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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001104659-09-059259.txt : 20091016
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-09-059259
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20091015
FILED AS OF DATE:		20091016
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20091016

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NEW ENGLAND REALTY ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000746514
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OPERATORS OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS [6513]
		IRS NUMBER:				042619298
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		39 BRIGHTON AVE
		CITY:			ALLSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02134
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6177830039

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		39 BRIGHTON AVE
		CITY:			ALLSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02134

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NERA 1994 IRREVOCABLE TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000935694
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31568
		FILM NUMBER:		091123916

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O LANE AITMAN & OWENS
		STREET 2:		101 FEDERAL ST
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02110
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6173459800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O LANE AITMAN & OWENS
		STREET 2:		101 FEDERAL STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02110
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2009-10-15</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000746514</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>NEW ENGLAND REALTY ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NEN</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0000935694</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>NERA 1994 IRREVOCABLE TRUST</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O NEW ENGLAND REALTY ASSOCIATES LP</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>39 BRIGHTON AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ALLSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>02134</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>NEN Depositary Receipts</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-10-15</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>220000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>98983</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On October 15, 2009, the reporting person effected an equity exchange pursuant to which the reporting person transferred 220,000 Depositary Receipts to a third party in a privately negotiated transaction in exchange for ownership interests in 13 properties consisting of an aggregate of 260,888 square feet of retail, office and residential space with a fair market value of approximately $11,581,744.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Sally E. Michael, Co-Trustee</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-10-16</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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