Brightwood Park
Brightwood Park is a small neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C. in the United States. The neighborhood is bounded by Georgia Avenue NW to the west, Missouri Avenue NW to the northeast and Kennedy Street NW to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: neighborhood in Washington, D.C., United States
- Postal code: 20011
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Stevens and William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center.
Fort Stevens
Park
Photo: D Monack, Public domain.
Fort Stevens, formerly named Fort Massachusetts, was part of the extensive fortifications built around Washington, D.C., during the American Civil War.
William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center
Stadium
Photo: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center is a tennis venue located in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C., United States It is named after William H. G.
Embassy of Cambodia
Government office
Photo: Slowking4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Embassy of Cambodia in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the United States of America. It is located at 4530 16th Street Northwest, Washington, D.C. in the Crestwood neighborhood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brookland-Petworth-Takoma and Brightwood.
Brookland-Petworth-Takoma
Brookland, Petworth, and Takoma are three relatively quiet neighborhoods east of Rock Creek Park. Following the "White Flight" after desegregation and the 1968 riots, these neighborhoods were left underpopulated, overwhelmingly African-American, and much less wealthy than the Upper Northwest, just across Rock Creek Park.Brightwood
Suburb
Photo: thebrightwoodian, CC BY 2.0.
Brightwood is a neighborhood in the northwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C. Brightwood is part of Ward 4.
Petworth
Neighborhood
Photo: Dclemens1971, CC BY 4.0.
Brookland, Petworth, and Takoma are three relatively quiet neighborhoods east of Rock Creek Park. Following the "White Flight" after desegregation and the 1968 riots, these neighborhoods were left underpopulated, overwhelmingly African-American, and much less wealthy than the Upper Northwest, just across Rock Creek Park.
Brightwood Park
- Categories: neighborhood of Washington, D.C. and locality
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.95673° or 38° 57′ 24″ northLongitude
-77.02799° or 77° 1′ 41″ westElevation
243 feet (74 metres)Open location code
87C4XX4C+MROpenStreetMap ID
node 158623427OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From French to Urdu—“Brightwood Park” goes by many names.
- French: “Brightwood Park”
- Japanese: “ブライトウッド・パーク”
- Urdu: “برائٹ ووڈ پارک”
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