Petworth

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.
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  • Type: Neighborhood with 19,000 residents
  • Description: neighborhood in Washington, D.C.
  • Also known as: Linden Farm”, “Petworth (Washington, D.C.)”, and “Petworth, Washington, D.C.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sherman Circle and District of Columbia Public Library-Petworth Neighborhood Branch.

Park
Photo: Whubsch, CC0.
is an urban park and traffic circle in the Northwest neighborhood of Petworth at the intersection of Illinois Avenue, Kansas Avenue, 7th Street, and Crittenden Street NW.

Library
The Petworth Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the Petworth neighborhood of , United States. It is located at 4200 Kansas Avenue NW.

Restaurant
is a restaurant in Petworth, , United States. Steve Salis is the founder and Rob Sonderman is the chef.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brookland-Petworth-Takoma and Crestwood.

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.

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

Petworth

Latitude
38.94593° or 38° 56′ 45″ north
Longitude
-77.02498° or 77° 1′ 30″ west
Population
19,000
Elevation
230 feet (70 metres)
Open location code
87C4WXWG+92
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158570100
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
4140007
Wiki­data ID
Q7179432
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Petworth” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بيتوورث
  • Chinese: 佩特沃思
  • French: Petworth
  • German: Petworth
  • Russian: Петуорт
  • Russian: Питворт
  • Slovenian: Petworth
  • Ukrainian: Петворт
  • Urdu: پیٹورتھ، واشنگٹن ڈی سی

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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 “Petworth”. Photo: Dclemens1971, CC BY 4.0.