Melrose Highlands, Massachusetts

Melrose Highlands is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city of Melrose, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Formerly part of neighboring Stoneham, it became part of Melrose in the latter part of the nineteenth century. There were some addresses that had the zip code 02177, before the Highlands post office was closed; the Melrose zip code of 02176 is now used, although mail marked as 02177 is still deliverable.^{[citation needed]}

Melrose Highlands
Neighborhood
Lynn Fells Parkway as it enters Melrose Highlands
Coordinates: 42°28′07″N 71°04′11″W
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Middlesex
City	Melrose
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern)
ZIP code	02176
Area code	339 / 781
Website	www.cityofmelrose.org

It is bordered by Main Street to the east, the Stoneham border to the west, Lynn Fells Parkway to the south, and the Wakefield line and Wakefield's Greenwood neighborhood to the north. The neighborhood was originally part of Stoneham, but was annexed by Melrose on March 18, 1853.^[1][2]

Transportation

Downtown Melrose is a short walk away and access to Boston is available with the use of Melrose Highlands Station on the MBTA's Reading/Haverhill commuter rail line. MBTA bus Route 131 has service from Melrose Highlands to Oak Grove on the Malden/Melrose city line, and to Malden Center, both on the MBTA rapid-transit Orange Line.

References

1. Goss, Elbridge Henry (1902). The History of Melrose. Melrose, MA: A. W. Dunton & Co. pp. 483. history of melrose hospital.
2. "A Condensed History of Melrose". Archived from the original on June 15, 2009. City of Melrose. Retrieved on March 30, 2008