Brookline was known as the hamlet of Muddy River and was considered a part of Boston until the Town of Brookline was independently incorporated in 1705. (The Muddy River was used as the Brookline-Boston border at incorporation.) It is said that the name derives from a farm therein once owned by Judge Samuel Sewall.[2] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Brookline has a total area of 6.8 square miles (17.7 km²), of which, 6.8 square miles (17.6 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.44%) is water.
The northern part of Brookline, roughly north of the D-line tracks, is urban in character and highly walkable and transit rich. The population density of this part of town is nearly 20,000 per square mile, on a par with the densest neighborhoods in Cambridge, Somerville, and Chelsea, and just below that of central Boston's residential districts (Back Bay, South End, Fenway, etc.).
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1. $1,280,000 : 70-72 Beaconsfield Rd, Brookline
   
   7 beds, 4 full baths

   Home size: 3,989 sq ft

   Lot size: 8,726 sqft

   Listed with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - Cambridge - Mass Ave.
2. $1,275,000 : 234 Middlesex Rd, Brookline
   
   4 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 2,869 sq ft

   Lot size: 7,250 sqft

   Listed with Hammond Residential R. E.
3. $1,950 : 23 Westbourne Ter, Unit 3, Brookline
   
   1 bed, 1 full bath

   Home size: 541 sq ft

   Lot size: 999 sqft

   Listed with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - Brookline
4. $495,000 : 62 Dwight St, Unit 2, Brookline
   
   2 beds, 1 full bath

   Home size: 1,052 sq ft

   Listed with Hammond Residential R. E.
5. $3,800 : 26d Alton Place, Unit D, Brookline
   
   3 beds, 2 full baths

   Home size: 1,487 sq ft

   Lot size: 2.30 ac

   Listed with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - Brookline