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North Cambridge, is a diverse neighborhood of over eleven thousand residents in an approximately 0.85 square mile area in the northernmost part of the city and bordered by Alewife Brook Reservation, the city of Somerville, the town of Arlington, and railroad tracks currently used by the Fitchburg Commuter Rail Branch of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA).

The Cambridge Highlands neighborhood, located on the northeastern edge of the city is comprised of a commercial and light industrial area as well as a more residential area at its western end, bordering Belmont. The Fresh Pond Reservation borders the neighborhood to the south.

Mid-Cambridge is one of Cambridge's largest neighborhoods, stretching from Central Square in the east to Harvard Square in the west and north to Inman Square and the Cambridge/Somerville border. It is predominantly residential but also includes parts of the Harvard University campus, Cambridge and Youville Hospitals, and the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.

Meeting minutes of the Mid Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District Commission meeting held February 6, 2012

Meeting minutes of the Avon Hill Neighborhood Conservation District Commission meeting held October 25th, 2013

Meeting minutes of the Mid Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District Commission meeting held August 4, 2025

The Port is a high-density residential neighborhood with around seven thousand residents, bounded by Hampshire Street to the north, the Boston & Albany Railroad to the east, Prospect Street to the west, and Massachusetts Avenue to the south.

Meeting minutes of the Mid Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District Commission meeting held June 9, 2025

Meeting minutes of the Mid Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District Commission meeting held on July 1, 2019

On the News and Current Projects page, we describe the art conservation program's year-round active care for Cambridge's public art collection. Here we feature the most recent exciting projects.