Local News Jamaica Pond is closed due to harmful algae bloom Boston health officials are urging parkgoers and their dogs to avoid contact with the water. Christiana Botic for The Boston Globe, File ...

Jamaica Plain, MA — 2/18/2025 - A sign posted at JP Pond reads, “Please do not feed, touch, or remove birds from the park.” and provides a QR code to use to report a sick, injured or dead bird.

The Emerald Necklace, Arnold Arboretum, Franklin Park, and Jamaica Pond are among the public parks that touch JP’s borders. “JP just has so much green space and I love all of them.

The annual event at Jamaica Pond has become a tradition between Boston Schools and environmental officials with the Department of Fish and Game, and MassWildlife for more than 20 years now.

Fifteen minutes out from the city center, get off at Green Street, where a three-block walk takes you to Doyle's Cafe (3484 Washington St., 617-524-2345) and Jamaica Plain as it once was.

A man walks along Jamaica Pond in 2016. Pat Greenhouse Boston’s Jamaica Pond will be closed until a harmful algae bloom in the water is over, according to health officials.