Wood Island is a grade-level rapid transit station on the MBTA Blue Line, located off Bennington Street (Route 145) in the Day Square section of East Boston, Massachusetts. The station also serves as a bus transfer point for several local MBTA Bus routes.The station is adjacent to the former Wood Island Park, a once heavily used recreational area for East Boston residents. Most of the park was destroyed in the mid 1960s to expand Logan International Airport.HistoryPredecessor stationsThe narrow gauge Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad (BRB&L) opened from East Boston to Lynn on July 29, 1875.Wood Island station was located at Prescott Street in what was then the Wood Island neighborhood, approximately at. It opened along with the rest of the line on July 29, 1875. The station was abandoned when the BRB&L ceased operations in 1940, and demolished several years later during expansion of Logan Airport. The station site is now occupied by aviation support businesses.Harbor View, the next station to the northeast, was located at Short Street at. Harbor View was a boxy station of identical design to Wood Island, though it was not an original station on the line and opened later than its twin. Located a short walk from Bennington Street, it lost much of its ridership to East Boston Tunnel trolleys, and was closed significantly sooner than the rest of the BRB&L. The building was sold, moved closer to Cowper Street, and converted to a private residence.
