U Street Metro Station
U Street station is a rapid transit station on the Green Line and Yellow Line of the Washington Metro in the U Street neighborhood of Washington, D.C. U Street station is located in northwest Washington and serves the U Street neighborhood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Metro station
- Description: Washington, D.C. metro station on the Green and Yellow lines
- Also known as: “U Street station”, “U Street Station”, “U Street-Cardozo Station”, and “U Street/African-American Civil War Memorial/Cardozo”
- Historically known as: “U Street-Cardoza Metro Station” and “U Street/African-Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo Metro Station”
- Address: 1240 U Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20009
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include African American Civil War Memorial and Lincoln Theatre.
African American Civil War Memorial
Monument
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
African American Civil War Memorial is a monument.
Lincoln Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Aude, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Lincoln Theatre is a historic theater in Washington, D.C., located at 1215 U Street, next to Ben's Chili Bowl. The theater, located on "Washington's Black Broadway", served the city's African American community when segregation kept them out of other venues. Lincoln Theatre is situated 860 feet west of U Street Metro Station.
Ben’s Chili Bowl
Fast food restaurant
Photo: SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Ben's Chili Bowl is a restaurant in Washington, D.C., United States, located at 1213 U Street, next to Lincoln Theatre, in the U Street Corridor, also known as the Cardozo/Shaw neighborhood in Northwest D.C. Ben’s Chili Bowl is situated 790 feet west of U Street Metro Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shaw and Logan Circle.
Shaw
Photo: Ron Cogswell, CC BY 2.0.
Shaw is a neighborhood in north-central Washington D.C. just east of Dupont Circle and south of Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights. Although it has a diverse population, Shaw is distinctive from the adjacent areas due to its African-American heritage.
Logan Circle
Neighborhood
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
Logan Circle is a historic roundabout park and neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. The majority of Logan Circle is primarily residential, except for the highly-commercialized 14th Street corridor that passes through the western part of the neighborhood.
Columbia Heights
Suburb
Photo: D Monack, Public domain.
Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant, and Columbia Heights are three bordering neighborhoods in Washington DC, each with a different character, but united in an unmistakable sense of dynamism, diversity, youth, and nightlife.
U Street Metro Station
- Categories: underground station, railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.91699° or 38° 55′ 1″ northLongitude
-77.02601° or 77° 1′ 34″ westElevation
102 feet (31 metres)Operator
WMATANetwork
Washington MetroOpen location code
87C4WX8F+QHOpenStreetMap ID
node 738189385OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limited
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“U Street Metro Station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “U街站”
- French: “U Street”
- Italian: “U Street”
- Russian: “Ю-стрит (станция метро)”
- Russian: “Ю-стрит”
- Spanish: “Calle U (Metro de Washington)”
- Spanish: “Calle U”
- Spanish: “U Street / African-American Civil War Memorial / Cardozo (Metro de Washington)”
- Spanish: “U Street/African-American Civil War Memorial/ Cardozo (Metro de Washington)”
- Spanish: “U Street/African-American Civil War Memorial/Cardozo (Metro de Washington)”
- Ukrainian: “Ю-Стріт”
- Yue Chinese: “U街站”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as 9th St NW-13th St NW, Washington DC and Logan Circle.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as U Street and U St NW at Vermont Ave NW.
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