Directions to the Hyatt Regency, Cambridge

575 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02150
(617) 492-1234 (hotel operator )

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By Car:

From Points West via Mass Pike

1. Mass Pike to Exit 18, Cambridge (left exit)
2. Go through tolls and stay right
3. Follow off ramp to right, follow signs for Cambridge
4. At bottom of ramp, proceed straight through intersections, over bridge, across the Charles River
5. Turn right at end of bridge onto Memorial Drive.
6. Stay to left on Memorial Drive about 1/3 mile across overpasses. Hyatt Regency is at first light on left, at Amesbury St.
7. Turn left and park in hotel garage ($8 validated), or park on Albany St. behind hotel, or turn right on Vassar St. and look for the MIT Police Station parking lot on left. If gate is open, lot is free.

From Points North via I-93

1. Take exit 26 for Leveritt Circle/Storrow Drive off I-93
2. Ramp is over 1mile long. Keep going...
3. When ramp curves to right, stay to left and follow signs for Storrow Drive.
4. Once on Storrow Drive, follow aprox. 1+ miles. Stay left.
5. Take exit for Mass Ave. Cambridge. Exit puts you on bridge across the Charles River.
6. On far side of bridge, turn left onto Memorial Drive, along the river.
7. Follow about 1/2 mile to first traffic light, Amesbury St. The hotel is on the corner.
8. Turn right and park in hotel garage ($8 validated), or park on Vassar St. behind hotel, or turn right on Vassar St. and look for the MIT Police Station parking lot on left. If gate is open, lot is free.

From Parts South via I-93

1. Follow I-93 into the "Big Dig" tunnel. After about 1 mile, stay right.
2. Take exit 26, Storrow Drive
3. Follow the exit tunnel, keeping right for Storrow Drive.
4. Once on Storrow Drive, follow aprox. 1+ miles. Stay left.
5. Take exit for Mass Ave. Cambridge. Exit puts you on bridge across the Charles River.
6. On far side of bridge, turn left onto Memorial Drive, along the river.
7. Follow about 1/2 mile to first traffic light, Amesbury St. The hotel is on the corner.
8. Turn right and park in hotel garage ($8 validated), or park on Vassar St. behind hotel, or turn right on Vassar St. and look for the MIT Police Station parking lot on left. If gate is open, lot is free.

By MBTA »

"BU West" on the Green Line is closest, about 8-9 minute walk. Go across the BU Bridge (Green, semi-rusty arch bridge). Turn right on Memorial Drive. The Hyatt is on the left a few hundred yards down.

From Central Square on the Red Line, it's about 1.2 miles, though a short cab ride. Or bus 47 gets you close, to Memorial Drive and then walk a few hundred yards toward Boston.

Parking Notes:

• We have $8 validated parking in the hotel garage. I believe this is good overnight as well. Pick up a new parking garage ticket at registration when you come in.
• The MIT police station offers free parking in the lot TO THE RIGHT OF THE STATION if the gate is open. (This from the chief's own mouth. Don't park in the lot to the left though--you'll get an MIT ticket.) Vassar St. runs behind the hotel. Make a right onto Vassar, and the lot is a block down on the left. Enter through the gate and disregard the signs about MIT permit parking.
• There is limited street parking directly on Vassar St. immediately behind the hotel. Be sure to observe signs.
• You can also park in Cambridgeport, on the other side of the RR tracks that run parallel to Vassar St, and walk across the tracks somewhere. I believe there is a path. To get there you have to go back to the BU bridge and up Brookline St. There is a path across the railroad tracks, behind Ft. Washington Park and comes out by the police station lot.

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