Brookland
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 8,260 residents
- Description: neighborhood in Washington D.C.
- Also known as: “Little Rome”, “McCeeneys Subdivision”, and “South Brookland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and District of Columbia Public Library-Woodridge Neighborhood Branch.
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Church
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic minor basilica and national shrine in Washington D.C. It is the largest Catholic church building in North America and is also the tallest habitable building in Washington, D.C.
District of Columbia Public Library-Woodridge Neighborhood Branch
Library
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The Woodridge Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the Woodridge neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is located at 1801 Hamlin Street NE.
Ralph Bunche House
House
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Ralph Bunche House was the home Ralph Bunche commissioned from Hilyard Robinson in 1941. It is located at 1510 Jackson Street, Northeast, Washington, D.C., United States, in the Brookland neighborhood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brentwood and Langdon.
Brentwood
Neighborhood
Brentwood is a neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., Bounded by Rhode Island Avenue NE, the train tracks of the Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood Metro station, Montana Avenue NE, and New York Avenue NE.
Langdon
Neighborhood
Langdon is a neighborhood located in Ward 5 of Northeast Washington, D.C. Historical surveys of D.C. recognize Langdon as a neighborhood dating back to at least 1903.
Michigan Park
Neighborhood
Michigan Park is a neighborhood in Ward 5 of Northeast Washington, D.C. in the Upper Northeast area element. The boundaries of Michigan Park and North Michigan Park neighborhoods are contested due to the history of racial disparity between the two, but…
Brookland
- Categories: neighborhood of Washington, D.C. and locality
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.93283° or 38° 55′ 58″ northLongitude
-76.98423° or 76° 59′ 3″ westPopulation
8,260Elevation
154 feet (47 metres)Open location code
87C5W2M8+48OpenStreetMap ID
node 158604941OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
4137828Wikidata ID
Q4575058
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In Other Languages
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Brookland”. Photo: APK, CC BY-SA 4.0.