Brookline is a town in
Norfolk County,
Massachusetts, in the
United States, and is a part of
Greater Boston. Brookline borders six of
Boston's neighborhoods:
Brighton,
Allston,
Fenway–Kenmore,
Mission Hill,
Jamaica Plain, and
West Roxbury. The city of
Newton lies to the west of Brookline. At the 2010 census, the population of the town was 58,732. Brookline was first settled in 1638 as a
hamlet in Boston, but was incorporated as a separate town in 1705.