Brighton, Boston

Brighton is a former town and current neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, located in the northwestern corner of the city. It is named after the English city of Brighton. Initially Brighton was part of Watertown, and was later part of Cambridge, and known as "Little Cambridge". Brighton separated from Cambridge in 1807 after a bridge dispute, and was annexed to Boston in 1874. For much of its early history, it was a rural town with a significant commercial center at its eastern end. The neighborhood of Allston was also formerly part of the town of Brighton but is now officially separate. The name Allston–Brighton is still used for the combined area, owing to the neighborhoods' geographic and historical ties. Brighton today is known for housing part of the campus of Boston College as well as the corporate headquarters of American multinational corporation New Balance. Brighton is served by the Green Line, the Boston Landing station of the MBTA Commuter Rail, and multiple bus lines. This historic center of Brighton is the Brighton Center Historic District. The Aberdeen section of Brighton was designated as a local architectural conservation district by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 2001.