Boston Area Research Initiative's Boston Data Portal

Welcome to the Boston Area Research Initiative's data library. Here you will find data describing the people, places, and events in the greater Boston area that have been made available for research. This includes a variety of data generated by academics, government agencies, and others.

When possible, we have made these data available for immediate download. In other cases, restrictions or sensitivities regarding the data make it necessary for those who want to use them to request permission in order to gain access. This may sometimes entail gaining permission also from your institution's Human Subjects Research Review Committee.

An important part of the BARI network is that researchers and policymakers communicate about their respective work. To this effect, we ask that anyone using the data on this site please report their findings back to those who originally contributed the data. Especially in the case of public agencies or community groups, such insights might be helpful in how they think about their operations or practices. Such communication might also lead to new and fruitful collaborations.

Also, as you work with the data and discover new things, or develop new ways to extract information from it, please use the comments page to share this knowledge with others, furthering the cumulative intelligence we have surrounding these data.

Finally, if you are the owner of data that you would like to include in the BARI library, or would like to request that a certain type of data be added to the library, please contact us at BARI@northeastern.edu.

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Geographical Infrastructure v. 2015 Apr 23, 2019 O'Brien, Dan; Gomory, Henry, 2019, "Geographical Infrastructure v. 2015", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/PQS3DH, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:GvIn+WeE3sXYAsf7r2DjpA== [fileUNF] The Boston Area Research Initiative’s Geographical Infrastructure for Boston is a multipart database that compiles and connects the places and regions of Boston, MA as organized at 16 levels, each comprised of a data set containing the universe of all locations at that level. The levels are organized in a hierarchy, with the items in each level nes...
Geographical Infrastructure v. 2017 Apr 23, 2019 O'Brien, Dan; Gomory, Henry, 2019, "Geographical Infrastructure v. 2017", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/RUFJC7, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:b5Pp+EJbHF5/+bPLTNOQSw== [fileUNF] The Boston Area Research Initiative’s Geographical Infrastructure for Boston is a database that organizes and links the places and regions of Boston, MA across 17 levels—including land parcels, streets, census geographies, and other administrative regions. The levels are organized in a hierarchy, with the items in each level nested in the higher-le...
Boston Neighborhood Survey Apr 23, 2019 Injury Control Research Center; Boston Area Research Initiative, 2019, "Boston Neighborhood Survey", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/SE2CIX, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:HhJCGFvD2v+yXYV0rb7GKQ== [fileUNF] The Boston Neighborhood Survey (BNS) was conducted by the Injury Control Research Center at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH). The BNS was a telephone survey administered to Boston residents over three waves, in 2006, 2008, and 2010. The survey covered topics ranging from public safety to collective efficacy to social networks.
Commonwealth Connect Apr 23, 2019 O'Brien, Dan; Blackburn, Matthew, 2019, "Commonwealth Connect", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/OTOTZQ, Harvard Dataverse, V1 This is a database of requests for non-emergency government services received by Commonwealth Connect starting in 2009, across over 200 (varying by year) Massachusetts municipalities. Commonwealth Connect is a mobile app that acts as a 311 system for municipalities across Massachusetts. It is hosted by SeeClickFix, who provided the raw data catalog...
Boston Climate Change Resiliency and Preparedness Checklist Dataset Nov 11, 2018 Mike Wilson, 2018, "Boston Climate Change Resiliency and Preparedness Checklist Dataset", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/H5ZXHC, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:r4dBVONWY8BSeMFyqsRg2g== [fileUNF] The Boston Climate Change Resiliency and Preparedness Checklist dataset was constructed by Mike Wilson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology using a series of publicly available Project Notification Forms from the Boston Planning and Development Agency’s (BPDA, formerly Boston Redevelopment Authority or BRA) Development Projects webpage: htt...
Administrative Geographies for the City of Boston Nov 6, 2018 Boston Area Research Initiative, 2018, "Administrative Geographies for the City of Boston", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JZV6ON, Harvard Dataverse, V1 This data set contains a series of administrative geographies utilized by the City of Boston, including: traditional neighborhoods defined by the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA Neighborhood Statistical Areas, BPDA Planning Districts); election board regions (City Council Districts, Election Precincts, Election Wards); and districts fo...
2010 Census Geographies Nov 6, 2018 Boston Area Research Initiative, BARI, 2018, "2010 Census Geographies", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/SQ6BT4, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:UCJsAfozD3drYpK2sQBhbA== [fileUNF] Every ten years, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts a count and collects information on the U.S. population. As part of this process, the Census Bureau creates a series of nested geographies for proper sampling and counting. As of the 2010 census, the City of Boston, MA contains 7,288 census blocks (defined as any piece of land bounded by streets or w...
Boston Area Deposition and Soil Solution Dataset Oct 29, 2018 Decina, Stephen; Templer, Pamela; Hutyra, Lucy, 2018, "Boston Area Deposition and Soil Solution Dataset", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/0HQLUN, Harvard Dataverse, V1 This environmental dataset details bulk deposition (in the open), throughfall (beneath tree canopy), and soil solution measurements of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and carbon (C) made from May to October of 2015 at nine locations across Metropolitan Boston. This dataset was constructed by Stephen Decina, Pamela Templer, and Lucy Hutyra of Boston U...
Property Assessment Apr 9, 2018 Shields, Michael; O'Brien, Daniel T.; de Benedictis-Kessner, Justin, 2018, "Property Assessment", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/UWTQ4E, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:6:AqFyqFwd0KmOZhkBjdOuiA== [fileUNF] This dataset details the various cross-sectional and longitudinal data files of the City of Boston's property assessment data. These data were curated and added to by the Boston Area Research Initiative. The corresponding documentation details information about the various attributes and measures within these data files.
Mapping Test(Northeastern University / Harvard University) Oct 24, 2017

Geographical Infrastructure v. 2015

Apr 23, 2019

O'Brien, Dan; Gomory, Henry, 2019, "Geographical Infrastructure v. 2015", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/PQS3DH, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:GvIn+WeE3sXYAsf7r2DjpA== [fileUNF]

The Boston Area Research Initiative’s Geographical Infrastructure for Boston is a multipart database that compiles and connects the places and regions of Boston, MA as organized at 16 levels, each comprised of a data set containing the universe of all locations at that level. The levels are organized in a hierarchy, with the items in each level nes...

Geographical Infrastructure v. 2017

Apr 23, 2019

O'Brien, Dan; Gomory, Henry, 2019, "Geographical Infrastructure v. 2017", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/RUFJC7, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:b5Pp+EJbHF5/+bPLTNOQSw== [fileUNF]

The Boston Area Research Initiative’s Geographical Infrastructure for Boston is a database that organizes and links the places and regions of Boston, MA across 17 levels—including land parcels, streets, census geographies, and other administrative regions. The levels are organized in a hierarchy, with the items in each level nested in the higher-le...

Boston Neighborhood Survey

Apr 23, 2019

Injury Control Research Center; Boston Area Research Initiative, 2019, "Boston Neighborhood Survey", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/SE2CIX, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:HhJCGFvD2v+yXYV0rb7GKQ== [fileUNF]

The Boston Neighborhood Survey (BNS) was conducted by the Injury Control Research Center at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH). The BNS was a telephone survey administered to Boston residents over three waves, in 2006, 2008, and 2010. The survey covered topics ranging from public safety to collective efficacy to social networks.

Commonwealth Connect

Apr 23, 2019

O'Brien, Dan; Blackburn, Matthew, 2019, "Commonwealth Connect", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/OTOTZQ, Harvard Dataverse, V1

This is a database of requests for non-emergency government services received by Commonwealth Connect starting in 2009, across over 200 (varying by year) Massachusetts municipalities. Commonwealth Connect is a mobile app that acts as a 311 system for municipalities across Massachusetts. It is hosted by SeeClickFix, who provided the raw data catalog...

Boston Climate Change Resiliency and Preparedness Checklist Dataset

Nov 11, 2018

Mike Wilson, 2018, "Boston Climate Change Resiliency and Preparedness Checklist Dataset", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/H5ZXHC, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:r4dBVONWY8BSeMFyqsRg2g== [fileUNF]

The Boston Climate Change Resiliency and Preparedness Checklist dataset was constructed by Mike Wilson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology using a series of publicly available Project Notification Forms from the Boston Planning and Development Agency’s (BPDA, formerly Boston Redevelopment Authority or BRA) Development Projects webpage: htt...

Administrative Geographies for the City of Boston

Nov 6, 2018

Boston Area Research Initiative, 2018, "Administrative Geographies for the City of Boston", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JZV6ON, Harvard Dataverse, V1

This data set contains a series of administrative geographies utilized by the City of Boston, including: traditional neighborhoods defined by the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA Neighborhood Statistical Areas, BPDA Planning Districts); election board regions (City Council Districts, Election Precincts, Election Wards); and districts fo...

2010 Census Geographies

Nov 6, 2018

Boston Area Research Initiative, BARI, 2018, "2010 Census Geographies", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/SQ6BT4, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:UCJsAfozD3drYpK2sQBhbA== [fileUNF]

Every ten years, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts a count and collects information on the U.S. population. As part of this process, the Census Bureau creates a series of nested geographies for proper sampling and counting. As of the 2010 census, the City of Boston, MA contains 7,288 census blocks (defined as any piece of land bounded by streets or w...

Boston Area Deposition and Soil Solution Dataset

Oct 29, 2018

Decina, Stephen; Templer, Pamela; Hutyra, Lucy, 2018, "Boston Area Deposition and Soil Solution Dataset", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/0HQLUN, Harvard Dataverse, V1

This environmental dataset details bulk deposition (in the open), throughfall (beneath tree canopy), and soil solution measurements of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and carbon (C) made from May to October of 2015 at nine locations across Metropolitan Boston. This dataset was constructed by Stephen Decina, Pamela Templer, and Lucy Hutyra of Boston U...

Property Assessment

Apr 9, 2018

Shields, Michael; O'Brien, Daniel T.; de Benedictis-Kessner, Justin, 2018, "Property Assessment", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/UWTQ4E, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:6:AqFyqFwd0KmOZhkBjdOuiA== [fileUNF]

This dataset details the various cross-sectional and longitudinal data files of the City of Boston's property assessment data. These data were curated and added to by the Boston Area Research Initiative. The corresponding documentation details information about the various attributes and measures within these data files.

Mapping Test(Northeastern University / Harvard University)

Oct 24, 2017

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