 The Kendall MBTA Red Line station is located on the northeastern edge of the campus , in Kendall Square . The Cambridge neighborhoods surrounding MIT are a mixture of high tech companies occupying both modern office and rehabilitated industrial buildings , as well as socio @-@ economically diverse residential neighborhoods . In early 2016 , MIT presented its updated Kendall Square Initiative to the City of Cambridge , with plans for mixed @-@ use educational , retail , residential , startup incubator , and office space in a dense high @-@ rise transit @-@ oriented development plan . The MIT Museum will eventually be moved immediately adjacent to a Kendall Square subway entrance , joining the List Visual Arts Center on the eastern end of the campus . 
