Fire in Jeffries Hill leads much of the Jewish community to relocate to Chelsea. In the next twenty years, Jews proper and continue to move out of East Boston to Chelsea, and also to Roxbury or Dorchester. Boston Municipal Airport is first built on Wood Island Park. I Infantry Commander Edward L. Logan is begun with a runway near Jeffries Point on filled land. The population of East Boston peaks at 64,069.
Immigration quotas limit the number of new immigrants into the area.
The Sumner Tunnel, the first car tunnel in Boston, is constructed. It closes in 1989. Bird, Apple, and Governor's Islands are converted into Logan airport. Orient Heights Public Housing project is built. Logan Airport, which had operated under various city and state jurisdictions, is run by the newly established Massachusetts Port Authority.