Potomac Avenue station
Potomac Avenue station is an island-platformed Washington Metro station in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., U.S. The station was opened on July 1, 1977, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.Photo: SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Metro station
- Description: Washington Metro station
- Also known as: “Potomac Avenue Station”
- Address: 700 14th Street Southeast, Washington, DC 20003
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Congressional Cemetery and Lincoln Park.
Congressional Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
The Congressional Cemetery, officially Washington Parish Burial Ground, is a historic and active cemetery located at 1801 E Street in Washington, D.C., United States, in the Hill East neighborhood on the west bank of the Anacostia River. Congressional Cemetery is situated 2,300 feet east of Potomac Avenue station.
Lincoln Park
Park
Photo: Dookas27018, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lincoln Park, historically known as Lincoln Square, is the largest urban park located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States.
National Museum of the United States Navy
Museum
Photo: National Museum of the U.S. Navy, Public domain.
The National Museum of the United States Navy, or U.S. Navy Museum for short, is the flagship museum of the United States Navy and is located in the former Breech Mechanism Shop of the old Naval Gun Factory on the grounds of the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., United States. National Museum of the United States Navy is situated 4,000 feet southwest of Potomac Avenue station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hill East and Fairlawn.
Hill East
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hill East is a residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C. located in the Southeast quadrant of the city. It is bounded by the Kingman Park neighborhood at C Street to the north, by the Anacostia River to the east and south, and by Capitol Hill at 15th Street to the west.
Fairlawn
Neighborhood
Fairlawn is a working class and middle class residential neighborhood in southeast Washington, D.C., United States. It is bounded by Interstate 295, Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Minnesota Avenue SE, Naylor Road SE, and Good Hope Road SE.
Capitol Hill
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Capitol Hill is a venerable neighborhood just east of the Capitol building, best known as the main residence in the city for the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government, and for the staffers who run the place.
Potomac Avenue station
- Categories: underground station, railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.8813° or 38° 52′ 53″ northLongitude
-76.9852° or 76° 59′ 7″ westOperator
WMATANetwork
Washington MetroOpen location code
87C5V2J7+GWOpenStreetMap ID
node 738189360OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q2981603
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Urdu—“Potomac Avenue station” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “পোটোম্যাক অ্যাভিনিউ স্টেশন”
- Chinese: “波多馬克大道站”
- Dutch: “Potomac Ave”
- French: “Potomac Avenue”
- Italian: “Potomac Avenue”
- Japanese: “ポトマックアベニュー駅”
- Polish: “Potomac Avenue”
- Russian: “Потомак-авеню (станция метро)”
- Russian: “Потомак-авеню”
- Spanish: “Avenida Potomac”
- Ukrainian: “Проспект Потомак”
- Urdu: “پوٹومیک ایونیو اسٹیشن”
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Highlights include Liberty Baptist Church and Dennis Dolinger Memorial Park.
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