In the most recent edition of UrbanTurf’s DC community profile, Gretchen Cook examines the 16th Street Heights neighborhood. The 16th Street Heights neighborhood is one that is often forgotten when considering DC housing options. It’s a small area, and, as Cook explains, it is much different than Columbia Heights, which lies just south.
“16th Street Heights, the quiet residential neighborhood between 16th Street and Georgia Avenue, is perhaps the complete opposite of Columbia Heights, its neighbor to the south,” Cook wrote. ”While Columbia Heights has become a business and retail hub in recent years complemented by a slew of new residential developments, 16th Street Heights has virtually nothing in the way of restaurants, bars, stores or new condos. Instead it offers large stately homes in a quiet, green environment with short commutes to downtown.”
The community really is a tiny one. Check out this map:
16th Street Heights is incredibly affordable, but its still within reach of tons of things to do. The picturesque Rock Creek Park, the bars of U Street and Adams Morgan, as well as the businesses of Columbia Heights are all within several miles.
One unique aspect of 16th Street Heights is the style of homes, Cook wrote.
“Early zoning rules required homes in 16th Street Heights to be fully detached, which sets the housing stock apart from downtown neighborhoods that are dominated by row houses,” Cook writes. ”The homes in the area can be quite large, evidenced by the grand brick colonials and Tudors that line 16th Street. In the eastern section of the neighborhood, there are modest colonial, Victorian and cottage-style houses with front porches, and along the northern edge, you’ll find several aging brick apartment buildings, some of which have been converted into condos.”
You can read Cook’s entire article profiling the 16th Street Heights community here.
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