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Lower Allston, or "L.A.," is also called North Allston. Lower Allston is the neighborhood across the Massachusetts Turnpike from the rest of Allston. It consists of streets north of Cambridge Street and the Pike, all the way to the Charles River. To the west it stretches to Everett Street and includes as far east as Windom Street. Everyone in Lower Allston has the zip code 02134.
Lower Allston is a small neighborhood, and consists of mostly working professionals, home owners and long-term residents. Unlike the rest of Allston, Lower Allston has much fewer students.
The neighborhood is very quite, has extremely low crime, and is an easy walk to Allston Village or Harvard Square.
Lower Allston has close proximity to Route 2, the Mass Pike, Storrow Drive, and Soldier's Field Road. Public transportation includes the Red Line at Harvard Square, the Green Line at Packard's Corner or Harvard Street and Commonwealth Avenue in "upper Allston", and the 57, 66, 70, 71, and 86 bus connections on North Harvard and Western Avenue are about a 2-5 minute walk for everyone.