Free Neighborhood Happenings This Week

updated 08/08/25 to include The Distillery Gallery's opening reception August 9th. 

8/5: National Night Out starting at 3:30pm to 6pm at Moakley Park (450 Old Colony Ave.)basketball courts near the football field. Meet Mayor Michelle Wu, Police Commissioner Michael Cox, BPD Command Staff and your neighbors! Free food, face painting, music and entertainment!

8/7: Spoke Art presents From the Monastery, a group exhibition of new works. Opening reception is from 6pm to 8pm at 844 Summer Street. Show runs through August 30, 2025.

8/9: The American City Coalition (TACC) will be hosting Un Día de Kayak (Joy of Kayaking), transporting our Dorchester and Roxbury neighbors to the Fort Point Channel from 10am to 2pm. Please welcome them to our neighborhood. There will be festivities on and along the Fort Point Channel from the Fort Point Pier (dock) to the Children's Museum to Fan Pier. 

8/9: Get a first look at Bodies of Work, a group exhibition showcasing the work of current and former staff members at Maquette Fine Art Services, from  6-9pm at The Distillery Gallery, 516 E 2nd St.

8/10: Castle Island: Oasis of Peace, Beauty, and Joy, captures a magical place where people of all ethnicities and religious traditions can enjoy themselves as seen through the lens of photographer Sylvia Stagg-Guiliano. Opening reception is from 4pm to 6pm at the Gallery at 249A, 249 A Street. Show runs through September 4, 2025. 

originally published 08.05.25

July Special Meeting & Upcoming Happenings

 updated 8/9/24: Paramount Movie Nights in the Seaport 

You are invited to 

A Special Edition Neighborhood Gathering

Tuesday, July 30, 2024
6 pm to 7 pm

Zoom on in!

featuring

Fort Point's 1st Office to Residential Conversion Proposal

 home of the  Boston Wharf Co. Industrial Real Estate sign

263 Summer Street

Adam Burns

Principal at Burns Realty and Investments

plus

Neighborhood Updates  

If you have any questions for our speaker,

please submit them by Monday, July 29th at noon to FPNA.

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Upcoming Happenings

July 26: SONG/LAND/SEA | WAI Water Warning from 6pm to 8pm join Lani Asunción and collaborators on The Greenway to activate a new sculpture installation with live music, performance, and dance! Limited free tickets.

Commonwealth Pier:
Revitalization of the “World Trade Center” at 200 Seaport Blvd, removing the event space and converting to office. Chapter 91 license revision currently under review. Public Comment deadline is July 29, 2024. Project plans and documents for this Waterways Application are available at the EEA ePlace Public Access Portal (enter 24-WW03-0003-AMD in the Search Page in the “Record ID” field)

July 30: FPNA Special Edition Neighborhood Gathering at 6pm.

August 2: Free FPAC Harbor Harmonies Concert at 7:30pm at the FPAC Art Space across from the Barking Crab. Mattias and Bahar will be presenting a program of original compositions, traditional Persian music, klezmer, and more.

August 6: National Night Out at Moakley Park (450 Old Colony Ave) from 3pm to 5:30pm. Join South Boston’s BPD C-6 for an evening of fun, food, community spirit, and safety awareness across the city. 

August 10: Un Día de Kayak (Joy of Kayaking) from 10am to 3pm. Welcome our neighbors from Roxbury and Dorchester as they explore the waterfront on land (Boston Children's Museum to the ICA) and on water (Fort Point Pier). The event is hosted by The American Cities Coalition.

August 10: Atlantic Wharf Summer Bash from 12pm to 5pm Enjoy lawn games, live performances, a vendor market and more throughout our indoor and outdoor spaces. Free and open to the public. 

Every Monday through September 23rd, be entertained by free outdoor Paramount+ Movie Nights in the Seaport at 88 Seaport Blvd. Lot opens at 6pm. Movies start at dusk.

Every Tuesday and Thursday through August 22nd enjoy a FREE live Berklee College of Music performance on Waterfront Plaza at Atlantic Wharf, part of the “Summer in the City” series.

August 16: Save the Harbor/Save the Bay hosts their annual Beats On The Beach Block Party on the Channelside Lot (45 Binford St.) from 5:30-9:30PM. The Block Party is a FREE community art celebration organized in collaboration with local artists to put money in the hands of POC creatives and connect people to the Boston waterfront.

August 23:  34 DRYDOCK AVENUE Chapter 91 license minor modification comment deadline for a two-story emergency medical service facility with ambulance bays and public restrooms on the ground floor and crew quarters on the second floor located within the RLFMP and South Boston DPA on Filled Commonwealth Tidelands. For Project Information, visit EEA ePlace Public Access Portal (search by Record ID: 24-WWAR-0042-APP). NOTE: There is no public meeting for a minor modification. 

August 24: State Primary Voter Registration Deadline 

August 26: State Primary Vote by Mail Application Deadline

September 3: Polls will be open at 55 Pier 4 Blvd from 7am to 8pm.

originally published 07.24.24

Celebrate 2023 National Night Out

Celebrate National Night Out on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, from 5pm to 8pm at the Moakley Park basketball courts on Columbia Road. 

The 38th Annual National Night Out Boston is a citywide celebration that cultivates and strengthens partnerships between the community, youth, law enforcement, city/state agencies, and community-based organizations.  The event also acknowledges the contributions that Neighborhood Watch Groups make to Boston’s neighborhood safety and it fosters community participation. 

Come meet Mayor Michelle Wu, Police Commissioner Michael Cox, Boston Police Department Command Staff and your neighbors! 

There will be free kids' activities, food and entertainment plus awards for Boston's crime watch groups.

For more information, call the Neighborhood Crime Watch Unit at 617-343-4345.

National Night Out, “America’s Night Out Against Crime”, began in 1984 in an effort to promote involvement in crime prevention activities, police-community partnerships, neighborhood camaraderie and send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back. The National Night Out program culminates annually, on the first Tuesday of August nationwide.  National Night Out represents the kind of spirit, vitality and determination to help make neighborhoods a safer place year-round. The one-night celebration honors safety and crime prevention successes and works to expand and strengthen programs year-round. 

A Look At What's Happening This Week & Next

updated 8/1/22 with August 1st Abutters meeting recording and August 2nd National Night Out.

What's Developing in the Neighborhood: 

July 19: 17 Farnsworth Street Public Meeting at 6pm. Replace existing, 361-vehicle parking garage built in 1986 with four-story Life Sciences building with mechanical penthouse set back from the roof edges to minimize visibility from the ground. No onsite accessory parking. Per Coastal Flood Resilience Overlay District, dry flood-proofed at least two feet above Sea Level Rise Base Flood Elevation (19.5 ft. BCB). For additional project details, explore the Project Notification Form. Comment deadline: July 29, 2022

July 19: 776 Summer St (Edison Power Plant) Phase 1 Impact Advisory Group Public Meeting at 6pm. Phase 1 will be located on 8.4 acres / 364,409 square feet within the approximately 15.2 acre (approximately 661,500 square foot) parcel of land known as and numbered 776 Summer Street in South Boston. It includes the rehabilitation of the Edison Turbine Halls 1, 2, and 3 and the construction of the buildings on Blocks D and F.  

July 20th: Blue Bottle (113 Autumn Lane) Abutters Meeting at 4pm. Requesting a Common Victualler License. Public welcome.

Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83983923336

July 20th: Madras Dosa Co (55 Wharf Rd) Abutters Meeting at 5pm. Requesting to extend operating hours to 2 AM on weekdays and 3 AM on the weekends plus add third party delivery services. This fast, casual Indian restaurant does not serve alcohol.  Public welcome.

Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89317945940 

July 20: Moakley Park Design Phase 1 Community Meeting at 6pm. Register.

July 20: BPDA Proposed Zoning Amendments of Floor Area and Other Definitions Public Meeting from 6pm-7:30pm. The proposed amendments will update several terms in the definition sections in Articles 2 and 2A, including Filled and Flowed Tidelands, Gross Floor Area, and Floor Area Ratio (FAR) to make clear that tidelands/land underwater is not included in lot area and FAR calculations and that above-grade parking structures are included in Gross Floor Area. View meeting details and documents.

July 25: Seaport Square (Notice of Project Change) Impact Advisory Group Meeting from 6pm-8pm. Public is welcome to attend. If you missed July 11th Public Meeting, view the presentation and video recording. Comment deadline: July 29, 2022

July 27: 7 Channel Center (Notice of Project Change) Public Meeting from 6pm - 8pm. The proposed project is to redevelop 7 Channel Center Street in the Fort Point neighborhood of Boston (the “Redevelopment Site”), by constructing a new office/research and development (“R&D”) building. View Notice of Project Change.

July 27 - August 4th: Better Bike Lanes Are Coming to A Street. The Boston Transportation Department is hosting a variety of times to talk with you in the A Street Park. 

August 1: Grace by Nia Abutters Meeting at 5pm. 1 Seaport Square (part of the former movie theater space). Requesting a 7 day All Alcoholic Beverages License, Live & non-live Entertainment License. View Abutters meeting and enter passcode CmAQ64S!  If you have any questions or comments about this proposal, please contact Anna White, South Boston Liaison, Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services.

August 2: Tishman Speyer 232 A Street (former Gillette Parcel 3 parking lot) Coffee Hour at Binford Park (end of Binford St.to the left of the Pump House when facing the Channel) from 8:30am - 11am. Come meet the Tishman Speyer/Breakthrough Properties project team to learn about this 2.5 acre Life Sciences project within the 100 Acres Master Plan.

August 2: National Night Out in South Boston at Moakley Park (near JFK/Umass T stop) from 5pm - 8pm. Meet Mayor Michelle Wu,incoming Police Commissioner Michael Cox, BPD Command Staff, and your neighbors! Free kids’ activities, food and entertainment! Awards for Boston’s crime watch groups! For more information, call the Neighborhood Crime Watch Unit at 617-343-4345.

August 3:  776 Summer St (Edison Power Plant) Phase 1 Public Meeting at 6pm (replaces the original meeting scheduled for July 26th). See July 19th phase 1 project description under July 19th. Register.

originally published 07.18.22

Boston Celebrates National Night Out

Mayor Martin Walsh, Police Commissioner William Evans, and the Boston Police Department Neighborhood Watch Unit cordially invite you to attend the 31st annual National Night Out on Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from 3pm - 8:30pm. The event will be held at Moakley Park in South Boston adjacent to the Ollie at 1187 Columbia Road.

The event celebrates partnerships between the community, youth, police, city agencies and community-based organizations. Every Boston resident is encouraged to keep a light on outside their residence to send a signal that says, “In Boston and all around the country ... people and the police are coming together and working as one to keep communities safe.”

Come meet Mayor Walsh and Police Commissioner Evans. Bring the family. There will be free kids' activities, food and entertainment, as well as awards for Boston's neighborhood watch groups. For more information call BPD Neighborhood Watch Unit at 617 343-4345.