Directions to Microsoft NERD Center

Map showing locations of Kendall Square / MIT Station and Microsoft NERD Center

Address and Parking

Microsoft New England Research & Development (NERD) Center One Memorial Drive Cambridge, MA 02142

Parking is available onsite.

Directions

Public Transportation

  1. On the T, take the Red Line to the Kendall/MIT stop.
  2. Walk straight up Main Street toward the Longfellow Bridge (past the Post Office and Bank of America).
  3. There is a parking garage on your right. Take a right, and you can enter the building from the side.

This is approximately a 5-minute walk.

From the Airport

  1. From the airport take Summer Tunnel into Boston (toll at entrance).
  2. Coming out of tunnel, bear right  Route 93 North.
  3. Keep in right lane on Expressway.
  4. Go about 1/3 mile to Exit 26. Follow signs to Storrow Drive.
  5. Keep left going down ramp to Storrow Drive.
  6. After going through tunnel onto Storrow Drive, keep left following signs to Kendall Square.
  7. Get off Storrow Drive on Exit to left, then turn right in the exit, following signs to Kendall Square.
  8. Go across Longfellow Bridge.
  9. At end of bridge take first right exit to Memorial Drive West.
  10. Loop back under the bridge and take immediate first right, which reads “To Boston”.
  11. Half way up ramp (which takes traffic to bridge) turn left onto Memorial Drive.
  12. One Memorial Drive is first building on right. Parking entrance is a Right Turn (after the front entrance of the Building).

From the North

  1. Route 93 South or Route 95 South to Elevated Expressway entering Boston.
  2. Take Exit 26 from Expressway to Storrow Drive.
  3. At bottom of ramp go through tunnel onto Storrow Drive and keep left following signs to Kendall Square.
  4. Get off Storrow Drive on exit to left, then turn right in the exit, following signs to Kendall Square.
  5. Go across Longfellow Bridge.
  6. At end of bridge take first right exit to Memorial Drive West.
  7. Loop back under the bridge and take immediate first right, which reads “To Boston”.
  8. Half way up ramp (which takes traffic to bridge) turn left onto Memorial Drive.
  9. One Memorial Drive is first building on right. Parking entrance on is a Right Turn (after the front entrance of the Building).

From the South

  1. Route 93 – Expressway – North.
  2. Go through South Station Tunnel and up onto Elevated Expressway.
  3. Take Exit 26, following signs to Storrow Drive. Keep left going down to Storrow Drive.
  4. After going through tunnel onto Storrow Drive, keep left following signs to Kendall Square.
  5. Get off Storrow Drive on Exit to left, then turn right in the exit, following signs to Kendall Square.
  6. Go across Longfellow Bridge.
  7. At end of bridge take first right exit to Memorial Drive West.
  8. Loop back under the bridge and take immediate first right, which reads “To Boston”.
  9. Half way up ramp (which takes traffic to bridge) turn left onto Memorial Drive.
  10. One Memorial Drive is first building on right. Parking entrance is a Right Turn (after the front entrance of the Building).

From the West

  1. East on Mass Turnpike to Exit 18 – Allston/Cambridge. Keep in left lane approaching Exit 18.
  2. After tollgate stay in right lane, following signs to Cambridge.
  3. Go through traffic lights and across bridge. Stay in right lane across bridge.
  4. Take immediate right at end of bridge onto Memorial Drive.
  5. Go east on Memorial Drive for 2.0 miles (over overpass and later through underpass). After underpass keep in left lane.
  6. Look for sign on left of trees saying Kendall Square (opposite Motor Boat Marina).
  7. Turn left toward Kendall Square on Wadsworth Street – Cross westbound lane of Memorial Drive and go through onto Wadsworth Street to end (Bank of America on left at intersection).
  8. Turn right on Main Street.
  9. Go 0.1 mile past both the MIT Sloan and One Memorial Drive buildings.
  10. Prior to the bridge take your first right onto Memorial Drive.
  11. Turn right after the building follow signs for garage parking.

Directions on the NERD Center site.