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Directions to Somerville Community Access Television

SCAT is in the heart of Union Square, in the historic Old Firehouse, where Somerville Avenue, Washington Street and Prospect Street meet.  Come any way you wish! Union Square is easily accessible by public transportation. There is a bike rack outside the front door and a metered parking lot beside the building.

scatmap.gif (14888 bytes)Directions by Public Transportation:

Red Line MBTA
to Harvard Square, then the #86 (Sullivan Square) bus to Union Square.
to Davis Square, then the #87 (Lechmere) bus to Union Square

Orange Line MBTA
to Sullivan Square, then the #86 (Allston) bus or the #91 (Central Square) bus to Union Square.

Green Line MBTA
to Lechmere Station, then the #87 (Clarendon Hill) bus to Union Square.

Directions by Car:

From the NORTH:
Take Route 93 South Exit to 28 marked "Sullivan Square". Take the ramp to the end, following the signs to Sullivan Square. At Sullivan Square, take a right at the lights onto Washington Street , past the Sullivan Square "T" station on your right. Continue on Washington Street through four sets of lights, past the Holiday Inn and the Cobble Hill Center on your left and the O'Brien Highway overpass. Union Square is directly ahead. The road will naturally curve to the left after the Gulf Station. Instead, go straight into a metered lot. SCAT is located in the brick building on your left as you enter the lot.

From the SOUTH:
Take Route 93 North to the Central Artery in Downtown Boston and take Exit 28 marked "Rt.99/Sullivan Square/Somerville". At the bottom of the ramp, take a left. Go under the highway overpass, past the Holiday Inn, and keep going straight. Union Square is directly ahead. The road will naturally curve to the left after the Gulf Station. Instead, go straight into a metered lot. SCAT is located in the brick building on your left as you enter the lot.

From the WEST:
Mass Turnpike/Route 90 to Exit 18 marked "Allston/Cambridge". After the toll booth, bear right following the signs to Cambridge/Somerville. At the lights. continue straight over the bridge onto River Street. Follow River Street all the way into Central Square. In Central Square at the lights continue straight across Massachusetts Avenue onto Prospect Street. Follow Prospect Street all the way to the railroad bridge and continue straight into Union Square.

Route 2 East to the end into Cambridge. At the lights, turn left onto Alewife Brook Parkway. Follow to the lights and turn right onto Massachusetts Avenue. Continue on Massachusetts to Porter Square (you'll see the big red mobile of the Porter Square T) and take a left at the lights onto Somerville Avenue. Follow Somerville Avenue into Union Square. In Union Square, at the lights with Red House Chinese food on your right and St Joseph's Church in front, take a left. Take a left at the next set of lights to circle around the SCAT building to enter the parking lot.

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Somerville Community Access Television
90 Union Square, Somerville, MA 02143
Phone: 617-628-8826 | Fax: 617-628-1811
Email:
info@access-scat.org
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