There are streets in every Boston neighborhood that have a reputation among the people who live there. In Roslindale, Tyndale is one of them. It's a quiet residential block, not a cut-through, lined with single-family homes from the early twentieth century and populated with neighbors who actually know each other. They plow each other out in winter. They take in each other's trash bins. They throw an occasional block party. And once a year, on Halloween, they host one of the most beloved neighborhood traditions in the city — a sea of kids from across Roslindale, West Roxbury, and Hyde Park descending on Tyndale by the thousands.
That's the street 101 Tyndale sits on. The house itself is a 1910 folk Victorian, front-gabled, with a covered porch that runs the full width of the home and a slate roof that has been doing its job since William Howard Taft was president. The current owner has been here for nearly seventy years. He raised four children in this house. And the house, in turn, has been pristinely maintained by a man who knew what he had.
How It Lives
The first floor opens from the entry vestibule into a living room and a formal dining room. To your left, you find what you'd hope to find in a 1910 home: crown molding, tall ceilings, red fir floors, and a built-in corner china cabinet that no contractor today would build because no one would pay for it. The layout is intimate, organized in a circulation around a central core of closets and the chimney. It's not an open floor plan. It was never meant to be one.
What it is, instead, is a house that handles the day with grace. The southwestern light pulls into the dining room in the afternoon. The covered porch out front is south-facing — the kind of porch where the current owner, into his nineties, used to nap in the summer sun.
The kitchen is small and dates to a 1990s remodel. The half bath off the back hall and the full bath upstairs are similarly honest about themselves. They're functional, but they're cosmetic projects. The right buyer will see that as the work that's left to do — and look at what's already done as the reason to do it.
Bones, Mechanicals, and the Walk-Up Attic
The heavier lifting at 101 Tyndale is behind you. The wiring was fully replaced and brought to current code in 2026. The oil-fired steam boiler is well-maintained and regularly serviced. The windows are replacement vinyl double-hung. The plumbing is largely copper. And the slate roof, original to the house, is intact.
Upstairs are three bedrooms and a flex room — the kind of small fourth room that works well as a nursery, an office, or a dressing room. That flex room leads to the walk-up attic, and the attic is where the conversation gets interesting. The ceiling height is excellent. There's room up there for a future primary suite with its own bath, or two additional bedrooms, depending on what the next chapter calls for. It's the value-add that thoughtful buyers in this neighborhood look for: a clear path to expansion in a house that already has the bones.
The Yard and the Block
The lot runs to 4,919 square feet — nearly five thousand — with a gentle upward slope and a grassy yard behind the house. The driveway parks two, and on-street parking on Tyndale is easy because the block isn't a cut-through. At the end of the street is a park/field (Fallon Field) that quietly does a lot of work: playground, ball field, basketball, tennis, street hockey, and an unofficial dog park that everyone seems to know about. Also, Roslindale Village is just on the other side of Fallon.
What Roslindale Is Becoming
Roslindale has been one of Boston's most quietly compelling neighborhoods for years now. New zoning in Roslindale Village is changing what's possible in the village center — more density, more commerce, more of the urbanity that makes a neighborhood feel alive. The trajectory matters because Tyndale is positioned exactly where you'd want to be: equidistant from Rozzie Village, accessed via Fallon Field, and the commerce along Centre Street in West Roxbury, accessible the other direction. Bellevue commuter rail station is close by — Exodus Bagels (the best in the city, full stop, and soon expanding to a full-service restaurant) sits just under the pedestrian tunnel at the end of the street.
In Rozzie Square: Delfino (Boston's best Italian — yes, we're saying it), Square Root, 753 South, The Substation, and Fornax. On Washington: Tony's Market, where Tony himself, apron on and knife in hand, will opine on Italian opera at an expert level if you let him. Around the corner: Bread Thyme, an underappreciated gem. Toward Centre Street: Roche Brothers and Porter Café about half a mile away, with Knoll Street Tavern at the JP/West Roxbury line for bar pizza. Pleasant Café for old-school family-style — a place that was already a vintage in the 1980s and hasn't changed since.
For the longer weekend stretches: Stony Brook Reservation and Turtle Pond for trails and dog walks. Millennium Park, a little further along the Parkway, with paved paths winding around three large athletic complexes, the Charles River and marshland on one side, and a birding scene that's quietly serious.
Who This House Is For
The right buyer at 101 Tyndale is someone who understands what they're getting. This is a house that has been loved for nearly seventy years and now needs cosmetic work in the kitchen and baths. It's also a house with a slate roof, fully updated electrical, a walk-up attic with primary-suite potential, and a position on one of Roslindale's most coveted streets. It's priced to reflect both halves of that picture.
If that sounds like the right project on the right block, mark the calendar.
101 Tyndale comes to market Tuesday, May 26. First showings are at the broker open house on Thursday, May 28, with public open houses to follow Saturday May 30 and Sunday May 31. Check back at 101Tyndale.com for photos, floor plans, disclosures, and additional details as we get closer to launch.
For early questions or to be added to the showing list, contact BJ Ray at 617-224-8980.
