Excel Academy - East Boston is located in a non-traidtional school building next to a CVS. We are located near the Winthrop border and share our parking lot with CVS. Please find directions below.
From Boston via the Callahan or Williams Tunnels
- Once exiting either tunnel, look for signs for Route 1A North (Route 1A takes you to 145)
- Get onto Route 1A and then take the 2nd exit for 145. (Do not take the first exit labeled "East
Boston" or the Bennington St./Chelsea/Winthrop/145 exit.)
- Take Route 1A North for a couple of miles at which point you will see a Courtyard Inn by Marriott
and an Avis sign/location on your right. You will then see a sign for Route 145, Orient Heights/Winthrop.
- Take a right onto 145/Boardman Street.
- Follow 145/Boardman Street for 1/2 mile. You will pass the Orient Heights Recreation Center on your right.
- Enter the rotary and take the 2nd exit onto Saratoga Street. Drive up the hill to the stop light. This is the intersection of Bennington and Saratoga Streets.
- Continue going straight for 1/2 mile. You will see a Domino's Pizza and a CVS Pharmacy on your left.
- We are located right next to the CVS Pharmacy and share the same parking lot.
From the North via 93-South
- Follow 93-S to exit 24B, labeled "Logan Airport and Route 1A.
- Follow signs toward Route 1A through the Callahan tunnel.
- Get into the left lane when exiting the tunnel. (Do not take the first exit labeled "East Boston" and do not take the "Airport" exit.")
- Follow signs for Route 1A North to Revere. (Do not take the Bennington St./Winthrop/Chelsea/145 exit.)
- Take Route 1A North for a couple of miles at which point you will see a Courtyard Inn by Marriott and an Avis sign/location on your right. You will then see a sign for Route 145, Orient Heights/Winthrop.
- Take a right onto 145/Boardman Street.
- Follow 145/Boardman Street for 1/2 mile. You will pass the Orient Heights Recreation Center on your right.
- Enter the rotary and take the 2nd exit onto Saratoga Street. Drive up the hill to the stop light. This is the intersection of Bennington and Saratoga Streets.
- Continue going straight for 1/2 mile. You will see a Domino's Pizza and a CVS Pharmacy on your left.
- We are located right next to the CVS Pharmacy and share the same parking lot.
From the North via Route 1-South
- Follow US-1 South to the Route 60 exit toward Malden/Revere.
- Enter the rotary and take the 3rd exit onto MA-60 East. Follow this road for one mile.
- Enter the rotary and the take the 2nd exit onto MA-60 East. Follow this road for one mile.
- MA-60 East becomes Route 1A South. Follow this road for 1.3 miles. You will pass Suffolk Downs on your left.
- Turn left at Boardman Street/145. (This street is not clearly marked. You will come to a stoplight at the top of a hill. This is Boardman Street.)
-Follow Boardman Street for 1/2 mile. You will pass the Orient Heights Recreation Center on your right.
- Enter the rotary and take the 2nd exit onto Saratoga Street. Drive up the hill to the stop light. This is the intersection of Bennington and Saratoga Streets.
- Continue going straight for 1/2 mile. You will see a Domino's Pizza and a CVS Pharmacy on your left.
- We are located right next to the CVS Pharmacy and share the same parking lot.
From the Orient Heights T-Stop
- When you exit the T-Station, walk up the hill to the first cross street. This is Saratoga Street.
- Take a left onto Saratoga Street (toward the residential neighborhood and away from the business district.) Walk about 1/2 mile.
- You will see a Domino’s Pizza and a CVS Pharmacy on your left.
- We are located right next to the CVS Pharmacy and share the same parking lot.
