Franciscan Children's Visiting Our Campus

Visits from family and friends are essential for our patient's comfort and healing process. Our general visiting hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.  We do accommodate parent, guardian and caregiver visitation outside of general visitation hours.

Visiting hours may vary by program. Please contact your child's specific program to verify visiting hours. For more information, please call 617-254-3800.

Please note, we are a smoke/vape, tree nut/peanut and latex free campus.

Parking

Free parking for visitors is available in Lot A.

General Rules

• All visitors are asked to sign a visitation log, located at the entrance of the hospital and at the entrance of each unit. Please sign in at the Security desk and give your car license plate number to Security to register your car. If there are no spaces in Patient Parking, you can park in Lot A outside the patient section. You must register your car each time you park at Franciscan Children’s.
• Visitors under 18 years of age, including siblings of the patient, must be accompanied and supervised by an adult at all times.
• All visitors must wash their hands before entering and upon exiting a patient’s room
• Our patients are engaged in healing activities throughout the day. To avoid over-tiring the patient, we ask visitors (other than parents and guardians) to please limit the length of their visit as well as the number of people visiting at one time
• To prevent disturbing other patients and their families, we ask that all visitors be as quiet as possible
• Anyone suffering from a fever, cold, respiratory infection or illness, or if you recently tested positive for or are awaiting COVID-19 results, should not visit our campus

Location & Hours

The cafeteria is located on the first floor and is open Monday through Friday during the following times:

• Breakfast | 6:45 a.m. to 10 a.m.
• Lunch | 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Please note, the cafeteria is closed on Saturdays, Sundays and major holidays.

Latex-Free Environment

Allergies to latex are on the rise in both adults and children and can be dangerous.  We make every effort to provide latex-free equipment and materials.

For the safety of our patients, students and families, please do not bring products that contain latex such as: latex balloons or rubber toys containing latex to our campus.

Tree Nuts & Peanut Safety

Franciscan Children’s is a tree nut and peanut safe campus. Please do not bring any foods or products containing tree nuts and/or peanuts into our facility or onto our campus.

Smoke Free Campus

Franciscan Children’s is a smoke-free campus. No smoking, including tobacco products and mechanical cigarettes, is permitted anywhere on campus, including in patient rooms, bathrooms, waiting areas, outdoor spaces and vehicles parked on our property. Violation of this policy may result in an individual’s ability to visit in the future.

By MBTA

Take the B Line train (Boston College). Get off at the Warren Street stop on Commonwealth Avenue.

By Bus

Take the B, C, or D Green Line train to Kenmore stop. #57 bus from Kenmore station, get off at Warren Street stop.

By Car

When using MapQuest, GPS navigation or similar web-based direction finders, please use our address:  30 Warren Street in Brighton, Zip Code 02135.  Do not Warren Avenue Boston.