On the Market Atop Corey Hill

There’s nothing quite like being atop Brookline’s Corey Hill. If you haul yourself up the incredibly steep Summit Avenue, once you’ve caught your breath, you’ll be rewarded by an absolutely amazing view of the city. On a clear winter’s day when there are no leaves on the trees, you can see stunning views of Downtown Boston, the Charles River, the B.U. Bridge and Cambridge from Corey Hill Outlook Park. You are also suddenly aware of something totally unexpected if you’ve been wandering along one of the numerous footpaths set into the woods lower down on the hill — that is pastoral Corey Hill is set down right smack in the middle of the city.

Here are three cool things about the Corey Hill neighborhood, bounded by Washington Street to the West and Winchester Street to the East:

•  Proximity to Coolidge Corner. Just a quick trip down Summit and you’ve hit all the stores and businesses of “downtown” Brookline.
• Living on the hill is like living in 19th century Boston. You can walk to “town” or the T by using wooded footpaths that run perpendicular to the terraced streets.
• There is an immense variety of housing stock. Just about anything you could be looking for is here, from Queen Anne Victorians, to Brick Tudors, to condos in brick rowhouses, to turn-of-the-century farmhouses, to 1970′s suburban ranch homes.

Right now on Corey Hill, there are several properties on the market, with quite a few available on Mason Terrace — one of the several terraced roads that ring the hill.

207 Mason Terrace, #1
Brookline
BEDS:3/BATHS:1
SQ.FT:1320
$559K

87 Mason Terrace, #5
Brookline
BEDS:2/BATHS:1
SQ.FT: 1150
$449K

97 Mason Terrace, #B
BEDS:1/BATHS:1
SQ.FT: 530
$249K

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