Fields Corner Main Street

Fields Corner Main Street is a nonprofit that promotes and supports the Fields Corner business district in Dorchester, one of Boston’s largest urban neighborhood commercial areas. Centered on the intersection of Dorchester Avenue and Adams Street, the district includes more than 200 shops, services and restaurants run by Vietnamese, African American, Cape Verdean, Irish and Latino business owners. The organization works to protect that diverse character while drawing visitors and serving residents.

Fields Corner takes its name from a general store opened by brothers Enos and Isaac Field at the central intersection. Historic buildings still line the district, including One Fields Corner, also known as the Lenane Building, the former Fields Corner Municipal Building at One Arcadia Place, an original Loews Theatre and the O’Hearn Storage building. Today the area offers banks, a post office, a library branch, a health center with a pool, parks and a supermarket.

What to Know

• It is one of twenty Main Street organizations established by the City of Boston.
• The district sits at the Fields Corner station on the Red Line’s Ashmont branch and several bus routes.
• The organization is an accredited nonprofit led by a volunteer board of directors.
• Surrounding neighborhoods include Meetinghouse Hill, Clam Point, Melville Park and Fields Corner West.