SquashBusters was the first youth enrichment program of its kind – combining squash, academics, and community service.
Our youth center is located in Roxbury Crossing, on Columbus Avenue, off Massachusetts Avenue, and is easily accessible by public transportation.
By T:
Orange Line: Massachusetts Avenue Station
Exit out the main entrance to Massachusetts Avenue. Turn right onto Massachusetts
Avenue from the T station. Turn right onto Columbus Avenue. The youth
center is on your right immediately after passing Carter Playground.
Orange Line: Ruggles Station
Walk out the station towards the Columbus Avenue exit. Take a left out
of the station and walk down Columbus Avenue. You will walk past a parking
garage(on left), an outdoor parking lot (on left), and then another parking
garage (on left). SquashBusters is located on your left, just past the
second parking garage and before the baseball fields.
By Bus:
Take the #1 bus to the Massachusetts Ave Station. Walk south on Massachusetts Avenue. Turn right onto Columbus Avenue. The youth center is on your right immediately after passing Carter Playground.
By Car:
From the north (via Route I-93 or Route 1)
Take the Storrow Drive exit, and proceed to the Fenway exit. Follow signs
for Boylston Street inbound, and bear right onto Westland Avenue. Turn
right onto Massachusetts Avenue, proceed to the third traffic light, and
turn right onto Columbus Avenue. SquashBusters is located on your right
at 795 Columbus Avenue.
From the west (via Route 90, Massachusetts Turnpike)
Take Exit 22 (Copley Square), and when the exit splits, head towards PRUDENTIAL
CTR. Merge onto AVENUE OF THE ARTS and continue straight in the right
lane until you get to Massachusetts Avenue. Turn left at the lights onto
Mass Ave and get in the right lane. Take the right onto Columbus Avenue.
SquashBusters is located on your right at 795 Columbus Ave.
From the west (via Route 9)
Proceed east on Route 9; it will become Huntington Avenue. Turn right
onto Ruggles Street. At the fourth traffic light, turn left onto Tremont
Street. At the second set of lights, turn left onto Melnea Cass Boulevard,
and then turn right onto Columbus Avenue. SquashBusters is located on
your left at 795 Columbus Avenue.
From the south (via Route 3, 93, Southeast Expressway)
Take Exit 18 (Massachusetts Avenue), and proceed straight across Mass
Ave onto Melnea Cass Boulevard. Continue for approximately two miles through
a number of lights. Cross over Tremont St and turn Right onto Columbus
Avenue. SquashBusters is located on your left at 795 Columbus Avenue.
IMPORTANT: we do NOT have parking available for volunteers or guests. Cars parked illegally in the Northeastern Parking lots and on the street arond the building can be TICKETED or TOWED. Please try and find legal on-street parking or use the Renaissance Parking Garage.