Use NORTH entrance to Hood Park campus; one-day visitors may park without a permit

When driving to our main office, please use the north parking lot entrance, as the south entrance to Hood Park is currently closed due to construction and will remain closed until further notice.

One-day visitors may park for free in any available space in the Hood Park parking lot without a parking permit, and may enter our 500 building through either the north or south lobby.

Handicapped accessible parking is available in front of the north entrance to 500 Rutherford Avenue, and on the west side of 500, behind 510. These spaces may be an inconvenient distance from the part of the building our office occupies, however, so if you would like special assistance, please let us know in advance and we will arrange to make access to our office as convenient as possible.

500 Rutherford Avenue, Suite 210
Charlestown, MA 02129-1628

Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday

Our main office serves active and retired educators who are or were employed in Middlesex, Essex, Norfolk, Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket and Suffolk counties (in Boston, charter schools only, not Boston public schools).

Since October 2016, our main office has been in Hood Park, the original home of the New England dairy company H.P. Hood and Sons. Our building is conveniently located on the MBTA Orange line, between the Bunker Hill Community College and Sullivan Square stations.

Parking: One-day visitors may park for free in any available space in the Hood Park parking lot without a parking permit, and may enter our 500 building through either the north or south lobby. (Although there are signs indicating that parking is by permit only, that policy does not apply to one-day visitors.)

Accessibility: Our 2nd floor office is accessible to the physically challenged. If you have special needs, please let us know in advance so that we can arrange to make your visit as convenient and comfortable as possible.

Nearest T station: Sullivan Station on the Orange line, which is about an 8-minute walk to our office. Exit the station and take Cambridge Street toward Schrafft’s City Center. Once you reach the rotary, take the first exit onto Rutherford Avenue. The north entrance to Hood Park will be on your right. From the north entrance, walk through the lobby, turn right, and then left, down a long hallway, past Cosi café, to the south lobby. You can then take the elevator or the stairs to the 2nd floor.

Map and directions

For directions to our main office, click “View larger map” in the map below.

Driving directions to Hood Park

From the North

1. Take Route 93 South to Exit 28 (Sullivan Square).
2. Stay to the left, toward Sullivan Square.
3. At the end of the ramp, merge onto Maffa Way and stay to the right; at the traffic light, proceed straight ahead into the rotary.
4. Take the first exit—a slight right onto Rutherford Avenue.
5. In approximately 500 feet, turn right into the north entrance to Hood Park. If you miss the first entrance, use the second entrance, which is about 50 feet beyond the first.

From the South

1. Take Route 93 North to Exit 28 (Sullivan Square).
2. At the bottom of the ramp, at the light, turn right onto Cambridge Street and stay in the right lane.
3. In about 1,000 feet, you’ll come to a traffic light right before a rotary. Stay to the right, and take the first exit—a slight right onto Rutherford Avenue. Stay in the right lane.
4. In approximately 500 feet, turn right into the north entrance to Hood Park. If you miss the first entrance, use the second entrance, which is about 50 feet beyond the first.

From the West, via Memorial Drive

1. Follow Memorial Drive, passing the Hyatt Regency Hotel on your left.
2. Stay left and go under the Massachusetts Avenue bridge.
3. Continue to the end of Memorial Drive bearing right onto Edwin Land Boulevard. Pass through two intersections, and continue over the Gilmore bridge.
4. Turn left onto Rutherford Avenue. The road will open to four lanes—two that go left to the underpass to Route 99, and two that go straight, to Sullivan Square. Continue straight ahead, toward Sullivan Square, and right of the underpass. After the underpass, you will be able to see Hood Park on the left; the complex is identifiable by the tall red brick Hood Milk smokestack.
5. As you head straight, toward Sullivan Square, get in the left of the two lanes. On your left just before you reach the rotary, there is a small turnaround that you can use to make a U-turn and head south on Rutherford Avenue. Take this turnaround, being careful to stop and check for traffic from the right. [Note: If you miss the turnaround, you will come to a rotary. Enter the rotary and go almost full circle to the traffic light. At the light, bear slightly to the right and turn onto Rutherford Avenue.]
6. Straight ahead is the north entrance to Hood Park.

One Monarch Place, Suite 510
Springfield, MA 01144-4028

Phone: 413-784-1711
Fax: 413-784-1707

Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday

Our Springfield office serves our active and retired educators who are or were employed in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester Counties.

Accessibility: Our 5th floor office is accessible to the physically challenged. If you have special needs, please let us know in advance so that we can arrange to make your visit as convenient and comfortable as possible.

Map and directions

For directions to our Springfield office, click “Directions” in the map below.

Nearest parking

Monarch Place/Sheraton lower-level parking garage (discounted rates available to MTRS visitors with validation)

Driving directions to the Monarch Place parking garage

From the North

1. Take Interstate 91 South to Exit 7.
2. Take a left off the exit onto Boland Way, and travel straight through the next light.
3. The Monarch Place complex lower-level garage will be on your right.

From the South

1. Take Route 91 North to Exit 6 (Springfield Center).
2. Continue on Columbus Avenue to the 4th set of lights.
3. Turn right onto Boland Way.
4. The Monarch Place complex lower-level garage will be on your right.

From the East

1. Take Massachusetts Turnpike I-90 West to Exit 6 onto I-291 West.
2. From I-291 West, proceed onto I-91 South to Exit 6 (Union Street).
3. At the end of the exit, take a left at the light onto Union Street.
4. Travel one block and take the first left onto East Columbus Avenue.
5. Continue on East Columbus Avenue, and at the 3rd set of lights take a right onto Boland Way.
6. The Monarch Place complex lower-level garage will be on your right.

From the West

1. Take Massachusetts Turnpike I-90 East to Exit 4 onto I-91 South.
2. Travel about 6 miles and take Exit 7.
3. Take a left off the exit onto Boland Way.
4. Travel straight through the next light.
5. The Monarch Place complex lower-level garage will be on your right.