Brigham Circle (MBTA station)

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	Green Line "E" Branch
	normal service to Lechmere
				Copley
				Prudential
				Symphony
				Northeastern
				Museum of Fine Arts
				Longwood Medical Area
				Brigham Circle
				Fenwood Road
				Mission Park
				Riverway
				Back of the Hill
				Heath Street

Brigham Circle is a stop on the E branch of the MBTA's Green Line in Boston, MA. Along with the Longwood Station, it is the closest stop to Harvard Medical School, the Harvard School of Public Health and the rest of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, all of which are reachable via a short walk from the station.

Located at the corner of Tremont and Huntington, Brigham Circle is sometimes is considered a part of the Mission Hill neighborhood, the Longwood Area, or both. For Mission Hill residents, Brigham circle is the closest commercial center, with a grocery story, drug stores, bistros, banks and taverns.

The station is named for the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (now a wing of the larger Brigham and Women's Hospital), which stands at one side of the circle. Brigham and Women's extends away from the circle up Francis Street to the north; the area to the northeast is taken up by Harvard facilities.

Brigham Circle is currently (as of fall 2006) the terminus for the Green Line trolley service, as the street-running tracks between Brigham Circle and Heath Street are being reconstructed.