Judiciary Square
Judiciary Square is a neighborhood in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., in the United States, the vast majority of which is occupied by various federal and municipal courthouses and office buildings.Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
- Type: Locality
- Description: neighborhood in Washington, D.C.
- Also known as: “Judiciary Square, Washington, D.C.”
Places of Interest
Highlights include National Mall and National Building Museum.
National Mall
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.
National Building Museum
Museum
The National Building Museum is a museum of architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning in Northwest Washington, D.C., U.S. It was created by an act of Congress in 1980, and is a private non-profit institution.
Capital One Arena
Stadium
Capital One Arena is an indoor arena in Washington, D.C. Located in the Chinatown section of the larger Penn Quarter neighborhood, the arena sits atop the Gallery Place rapid transit station of the Washington Metro.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown and East End.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
Photo: Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown is a small, historic area of Downtown Washington, D.C. along H and I Streets between 5th and 8th Streets, Northwest. The area was once home to thousands of Chinese immigrants, but fewer than 300 remained in 2017.
East End
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East End is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.
Downtown
Suburb
Photo: Kurt Kaiser, CC0.
Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States.
Judiciary Square
- Category: neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Judiciary Square” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Judiciary Square”
- Cebuano: “Judiciary Square”
- Chinese: “司法广场”
- Chinese: “司法廣場”
- Japanese: “ジュディシャリー・スクエア”
- Korean: “사법 광장”
- Urdu: “جوڈشری اسکوائر”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lillian and Albert Small Jewish Museum and Harrison Apartment Building.
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