Our Location
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
John F. Kennedy School of Government
79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA 02138
From Logan Airport
By Taxi: 20-30 minutes, $20-$25
By Subway: 45-60 minutes, $1 (tokens required)
Take shuttle bus to AIRPORT subway (Blue Line)
Blue Line inbound to GOVERNMENT CENTER (four stops)
Green Line outbound to PARK STREET (one stop)
Red Line outbound, direction ALEWIFE - HARVARD is fourth
stop
Come out of the station near the Harvard News Stand, you will be facing the Harvard Coop. Head left down JFK Street towards the river. You will pass Pizzeria Uno on your left and Urban Outfitters on your right. Continue down the street for three blocks. The third block is Eliot Street and has Dunkin' Donuts on the corner. The Kennedy School is directly across the street from Dunkin' Donuts.
Once at the corner of JFK Street and Eliot Street, cross Eliot Street and continue walking down JFK Street. There is an entrance to the building on the right. This will lead you into the JFK Jr. Forum. There is a staircase immediately to the left of the entrance. Walk to the top of the stairs. The Belfer Center is to the right.
Driving: Exit Logan Airport and follow the signs to Boston, which will bring you to and through the Sumner Tunnel. At the end of the tunnel, take a wide right and go up the ramp on to Route 93 North. Stay on that for only two exits. Take the second exit onto Storrow Drive. Do not follow the "Cambridge" signs, but continue along the river on Storrow Drive West for approximately four miles. For land-marks, you will pass the "Massachusetts Avenue - Cambridge" exit and then the Guest Quarters Hotel...but stay on Storrow Drive. Directly after the Guest Quarters you will see a right-hand exit marked "Harvard Square - Cambridge". Take the exit and follow it up to the right and across the Charles River. Go straight through the first traffic light and you will now be on John F. Kennedy Street and the first building on your left is the School. At the next light take a left on to Eliot Street. Finding metered parking is extremely difficult in Harvard Square, thus we suggest using Public Parking. There is a garage on Eliot Street on the right, just after the light or if you continue straight through another light there is also parking available in the Charles Hotel which will be to your left.
If you are walking from the Charles Hotel parking, take a right. The road will wind slightly to the left and becomes Eliot Street. At the corner of Eliot Street and JFK Street, turn right. Walk down JFK Street. There is an entrance to the building on the right. This will lead you into the JFK Jr. Forum. There is a staircase immediately to the left of the entrance. Walk to the top of the stairs. The Belfer Center is to the right.
From the Massachusetts Turnpike - Route 90
Heading East on Roue 90, take the "Cambridge/Allston" turn-off, which is Exit #18...a left-hand exit. After the toll, follow the "Cambridge" signs until you reach the Charles River, where there is a clump of traffic lights. The Guest Quarters Hotel will be on your right. Take a left at the light (just before going over the river) on to Soldiers Field Road. Take your right at the exit marked "Harvard Square - Cambridge" and follow it across the Charles River. Go straight through the first traffic light and you will now be on John F. Kennedy Street and the first building on your left is the School. At the next light take a left on to Eliot Street on the right, just after the light, or if you continue straight through another light there is also parking available in the Charles Hotel which will be to your left.
If you are walking from the Charles Hotel parking, take a right. The road will wind slightly to the left and becomes Eliot Street. At the corner of Eliot Street and JFK Street, turn right. Walk down JFK Street. There is an entrance to the building on the right. This will lead you into the JFK Jr. Forum. There is a staircase immediately to the left of the entrance. Walk to the top of the stairs. The Belfer Center is to the right.
From Route 2
Follow Route 2 East into Cambridge and stay on it as it changes from a major highway down to a four-lane thoroughfare. It will become the Alewife Brook Parkway, then the Fresh Pond Parkway and eventually Memorial Drive, but will still be marked as Route 2 East. Turn left on Memorial Drive (at the Charles River) and one minute down turn left again at the sign marked "Harvard Square", which is John F. Kennedy Street and the first building on your left is the School. At the next light take a left on to Eliot Street. Finding metered parking is extremely difficult in Harvard Square, thus we suggest using Public Parking. There is a garage available on Eliot Street on the right, just after the light or if you continue straight through another light there is also parking available in the Charles Hotel which will be to your left. Memorial Drive is closed to traffic during daylight hours on Sundays during the late Spring, Summer and early Fall. In this case, follow over the Charles River across the Eliot Bridge and return back over the river at the exit marked "Harvard Square". After you cross the river, go straight through the first traffic light (which is Memorial Drive) and you will now be on John F. Kennedy Street - the first building on your left is the School. At the next light take a left on to Eliot Street. Finding metered parking is extremely difficult in Harvard Square, thus we suggest using Public Parking. There is a garage available on Eliot Street on the right, just after the light or if you continue straight through another light there is also parking available in the Charles Hotel which will be to your left.
If you are walking from the Charles Hotel parking, take a right. The road will wind slightly to the left and becomes Eliot Street. At the corner of Eliot Street and JFK Street, turn right. Walk down JFK Street. There is an entrance to the building on the right. This will lead you into the JFK Jr. Forum. There is a staircase immediately to the left of the entrance. Walk to the top of the stairs. The Belfer Center is to the right.
From Routes 95, 1 or 93 (North)
Follow Route 95 South to the Peabody (Mass.) area and switch on to Route 1 South. Route 1 continues for several miles, crosses the Tobin Bridge and then merges with Route 93 South. Immediately after this merge, take the exit to the right for Storrow Drive (Exit 26) and follow signs for Storrow Drive West. Stay on Storrow Drive for roughly 4 miles. For land-marks, you will pass the "Massachusetts Avenue - Cambridge" exit and then the Guest Quarters Hotel...but stay on Storrow Drive. Directly after the Guest Quarters you will see a right-hand exit marked "Harvard Square - Cambridge". Take the exit and follow it up to the right and across the Charles River. Then go straight through the first traffic light (which is Memorial Drive) and you will now be on John F. Kennedy Street - the first building on your left is the School. At the next light take a left on to Eliot Street. Finding metered parking is extremely difficult in Harvard Square, thus we suggest using Public Parking. There is a garage available on Eliot Street on the right, just after the light or if you continue straight through another light there is also parking available in the Charles Hotel which will be to your left.
If you are walking from the Charles Hotel parking, take a right. The road will wind slightly to the left and becomes Eliot Street. At the corner of Eliot Street and JFK Street, turn right. Walk down JFK Street. There is an entrance to the building on the right. This will lead you into the JFK Jr. Forum. There is a staircase immediately to the left of the entrance. Walk to the top of the stairs. The Belfer Center is to the right.
