Brookline Avenue Medical Building

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In the old Brookline Avenue Medical Building, a regular doctor’s patient asked one morning: ‘Why does every delivery driver here seem to know exactly where to park?’ ‘I’ve noticed that too,’ replied the doctor with a smile. Turns out, our friendly neighborhood delivery guy was also a local historian who used to work in this very building. He knew every nook and cranny of Brookline Avenue like the back of his hand—even better than most of us!’

2. In the old Brookline Avenue Medical Building, an elderly neighbor noticed something peculiar every time she walked her dog. Each afternoon, just after the last patients left, the elevator doors would open on their own, and a tiny paw would stick out from inside. Finally curious, she followed the sound one day and found herself face-to-face with a small tabby cat, who yawned and stretched before sauntering off down the hallway. Turns out, the building’s janitor had adopted the stray as his own office companion during late shifts. The neighbor smiled, knowing now that the mysterious paws belonged not to ghostly patients but to a regular neighborhood cat.

3. At dawn, when most offices were still locked tight, a delivery driver pulled up to the old Brookline Avenue Medical Building. Something odd caught his eye—a shadowy figure darting between the shadows of the empty hallways. Curious, he followed the silhouette into an empty examination room. There, on the table, was just an old medical chart and a note scribbled in pencil: ‘Please leave door open for fresh air.’ The delivery driver laughed and shook his head, muttering, ‘Next time I’ll bring flowers instead of packages.’

4. In the old Brookline Avenue Medical Building, a delivery driver remarked one afternoon: ‘I swear, I see the same janitor cleaning the same hallway every five minutes.’ Finally, an elderly neighbor chimed in: ‘Oh, that’s not a janitor—those are just different shifts of the same guy playing a practical joke on you!’ Everyone burst out laughing, realizing it was just good ol’ fashioned fun.