Back of the Hill station

Back of the Hill is a surface stop on the light rail MBTA Green Line E branch, located in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is named after, and primarily serves, the adjacent Back of the Hill apartment complex, a Section 8 development for elderly and disabled residents. The apartment complex was built in 1980 and opened in 1981; the stop likely opened in 1982 when the line reopened after two years of reconstruction.[2][3][4][5]

Back of the Hill
An inbound train at Back of the Hill station in 2011
Location	South Huntington Avenue at Back of the Hill Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°19′45.79″N 71°6′39.46″W
Owned by	MBTA
Platforms	None (passengers must wait on sidewalks)
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA bus: 39, 192
History
Opened	June 26, 1982
Passengers
2011	35 (weekday average)[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station Heath Street Terminus Green Line E branch Riverway toward North Station

Back of the Hill is the least-used stop on the MBTA subway system, averaging only 35 riders per day by a 2011 count. It was one of only four stops to average fewer than 100 riders per day.[1][note 1] Despite this, it is kept open to serve the apartment complex and because of its low operational impact: it only delays riders using adjacent Heath Street and shares its infrastructure with a route 39 stop.[6] Back of the Hill is located on the street running section of the E branch on South Huntington Avenue. The station has no platforms; passengers wait in bus shelters on the sidewalks and cross a traffic lane to reach Green Line trains.