Crestwood

Crestwood is an entirely residential neighborhood located in Northwest Washington, D.C., and bordered on three sides by Rock Creek Park. Heading north from the White House on 16th Street, Crestwood is among the first neighborhoods that features single-family homes with larger lawns.

Type: Neighborhood
Description: residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C.
Also known as: “Blagden” and “Blagdens Subdivision”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Iglesia ni Cristo chapel, Washington, D.C. and Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens.

Iglesia ni Cristo chapel, Washington, D.C.

Church

Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Iglesia ni Cristo chapel in Washington D.C. in the United States is located along 16th Street. It used to be a place of worship and school of the Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church.

Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens

Museum

Photo: Jllm06, Public domain.

Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens is a decorative arts and historic house museum in Washington, D.C. The former residence of businesswoman and philanthropist Marjorie Merriweather Post, Hillwood is known for its decorative arts collection that focuses heavily on the House of Romanov, including two Fabergé eggs.

16th Street Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The 16th Street Bridge, also known as the Piney Branch Bridge, is an automobile and pedestrian bridge that carries 16th Street NW over Piney Branch and Piney Branch Parkway in Washington, D.C. It was the first parabolic arch bridge in the United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Pleasant and Petworth.

Mount Pleasant

Neighborhood

Photo: smart growth, CC BY 3.0 us.

Mount Pleasant is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. The neighborhood is primarily residential, with restaurants and stores centered along a commercial corridor on Mt.

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.

Lanier Heights

Neighborhood

Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lanier Heights is a small urban neighborhood in the northwest section of Washington, D.C. It was one of the District of Columbia’s early planned subdivisions outside the original City of Washington.

Crestwood

Categories: neighborhood of Washington, D.C. and locality
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.94178° or 38° 56′ 30″ north

Longitude

-77.04053° or 77° 2′ 26″ west

Elevation

207 feet (63 metres)

Open location code

87C4WXR5+PQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158239757

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

4138163

Wikidata ID

Q5184659

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to French—“Crestwood” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Crestwood”
French: “Crestwood”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Crestwood Triangle Park and Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist.

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