
Boston Public Works
@BostonPWD
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We provide services essential to quality of life in Boston: snow control, waste reduction, & ensuring our streets and sidewalks are safe, clean and attractive.
Boston, MA
Joined July 2016
🚧 City streets in #Roslindale are looking good! Arborough Rd. is now completely resurfaced, and crews have started milling Mendum St. & Ardale St. To check the full resurfacing list for this construction season, go to:
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Starting before sunrise, PWD crews are working hard across the city:.✔️Cleaning streets in #EastBoston.✔️Patching in #HydePark & #Dorchester.✔️Emptying trash 🗑️ in #Mattapan.✔️Weed whacking in #Roslindale.✔️Sweeping in #WestRoxbury
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Our Street Lighting Division has been hard at work upgrading pendant lighting fixtures along Beacon Street (between Arlington Street & Mass Ave). This dedicated team maintains more than 71,000 electric streetlights and 2,800 gas lights across the @CityOfBoston. 💡
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PWD crews are out in full force this morning sweeping streets, weed-whacking tree pits & traffic islands, and cutting back brush in #BrightonMA, #Dorchester, #HydePark, #Roslindale, #Roxbury and the #SouthEnd. 🦺🗑️🧹
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Shout-out to our Highway Division crews for working through the sweltering heat! From weed whacking to street patching - they’re getting it done. Pics below from #Dorchester, #JamaicaPlain, #HydePark & #WestRoxbury.
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Our Street Lighting Division was hard at work installing a new lighting system on Braintree St & Rugg Rd in #BrightonMA & upgrading fixtures on Dudley St (from Columbia Rd to Clifton St) in #Roxbury. To learn more about our dedicated Street Lighting team:
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🧹 🗑️ PWD crews were out bright & early this morning cleaning litter, sweeping streets & emptying trash receptacles in #Dorchester, #Mattapan & #Roxbury.
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Bright and early, our PWD crews were hard at work keeping Boston beautiful! 🧹🗑️.Litter was swept up and streets cleaned across #Dorchester, #Mattapan, #Roslindale, #Roxbury & the #SouthEnd - plus a deep power wash of the netting under the A Street bridge in #FortPoint.
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Our Highway Division has been busy this week:. ✅ Weed whacking in #Dorchester, #Roslindale & #HydePark. ✅ Street sweeping & cleaning litter in Mattapan, Nubian & Codman Squares. ✅ Patching streets in #EastBoston & #WestRoxbury. Great job battling through the heat! ☀️
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🚧 Fresh pavement alert in the #NorthEnd!.Today, crews were hard at work resurfacing Fleet St, Moon St, & Garden Park - and there's more work coming to the neighborhood! To check the full street list & interactive map, go to:
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Crews worked through the night resurfacing & striping School St. in #DowntownBoston. To learn more about the @CityOfBoston resurfacing program - including project areas & how it may affect your neighborhood, go to ➡️ 🦺🚧
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Our Street Lighting Division was hard at work this weekend installing new poles on Prentiss St. and Halleck St. in #MissionHill, as well as 10 additional poles on Rugg Rd. in #BrightonMA. Thanks to the team for keeping our neighborhoods well-lit and safe!
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PWD crews were out this morning sweeping streets, cleaning litter, and emptying trash receptacles in #Dorchester, #Roxbury, #Mattapan & the #NorthEnd. 🧹 🗑️
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PWD crews have been hard at work across the city:.✅ Weed whacking in #HydePark.✅ Emptying trash receptacles in #BackBay.✅ Power washing sidewalks in #Mattapan.✅ Painting control boxes in #SouthBoston.Thanks to our dedicated team for keeping our neighborhoods clean.
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RT @CityOfBoston: Mayor Michelle Wu has declared a heat emergency for the City of Boston from Wednesday, July 16, through Friday, June 18,….
boston.gov
BOSTON - Tuesday, July 15, 2025 - Mayor Michelle Wu today issued a heat emergency for the City of Boston beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, July 16 through Friday, July 18 due to the upcoming weather...
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While crews were busy over the weekend milling & raising castings on School St. in #DowntownBoston (during the overnight hours), today they’re resurfacing Thornton St. in #Roxbury. You can learn more about the @CityOfBoston Resurfacing Program at:
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