Brightwood Park

Brightwood Park is a small neighborhood in Northwest 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.
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  • 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.

Park
Photo: D Monack, Public domain.
, formerly named Fort Massachusetts, was part of the extensive fortifications built around , during the American Civil War.

Stadium
The is a tennis venue located in in , United States It is named after William H. G.

Government office
The in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the to the . It is located at 4530 16th Street Northwest, Washington, D.C. in the neighborhood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brookland-Petworth-Takoma and Brightwood.

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 , just across Rock Creek Park.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in the northwestern quadrant of is part of Ward 4.

Neighborhood
Brookland, , 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 , just across Rock Creek Park.

Brightwood Park

Latitude
38.95673° or 38° 57′ 24″ north
Longitude
-77.02799° or 77° 1′ 41″ west
Elevation
243 feet (74 metres)
Open location code
87C4XX4C+MR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158623427
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
4137813
Wiki­data ID
Q4967836
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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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