shares a parking lot with a long line of single-family homes, ONE of which contains, I think, a college-aged son who returns for breaks and summer vacations. Reliably, every week, this single house will play extremely loud music at least once a week, throw backyard parties, and play basketball until midnight, with lots of hollering and cursing by a group of guys.

It goes straight into my eardrums; the noise is inside my home, I promise you. Windows closed doesn't make a difference.

I've been dreading summer for a while this year, knowing he's gonna come back.

If I repeatedly call the non-emergency noise violation police #, will they go by the house each time...? Is there a smarter way to handle it? I've asked the parents to try to get their son to cool it, but if they've delivered the message, he doesn't seem to be listening.

Any advice on getting this under control is greatly appreciated. It just bums me out so much that one house, surrounded by hundreds of neighbors, can make living conditions so unpleasant. I just wanna sleep in my bed, not a couch as far from the noise as I can get.

I have a friend running in the marathon. I live on beacon but I don’t want to park myself on the street all day. Will I be able to make my way to the front to see the road when my friend passes or will people be weird and hostile about it?

I am contemplating a move, but at the worst possible time. I am in the middle of chemo while also working full-time & am so overwhelmed.

I was hoping to hire someone to help me pack my stuff up neatly in boxes. Wouldn’t involve any major, heavy, lifting, just helping me get clothes and books into boxes.

I was thinking I would pay $35 an hour, but I am open to suggestions about what other people think would be fair.

Curious, what others think:

-do you think this is something someone would be interested in doing?

-is $35 an hour fair? What would you charge?

-any recommendations of where I should post?

-if anyone reading this happens to be interested, I live in Brookline. Please comment to let me know that you are sending me a DM, and then message me!!

Thank you everyone for your advice.

There are barely ever any cars pulling out from Englewood Ave, yet that street gets a ridiculous amount of green time. Meanwhile, if I'm on Beacon Street, I almost always hit a red, and then have to wait forevvvvvvver for the green, and watch as there are literally no cars pulling out from Englwood.

Like, it's insane how much green time Englewood gets for how few cars there ever are.

This is so dumb, Brookline.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

Looking for any recommendations for reasonably fresh-roasted beans outside of supermarkets and Starbucks

Hi - I'm wondering if there is one site where I can get a breakdown of the local candidates for the upcoming elections? Thank you.

Hi all, I’m looking for suggestions for contractors in the area for the renovation of a 2000 sq ft house. If any body knows who to ask or who to stay away from it would be appreciated greatly. We are trying to make the house more accessible for my MIL.