Washington DC neighborhood guides
22 neighborhoods · live crime, Metrorail- Dupont CircleDupont & Logan Circle
Rowhouses, embassies, and a dense restaurant scene ring the traffic circle at the corner of Massachusetts and Connecticut Avenues, with the Dupont Circle Metro a block or two from most addresses.
- Logan CircleDupont & Logan Circle
Victorian mansions surround a small park at 13th and P Streets, with 14th Street's restaurant and boutique corridor a few blocks east and the U Street and Shaw-Howard Metro stations each about a ten-minute walk.
- ShawShaw & U Street
Rowhouses and converted warehouses sit blocks from the Shaw-Howard University Metro, with restaurants and bars filling a commercial strip that has changed rapidly over the past two decades.
- U StreetShaw & U Street
A historic jazz and theater corridor along U Street mixes live-music venues and restaurants with rowhouses on the surrounding blocks, a few steps from the U Street Metro station.
- Columbia HeightsColumbia Heights, Mount Pleasant & Petworth
Big-box retail and a dense commercial strip surround the Columbia Heights Metro station, with rowhouse blocks fanning out in every direction.
- Adams MorganAdams Morgan & Woodley Park
18th Street's restaurant and bar strip anchors a hilly, walkable neighborhood that sits a genuine uphill walk from the nearest Metro station at Woodley Park.
- Mount PleasantColumbia Heights, Mount Pleasant & Petworth
A quiet commercial strip along Mount Pleasant Street runs through rows of turn-of-the-century apartment buildings a short walk from Rock Creek Park and the Columbia Heights Metro.
- PetworthColumbia Heights, Mount Pleasant & Petworth
Single-family rowhouses and a growing restaurant strip along Upshur Street surround the Georgia Avenue-Petworth Metro station.
- GeorgetownGeorgetown & Foggy Bottom
Cobblestone streets, Federal-era rowhouses, and the M Street shopping corridor fill this riverside neighborhood, which has no Metro station of its own.
- Foggy BottomGeorgetown & Foggy Bottom
George Washington University's campus and the State Department fill much of this riverside neighborhood, with high-rise apartments a short walk from the Kennedy Center and the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro station.
- Woodley ParkAdams Morgan & Woodley Park
Prewar apartment buildings line Connecticut Avenue a short walk from the National Zoo, with the Woodley Park Metro station serving both this neighborhood and Adams Morgan next door.
- Cleveland ParkUpper Northwest
Tree-lined streets of Victorian houses and prewar apartment buildings sit along the Red Line a few blocks from Rock Creek Park's trails.
- TenleytownUpper Northwest
A quiet residential grid near American University sits atop one of the city's highest points, with a small commercial strip along Wisconsin Avenue and the Tenleytown-AU Metro station at its center.
- Capitol HillCapitol Hill & H Street
Rowhouses fill the blocks around the Capitol and Eastern Market, one of the city's largest historic districts and a short walk from the Blue, Orange, and Silver Line stations that ring it.
- H Street NECapitol Hill & H Street
A revived restaurant and bar corridor runs the length of H Street, served by the DC Streetcar rather than a Metro station of its own.
- NoMaNoMa & Bloomingdale
New mid-rise and high-rise apartment buildings have filled in the blocks around Union Station over the past decade, a short walk from the Red Line.
- BrooklandNortheast DC
Catholic University's campus and a cluster of churches and monasteries give this quiet, low-rise neighborhood its longtime nickname, 'Little Rome,' a short walk from the Brookland-CUA Metro station.
- Navy YardSoutheast & Southwest Waterfront
Nationals Park and new mid-rise apartment buildings line the Anacostia River waterfront, built up rapidly over the past fifteen years around the Navy Yard-Ballpark Metro station.
- Southwest WaterfrontSoutheast & Southwest Waterfront
The Wharf's restaurants and music venues line a rebuilt stretch of waterfront, a short walk from both the Waterfront and L'Enfant Plaza Metro stations.
- AnacostiaSoutheast DC, East of the River
One of the city's oldest neighborhoods, Anacostia's Victorian rowhouses and the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site sit a short walk from the Anacostia Metro station east of the river.
- Penn QuarterDowntown & Penn Quarter
Capital One Arena, museums, and theaters fill this downtown grid, which sits within a few blocks of six of the system's Metro lines.
- BloomingdaleNoMa & Bloomingdale
Rowhouses near Howard University and the McMillan Reservoir fill this quiet residential grid, which sits outside comfortable walking distance of the nearest Metro station.