Emery Heights Recreation Center

Emery Heights Recreation Center is a park in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. Emery Heights Recreation Center is situated nearby to the neighborhood Brightwood Park, as well as near the locality Colorado Triangle.

Type: Park
Description: recreation center in Washington, D.C., United States
Also known as: “Emery Heights Community Center”, “Emery Heights Park”, and “Emery Recreation Center”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Stevens and Paul Public Charter School.

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.

Paul Public Charter School

School

Paul Public Charter School is a charter school in northwest Washington, D.C., serving students from fifth to twelfth grade.

Hughes Memorial Tower

Tower

Photo: Everything counts, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Hughes Memorial Tower is a radio tower in Washington, D.C., at 6001 Georgia Avenue, near the intersection of 9th Street NW and Peabody Street NW. At 761 ft, it is the tallest structure of any kind in the district, surpassing the Washington Monument by more than 200 ft and the WTTG Television Tower by 55 ft.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brightwood Park and Brookland-Petworth-Takoma.

Brightwood Park

Neighborhood

Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

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.