Jamaica Pond parkrun

By T (subway):
Stony Brook T (Orange line): approx. 1000m (15-20min) walk to start area.
Heath St @S Huntington Ave (Green line - E branch): approx. 1000m (15-20min) walk to start area.
Brookline village (Green line - D branch): approx. 1500m (20-25min) walk to start area.

By bus:
Take the 39 bus to S Huntington & Perkins St. Walk approx. 400m down Perkins St to cross the Jamaicaway.

The start is easily reached on foot or by bike on the Emerald Necklace bike/footpath. Short walk from road and nearby parking lots as above.

Directions to parking lot at Pond Ave:
From route 9: Head South on Pond Ave. After approx. 1000m parking lot on left by Harry Downes Field.

Directions to parking lot at Willow Pond Road:
From route 9: Head south on Jamaicaway. Take first right on Willow Pond Rd. Parking lot on right side (by Daisy Field baseball field).

Street parking at Moraine St along west side of pond. Additional parking lots at: Jamaica Pond Parking, Willow Pond Road, Boston MA 02130 and off Pond Ave Brookline MA 02445. Both are approx. 200-300m walk from start/finish area.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: Life Alive, 435 S Huntington Ave, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at Life Alive, 435 S Huntington Ave, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 - please come and join us!

Jamaica Pond parkrun is a fun, free event organised by volunteers for the benefit of everyone. We wish to make the event as safe as possible, so participants, spectators and helpers are asked to take care about the following:

• Please be considerate to the park and other park users at all times.
• Children under the age of eleven must be accompanied (within arm's reach) throughout the event by a parent, guardian or appropriate adult of the parent's choice.
• Please arrive by foot, by pedal-power or by public transport if you can - your efforts help to reduce our impact on the park and the planet.
• We invite everyone to consider volunteering at parkrun. Your support helps your parkrun events remain sustainable and free for all in your community, and it’s also a wonderful way to improve your own health and happiness. Please visit the volunteer page for more information.
• Take care near roads and car parks – some vehicles drive very quickly. Please congregate away from the cars and be careful in particular if you have children. If you’re driving to the event, please drive carefully.
• Take care on uneven surfaces – whether on grass or on tarmac. Watch out for cyclists, other participants, pedestrians, children, dogs, wildlife, park animals, vehicles, park maintenance work, falling branches, bollards, posts and other obstacles around the course.
• Please ensure that you are fit enough to walk, jog, run 5k (3.1 miles) with us.
• If you see someone with a serious problem, please stop to help them out and get help as soon as possible.
• If you’re watching, keep clear of participants on the course, and look after any children and dogs you may have with you.
• It is not permitted to run with a pushchair and a dog at the same time.
• Lyme Disease is a bacterial infection spread to humans by infected ticks. Consider protecting yourself by wearing repellent when at parkrun events in grassy or wooded areas. See lymediseaseuk.com for further details.
• You are welcome to take part with one dog by your side, within reach at all times, on a short, handheld, non-extendable lead. The use of waist harnesses is prohibited. Please also see this Support Site entry for further details about parkrunning with dogs.
• parkrunners pushing buggies are welcome, but please take care of others around you and do your best to start at an appropriate place in the field for your pace.

We hope these tips help to ensure that Jamaica Pond parkrun is fun and safe for everyone.

All parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners compare results.

parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners see progress and compare results.

For more information, please see our Support page.

All parkrun events are organised by volunteers - email jamaicapond@parkrun.com to help.

parkrun is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. For our full safeguarding processes and policies please see our Safeguarding Hub.

To report a safeguarding concern please email safeguarding@parkrun.com.