[1] After renovation work completed in 2009, Longwood station is accessible from both Chapel Street and Riverway Park.

[3] As part of a general improvement program, the railroad replaced many of its original wooden stations with new stone buildings designed by H.H.

The railroad cited the closeness of the two stations, their poor locations, and traffic losses due to the electrified trolley line opened on nearby Beacon Street in 1889.

[6] In early 1893, the B&A commissioned Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge to build new stations at Longwood and Riverside.

[7] The new Longwood station was a "very simple rectangular design" with a dominant stone roof that provided shelter on all four sides.

[7][8] A footbridge at Carlton Street was added by the town in mid-1894 to provide access to the Riverway Park.

One of the only steel bridges in an Olmsted-designed park, it was designed and built by Alexis French, Brookline's first town engineer.