The Fenway is the neighborhood that over 1,800 Emmanuel undergraduates call home. Cultural landmarks, Fenway Park, and everything Boston does best — all part of everyday life.

The Museum of Fine Arts Boston — free for Emmanuel students — holds a collection of nearly 500,000 works from every corner of the globe.
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From leading healthcare organizations and storied cultural institutions to music halls and some of the best food in the country, you can find it all in the Fenway.

Boston is consistently named one of the top cities for work, simply because it's a hub for everything—art and culture, healthcare and life sciences, finance and fintech, sports and entertainment, tradition and innovation, education and more.

  • Boston Children's Hospital
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Brigham & Women's Hospital
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Fenway Park/Boston Red Sox
  • Harvard Medical School
  • Merck Research Laboratories Boston
  • Boston Medical Center
  • Brown Brothers Harriman
  • Deloitte
  • EY
  • Fidelity
  • Genzyme
  • Gillette (Global Headquarters)
  • GBH
  • KPMG
  • Liberty Mutual
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Massachusetts State House
  • New Balance (Global Headquarters)
  • Pearson
  • PUMA (North American Headquarters)
  • PwC
  • State Street Bank

From hearing your favorite bands at and seeing world-famous art to breaking a sweat and getting your dorm necessities, check out what the Fenway (and the rest of Boston) has to offer.

  • Blick
  • CorePower Yoga
  • Fenway Park
  • The Green at 401 Park
  • Guitar Center
  • Handle Bar
  • House of Blues
  • Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
  • MGM Music Hall at Fenway
  • Museum of Fine Arts Boston
  • Sephora
  • Target
  • Boston Common/Public Garden
  • Charles River Esplanade
  • Faneuil Hall Marketplace
  • Institute of Contemporary Art
  • Museum of Science
  • New England Aquarium
  • Roadrunner Music Hall
  • Seaport
  • Symphony Hall
  • TD Garden
  • Theater District

Boston was named by US News as one of the Best Food Cities in the U.S. (2023), and we're proud to have all these neighborhood favorites just outside our door.

  • Basho
  • Blackbird Doughnuts
  • Blaze Pizza
  • Caffe Nero
  • Cava
  • Chipotle
  • Citizen Public House
  • El Pelon Taqueria
  • Eventide
  • FOMU
  • Loco
  • Pavement Coffeehouse
  • Pressed
  • Regina Pizzeria
  • Saloniki
  • Starbucks
  • Sweet Cheeks Q
  • Sweetgreen
  • Tasty Burger
  • Tenderoni's
  • Ten One Tea House
  • Time Out Market
  • Wahlburgers
  • Yard House

Colleges of the Fenway (COF)

The Fenway is home to a five-college consortium — Emmanuel among them — that lets you cross-register and enjoy perks from other neighboring colleges.

FAQs

Students in the Fenway have a walkable neighborhood at their disposal. Visiting museums, a Major League ballpark, and more is a part of daily life — and the MBTA connects them to the rest of Boston with no need for a car.

The Fenway is one of Boston's most culturally dense neighborhoods — Fenway Park, the Museum of Fine Arts, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and Symphony Hall sit inside it, with clubs, events and more happening at five college campuses across the same few blocks.

The Fenway neighborhood is also home to four other colleges, giving students a shared stretch of Boston filled with events and neighbors their own age all year-round. It also means more access to academic opportunities, since Emmanuel students can cross-register for courses at the other four colleges.

Yes. The Fenway sits on the MBTA's Green Line, which can connect students to the rest of the city. See all the ways Emmanuel students can traverse Boston.