Southeast (Washington, D.C.)
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U.S. Capitol at the center of the dividing lines. To the west of the Capitol extends the National Mall, visible as a thin green band in the image. The Northwest quadrant is the largest, located north of the Mall and west of North Capitol Street. | |
| Country |  United States |
| District |  Washington, D.C. |
Southeast (SE or S.E.) is the southeastern
Geography
Southeast includes the 32 neighborhoods of:
- Anacostia
- Barney Circle
- Barry Farm
- Bellevue
- Benning Ridge
- Buena Vista
- Capitol Hill
- Capitol View
- Civic Betterment
- Congress Heights
- Douglass
- Dupont Park
- Fairfax Village
- Fairlawn
- Fort Davis
- Fort Dupont
- Fort Stanton
- Garfield Heights
- Good Hope
- Greenway
- Hillcrest
- Knox Hill
- Marshall Heights
- Navy Yard
- Naylor Gardens
- Penn Branch
- Randle Highlands
- Shipley Terrace
- Skyland
- Twining
- Washington Highland
- Woodland
Government
Politically, Southeast includes most of Ward 8, as well as much of Ward 6 and Ward 7. Marion Barry, the former mayor of Washington, D.C., served as D.C. Council Member for Ward 8 until his death on November 23, 2014.[2][3]
Culture
Nationals Park, the current ballpark for Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals, opened in Southeast in March 2008.[4]
Transportation
Southeast Washington, D.C. is accessible via the Blue, Orange, Green and Silver Lines of the Washington Metro.[5]
Crime
In years past, the quadrant was known by some Washington, D.C. metropolitan area residents as being plagued by a high crime rate, relative to the rest of the city.[6]
Demographics
The population of Southeast is predominantly
See also
- SW—Southwest, Washington, D.C.
- NE—Northeast, Washington, D.C.
- NW—Northwest, Washington, D.C.
References
- ^ Rolark Barnes, Denise. "Martin Luther King Avenue, Where Hope Lives". Washington Informer. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
- ^ DePillis, Lydia (July 11, 2011). "Barry: No More Renters in Ward 8!". Washington City Paper. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
- ^ Johnson, Darragh; Roberts, Roxanne (July 18, 2007). "Washington's Mayor for Life To Be Truly Immortalized – in Wax". The Washington Post. p. B01.
- ^ Sandalow, Marc (March 1, 2008). "A Brand-New Ballgame: The New Stadium of the Nationals". Washingtonian. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
- ^ "Metrorail Interactive Map". Metro - Rail - Maps - Rail/Google Map. WMATA. Archived from the original on June 3, 2010. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
- ^ Layton, Lyndsey (August 3, 2003). "Metrobuses Face Rock Attacks On Streets of Southeast D.C." The Washington Post. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
- ^ "Point 2 Homes". Southeast Washington D.C. Demographics & Statistics. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
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