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 Upper Northwest, just across Rock Creek Park.Photo: Dclemens1971, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
Sherman Circle
Park
Sherman Circle is an urban park and traffic circle in the Northwest Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Petworth at the intersection of Illinois Avenue, Kansas Avenue, 7th Street, and Crittenden Street NW.
District of Columbia Public Library-Petworth Neighborhood Branch
Library
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Petworth Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States. It is located at 4200 Kansas Avenue NW.
Honeymoon Chicken
Restaurant
Photo: Dclemens1971, CC BY 4.0.
Honeymoon Chicken is a restaurant in Petworth, Washington, D.C., United States. Steve Salis is the founder and Rob Sonderman is the chef.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brookland-Petworth-Takoma and Brightwood Park.
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.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.
Petworth
- Categories: neighborhood of Washington, D.C. and locality
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.94593° or 38° 56′ 45″ northLongitude
-77.02498° or 77° 1′ 30″ westPopulation
19,000Elevation
230 feet (70 metres)Open location code
87C4WXWG+92OpenStreetMap ID
node 158570100OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
4140007Wikidata ID
Q7179432
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