Newton Corner, Massachusetts facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Newton Corner
Village
The Newton Corner Bell
Newton Corner, Massachusetts Location in Massachusetts
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Middlesex
City	Newton
Elevation	300 ft (90 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	617

Newton Corner is one of the thirteen villages within the city of Newton in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Newton Corner borders Brighton, a neighborhood of Boston, as well as the city of Watertown, Massachusetts. Newton Corner is divided by the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90), it has on-off access in both directions at Exit 17.

Newton Corner station formerly saw streetcar and commuter rail service; it now serves as a busy bus depot serving downtown express routes as well as local buses.

Education

• Newton Country Day School (Private) - 785 Centre Street

The Chamberlayne School, now Mount Ida College, was founded in 1899 as a private all-female high school on Mount Ida Hill in Newton Corner.

Notable residents

• Freelan Oscar Stanley & Francis Edgar Stanley, identical twin inventors of the Stanley Steam Car
• Robert Pinsky, former US Poet Laureate
• Sidewalk Sam (Robert Guillemin), folk artist
• Taylor Twellman, soccer player
• Steve Grossman, Massachusetts State Treasurer, 2011–present