Penn Quarter

Penn Quarter is a suburb in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. Penn Quarter is situated nearby to the neighborhood Chinatown, as well as near the suburb Downtown.

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Mall and Capital One Arena.

National Mall

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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.

Capital One Arena

Stadium

Photo: Cliff, CC BY 2.0.

Capital One Arena is a multi-purpose 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.

National Gallery of Art

Museum

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The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East End and Chinatown.

East End

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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.

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.

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.

Penn Quarter

Type: Suburb
Category: locality
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.8959° or 38° 53′ 45″ north

Longitude

-77.02227° or 77° 1′ 20″ west

Open location code

87C4VXWH+93

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3670760898

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

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