Winthrop Beach is the main beach of Winthrop

Winthrop, Massachusetts

The Town of Winthrop is a municipality in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population of Winthrop was 17,497 at the 2010 U.S. Census. It is an oceanside suburban community in Greater Boston situated at the north entrance to Boston Harbor and is very close to Logan International...

, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

. It is located along Winthrop Shore Drive

Winthrop Shore Drive

Winthrop Shore Drive is a historic parkway in Winthrop, Massachusetts. The parkway was built in 1899 by Charles Eliot and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. Winthrop Beach is located along this parkway.-References:...

, spanning the roadway. The beach begins off Crest Ave. at an area known as the "Green Bars", named for the green railings along the seawall. The beach ends at the base of Water Tower Hill. The ocean has five wave breakers called the "Five Sisters" off shore to protect nearby neighborhoods from the large swells that occur during storms.

Winthrop Beach is open year round to the public from dawn to dusk and is noted by some as the "centerpiece" of this community.