Cell towers in Boston, Massachusetts
The FCC register lists 33 antenna structures in and around Boston. That is the 1st highest count of any place in Massachusetts.
Overview
Boston, MA has 33 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 1st largest count among the 191 places in Massachusetts that have any.
The 33 structures here sit at 0.68 per square mile of land.
Median height here is 67 m (221 ft), compared with 50 m (165 ft) across Massachusetts as a whole.
By structure type the register shows 2 monopoles and 1 lattice tower.
The earliest structure still on the register here dates from 1950.
Structure types
| Building | 7 | 21% |
| Building with antenna | 5 | 15% |
| Tower | 4 | 12% |
| Other | 4 | 12% |
| Pole | 3 | 9% |
| Building with tower | 3 | 9% |
| Monopole | 2 | 6% |
| Building with pipe | 2 | 6% |
| Not specified | 1 | 3% |
| Smokestack | 1 | 3% |
| Lattice tower | 1 | 3% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Government | 7 | 21% |
| Boston Fire Department Government | 5 | 15% |
| John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company Other | 3 | 9% |
| T-mobile Northeast LLC Carrier | 3 | 9% |
| Ofc Reit, LLC Other | 2 | 6% |
Tallest registered structures
top 25 of 33| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 277 m (908 ft) | Building with antenna | 2005 | Boston Fire Department | 2650413 |
| 276 m (907 ft) | Building | 1990 | Bp Prudential Acquisition LLC | 108731 |
| 260 m (852 ft) | Other | 1975 | John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company | 98126 |
| 260 m (852 ft) | Other | 2005 | Beacon Capital Parners | 2645386 |
| 252 m (827 ft) | Other | 1975 | John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company | 98127 |
| 252 m (827 ft) | Other | 1975 | John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company | 98128 |
| 208 m (683 ft) | Building with tower | 2017 | Ofc Reit, LLC | 110004 |
| 208 m (683 ft) | Building with tower | 2017 | Ofc Reit, LLC | 110005 |
| 192 m (629 ft) | Building with antenna | 1997 | Obs Reit, LLC | 597117 |
| 191 m (626 ft) | Building | 2010 | One Boston Place, LLC | 2679861 |
| 105 m (344 ft) | Building | 1976 | Executive Committee of the Trustees of Boston University | 128848 |
| 82 m (270 ft) | Building | 2005 | Boston Fire Department | 2652312 |
| 78 m (257 ft) | Tower | 1950 | Clear Channel Broadcasting, INC. | 109229 |
| 74 m (243 ft) | Smokestack | 1996 | Tower Point Holdings, LLC | 97364 |
| 72 m (236 ft) | Building | 1995 | New Boston Garden CORP | 113504 |
| 69 m (226 ft) | Pole | 1985 | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | 2606609 |
| 67 m (221 ft) | Lattice tower | 2017 | Pinnacle Towers LLC | 597116 |
| 67 m (220 ft) | Not specified | 2002 | Eversource Energy Service Company | 2627357 |
| 53 m (175 ft) | Building with pipe | 1992 | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | 2610403 |
| 52 m (170 ft) | Building with antenna | 2011 | T-mobile Northeast LLC | 2678908 |
| 50 m (164 ft) | Building with tower | 2000 | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | 2606799 |
| 49 m (162 ft) | Building with pipe | 1991 | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | 2608477 |
| 47 m (155 ft) | Monopole | 1995 | Ccatt LLC | 2682382 |
| 45 m (147 ft) | Building with antenna | 2011 | T-mobile Northeast LLC | 2678907 |
| 43 m (140 ft) | Tower | 2005 | Boston Fire Department | 2654691 |
When they were registered
| 1950s | 1 | 3% |
| 1970s | 4 | 12% |
| 1980s | 1 | 3% |
| 1990s | 9 | 27% |
| 2000s | 10 | 30% |
| 2010s | 8 | 24% |
Nearby places
About this data
The underlying records are the FCC's own registrations as of 2026-08-23. Every structure counted here carries a registration number you can check against the FCC directly.
The FCC Antenna Structure Registration database covers structures that require registration — generally those over 200 feet or near airports. Many small cells, rooftop antennas and short towers are not registered and will not appear here.
"Owner" is the entity that registered the structure, usually a tower company such as American Tower or Crown Castle. It does not indicate which carriers operate equipment on the structure.