The Galaxy
The Galaxy is an apartment building in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland which is located on 13th Street. The Galaxy is situated nearby to Ethiopian Evangelical Church, as well as near Shepherd Park Christian Church.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Silver Spring station and Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library.
Silver Spring station
Railway station
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Silver Spring station is a former train station on the Metropolitan Subdivision in Silver Spring in Montgomery County, Maryland. It was built in 1945 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on the foundation of a previous station, a Victorian-style brick structure built in 1878. Silver Spring station is situated 1,300 feet north of The Galaxy.
Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library
Library
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Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library is part of the District of Columbia Public Library System. It was opened to the public on July 29, 1990. The library was named in honor of Juanita E. Thornton, a teacher and community activist. Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library is situated 2,400 feet south of The Galaxy.
Nora School
School
The Nora School is a private progressive college-preparatory high school in Silver Spring, Maryland. A nonprofit school with 501 status, it was formerly known as The Eberhard School, Washington Ethical Society School, and Washington Ethical High School. Nora School is situated 1,500 feet northeast of The Galaxy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shepherd Park and Colonial Village.
Shepherd Park
Neighborhood
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Shepherd Park is a neighborhood in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. In the years following World War II, restrictive covenants which had prevented Jews and African Americans from purchasing homes in the neighborhood were no longer enforced, and the neighborhood became largely Jewish and African American.
Colonial Village
Neighborhood
Colonial Village is an area in northwest Washington, D.C., built in 1931 with 80 residences. The homes are reproductions of colonial buildings, such as the Moore House, where General Charles Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown.
Silver Spring
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Silver Spring is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is considered to be an "edge city". It sits next door to Washington, DC, and had about 82,000 residents in 2018.
The Galaxy
- Type: Apartment building
- Address: 8025 13th Street
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.98679° or 38° 59′ 12″ northLongitude
-77.0281° or 77° 1′ 41″ westLevels
6Open location code
87C4XXPC+PQOpenStreetMap ID
way 536195866OpenStreetMap feature
building=apartments
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