The list of cell tower locations in Belmont appears below on this list prepared by the Department of Community Development in May 2009.
CELLULAR ANTENNAS IN THE TOWN OF BELMONT
Location, Carrier Names, Dates Permitted
(May 8, 2009)
| Location: | Carriers: | Date Permitted: |
| 12 – 20 CHURCH STREET Waverley Square (Corbett Building) | OMNIPOINT/T-MOBILE | 2004 |
| VERIZON | 2006 | |
| 20 – 30 CHURCH STREET Waverley Square (Watertown Savings Bank) | NEXTEL/SPRINT | 1998 |
| METRO PCS | 2008 | |
| 90 CONCORD AVENUE Corner of Watson Road (Commercial Building) | OMNIPOINT/T-MOBILE | 2006 |
| 380 CONCORD AVENUE Belmont Center (First Armenian Church) | CINGULAR | 2006 |
| 460 CONCORD AVENUE Belmont Center (Police Station) | SPRINT/NEXTEL | 1999 |
| 780 CONCORD AVENUEMcLean District Open Space (Cellular Tower) | OMNIPOINT/T-MOBILE | 2004 |
| VERIZON | 2006 | |
| CINGULAR | 2006 | |
| METRO PCS | 2009 | |
| 51 Hill Road Hill Estates Apartment Bldg | OMNIPOINT/T-MOBILE | 2006 |
| 2 LEONARD STREET Belmont Center (Belmont Savings Bank) | OMNIPOINT/ VOICESTREAM | 2002 |
| 125 TRAPELO ROAD Cushing Square (Belmont Manor Building) | OMNIPOINT/T-MOBILE | 1998 |
| A T & T | 2001 | |
| SPRINT/NEXTEL | 2001 | |
| VERIZON | 2001 | |
| XM SATELLITE (Radio) | 2001 | |
| METRO PCS | 2008 | |
A point of clarification, as a representative of Watertown Savings Bank (and Belmont resident), we are a tenant of the building at 20-30 Church Street, Waverely Square and have nothing to do with the cell tower or cell tower lease at that location.
Having said that and while we have refused all offers from cell providers on sites that we do own, I don’t think cell phone towers are inherently bad, we simply have to balance that we don’t like to see them or be near them but most all of us enjoy the service.
The residents of South Brookline refused for years to allow cell towers in their neighborhood. Finally, coverage was improved by the town installing a distributed cell system that put small low power cell antenna on street lights in south Brookline. Several MIT types living in Brookline figured out how to do it. If you drive along Newton Street, Lee Road you can see the cell system on street lights. They are funny looking boxes with poles sticking out of the top and bottom on the street lights. I do not know if they are GSM or CMDA technology (Att vs Verizon). I also do not know if the towers are town owned or if they are private. I do know that Brookline has town wide low cost WIFI that the town runs.