Ivy City forms a triangle in the center of the Northeast quadrant, bordered by New York Avenue to the northwest, West Virginia Avenue to the east, and Mt Olivet Road to the south. It got its name from Thomas Seaton Donoho, a Civil War-era poet and author who was fascinated with ivy. He called hisaaa
The Brightwood community is chock full of duplex-row homes, wonderful bungalows and and glorious colonials. Many with wide alleys that run behind the houses and large porches where you’re likely to see neighbors enjoying the outside. If space is what you’re looking for, but with an urban feel, Brightwood may be the answer. Brightwood bordersaaa
Voted D.C.’s hottest neighborhood in 2015, this neighborhood is full of cape cods, farm houses and colonial-style homes. And it’s commercial district, which is along the northern stretch of Rhode Island Avenue is home to Zeke’s Small Batch Coffee Roastery, BeSpoke Kitchen, and Art Enables. In 2016, DC opened a 20,000 square foot library inaaa
The Kalorama area is made up of two different neighborhoods: Kalorama Triangle and Sheridan-Kalorama. President Obama recently became the sixth former U.S. president to live there. The name Kalorama is Greek for “beautiful view” and was chosen by author and diplomat, Joel Barlow, for his home, which he purchased in 1802 and was the area’saaa
Rich in DC history, Swampoodle borders the United States Capitol and is home to Union Station, The National Postal Museum and Capitol Crossing. The neighborhood sits just west of the Atlas District, south of Noma and Union Market and east of Chinatown and Mount Vernon Triangle. The neighborhood began as a place of refuge foraaa
Michigan Park, possibly DC’s best kept secret, is just north of Brookland and the Brookland Metro station and home to Providence Hospital. Full of bungalows, ramblers and craftsman homes, the neighborhood boasts beautiful sprawling green spaces and education and religious institutions. Located in northeast Washington, Michigan Park sits southwest of the Maryland border, south ofaaa
In the heart of the Fort Lincoln neighborhood sits Fort Lincoln Park, with its one-of-a-kind view of the city and beautiful open-air gazebo-like structures scattered around the six-acre park. Situated high on a ridge with walking trails, playgrounds, and towering Honey Locust trees, this historic treasure of green space is cherished by the community. Locatedaaa
Named for Brig. Gen. Joseph G. Totten, Chief of Engineers, Fort Totten is located in the Northeast part of Washington, D.C., approximately three miles north of the Capitol. The neighborhood grew up around what once was a small army fort built during the Civil War to repel potential Confederate invaders and the home where Presidentaaa
As the historic gate, located at T and 6th NW, states grandly in painted iron, LeDroit Park was founded in 1873 as one of the District’s earliest suburbs. Located just over what was then the border of the city, this gated community, with tree-named streets and Victorian homes designed by James McGill, was the brainchildaaa
A historic nightlife and restaurant mecca once strolled by the likes of Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes, Ella Fitzgerald, Eartha Kitt, Dizzy Gillespie and later by DC Go Go legend Chuck Brown, this neighborhood represents a cultural crossroads of America. U Street is home of the now famous annual Funk Parade, and its theatres, the Lincoln,aaa
