Editing Allston (section)

{{Short description|Neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts}}
{{For|the surname|Allston (surname)}}
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|postal_code              = 02134
|area_codes                = [[Area codes 617 and 857|617 & 857]]
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'''Allston''' is an officially recognized [[Neighborhoods in Boston|neighborhood]] in [[Boston]], Massachusetts, United States. It was named after the American painter and poet [[Washington Allston]]. It comprises the land covered by the zip code 02134.<ref name="Best Places">{{cite web|title=Best Places|url=https://www.bestplaces.net/people/zip-code/massachusetts/boston/02134 |access-date=October 18, 2022}}</ref> For the most part, Allston is administered collectively with the adjacent neighborhood of [[Brighton, Boston|Brighton]]. The two are often referred to together as [[Allston–Brighton]]. [[Boston Police Department]] District D-14 covers the Allston-Brighton area and a Boston Fire Department Allston station is located in Union Square which houses Engine 41 and Ladder 14. Engine 41 is nicknamed "The Bull" to commemorate the historic stockyards of Allston.

Housing stock varies but largely consists of brick apartment buildings, especially on Commonwealth Avenue and the streets directly off it, while areas further down Brighton Avenue, close to Brighton, are largely dotted with wooden [[triple-decker]]s. Lower Allston, across the Massachusetts Turnpike from the southern portion of Allston, consists of mostly 1890–1920s single-family and multi-family [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] homes.