Latest news
Local outlets- “Old Banneker High School Trees All Gone”
- Photo Friday: 70 degrees and sunny
- Red Light (Bar & Detroit Pizza) coming soon to Blue Building
- It was an, unexpected by most, Air Force One Flyover!!
- November 2026 Agenda
- Down Goes Dragon Hero in Shaw/U Street near 9:30 Club – Closing Next Thursday
- Voting Rights and the USCT
Nearby
Headlines that mention U Street or a neighborhood next to it, from local outlets checked nightly. Each links to the outlet; we never copy articles. All news & events
Coming up
Next 14 days- Wed4Nov
Also check ANC 1B meetings District Bridges events (U Street Main Street)
Getting around
Live, from WMATA and Capital BikeshareU Street/African-Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo
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On the street this week
Curb space reserved45 curb-space permits start in the next 7 days; 227 are active this week, reserving 27,698 ft of curb in all.
- Nov 1–Dec 301800–2000 blocks of 16th StreetA4
- Nov 1–Dec 61800 block of 15th StreetA5
- Nov 1–Dec 11200 block of U StreetB4
- Nov 1–Apr 292100 block of 13th StreetB4
- Nov 1–Nov 30700–1000 blocks of Girard StreetC2
- Nov 1–Nov 302700 block of Sherman AvenueC2
- Nov 1–31500 block of Caroline StreetA4
- Nov 1–32200 block of 11th StreetC3
- Nov 1–131800 block of 11th StreetC5
- Nov 1–61100 block of V StreetC4
- Nov 1–62000 block of 14th StreetB4
- Nov 1–61800 block of 13th StreetB5
- Nov 1–61900 block of 3rd StreetE4
- Nov 1–61300 block of U StreetB4
- Nov 1–38th Street NW And T Streetnot mapped
- Nov 1–31800 block of 8th StreetD5
- Nov 1–Dec 302000 block of 10th StreetC4
- Nov 1–Dec 302000 block of 15th StreetA4
- Nov 1–23300 block of Elm StreetE4
- Nov 1–132000–2100 blocks of Vermont AvenueC4
- Nov 2–Dec 12300–2600 blocks of Sherman AvenueC3
- Nov 21500 block of U StreetA4
- Nov 2–41800 block of 15th StreetA5
- Nov 2–41400 block of Florida Avenuenot mapped
- Nov 3–Dec 2700 block of Euclid StreetD2
- Nov 3–Dec 2200 block of S StreetF5
- Nov 3–Dec 21000 block of Fairmont StreetC2
- Nov 3–Jan 12000 block of Vermont AvenueC4
- Nov 4–301800 block of 9th StreetD5
- Nov 4–62100 block of 11th StreetC4
- Nov 4–61400 block of V StreetA4
- Nov 5–71800 block of 11th StreetC5
- Nov 6–81900 block of 13th StreetB4
- Nov 6–81900 block of 6th StreetD4
From DDOT’s public-space occupancy permits, at hundred-block precision. Streets
Bigger projects
Last 30 days72 permits were issued Oct 5–Oct 28. Most are trade work; these 4 are additions, demolitions or new buildings.
- 2529 11th St NWC2
Revised Building permit B2401672 to remove rear Addition all other MEP remain in same footprint as per attached plan.
- 1916 3rd St NWE4
Underpinning of the existing basement foundation to increase ceiling height, add a bedroom and bathroom at the basement level. Replace stairs at…
- 2023 11th St NWC4
Revision to permit number B2403039 - Unit one - Bigger bedroom and relocation kitchen shifting it towards the light well. unit 2 adding a bathtub on…
- 1421 T St NW 3B4
Historic Built-In Gutter Restoration (Historic Property)Carefully remove the existing built-in gutter system while preserving the historic character…
Today’s condition
Oct 31311 requests in U Street fell to 2,703 in the last 30 days, from 3,050 the 30 days before (−11%). The biggest swing: graffiti removal fell to 62 from 137. Biggest rise: parking enforcement calls rose to 400 from 326 (+23%).
17 rising / 22 easing / 7 steady, across the 46 kinds of 311 request with at least 10 in either period. A change within 10% (or 2 requests) counts as steady.
Measures
Latest period vs the one before- Crime reports
- 118
- 3 fewer; small counts swing month to month
- 121 the 30 days before
- Last 30 days · counts only, never mapped
Homes
Sales, OTRMonthly median house price; blank months had under 3 sales. Last 60 days: $850K median from 7 sales. 71 of 141 sales in the past year closed above assessed value.
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 2812 13th St NW # 2condo | Oct 15 | $479K |
| 2129 10th St NWhouse, 2 bd, 1,104 sq ft | Oct 12 | $850K |
| 2107 12th Pl NWhouse, 3 bd, 1,244 sq ft | Oct 12 | $1.03M |
| 724 Girard St NWhouse, 3 bd, 1,544 sq ft | Oct 1 | $660K |
| 1225 Fairmont St NW # 105condo | Oct 1 | $234K |
Sales are tied to U Street through OTR assessment sub-areas Old City 2 F and G, LeDroit Park A and Columbia Heights E in OTR's Integrated Tax System Public Extract, not through the DC Health planning-area boundary used elsewhere on this site, because the tax extract has no coordinates. The two areas overlap but do not match exactly. Fit with the U Street boundary, measured this run by tax square (a square counts as inside if any DC address point on it falls inside the DC Health polygon, so edge squares make these upper bounds; measured 2026-11-01): 63% of the 4,964 house and condo parcels in the OTR area(s) sit on squares inside the boundary, and 75% of house and condo parcels on in-boundary squares belong to the OTR area(s). Homes
Top 311 requests
Last 30 daysLast 30 days, bar; the tick and small number are the 30 days before. 575 requests are still open.
Permits by type
Oct 5–Oct 28Street trees
DDOT inventoryMost common
Pin oak 211, Red maple 193, Willow oak 154, Chinese elm 127, London plane tree 102
Biggest trunks
- Willow oak, 50 in across
- Willow oak, 48 in across
- Willow oak, 47 in across
- Willow oak, 45 in across
DDOT urban forestry inventory, Oct 29. Ask DC to plant a tree · Streets
Around the house
For all 198 blocks; look up your own- Trash day
- Tuesday/Friday for most blocks (145 of 198); Wednesday for 5DPW collection routes. Recycling: Tuesday for most blocks (183 of 198); Wednesday for 5.
- Leaf collection
- Not started yetZone 1D (165 blocks), Zone 1B (12 blocks), Zone 2B (9 blocks), Zone 5C (7 blocks), Zone 5B (2 blocks), Zone 1C (1 blocks). We have not reached your section yet. Each section will receive two weekends’ notice of when to rake your leaves to the tree box or curb. Please check back on Friday for an update on our collection schedule. DPW leaf collection
- Street sweeping
- Check the posted signsDC doesn’t publish a current block-by-block sweeping schedule; residential sweeping runs March to October. DPW street cleaning
- Snow emergency routes
- 16th St, Georgia AveNo parking on these streets once DC declares a snow emergency; cars are towed.
- Public schools (zoned)
- Cleveland, Garrison, Langley and 4 moreElementary, depending on the block. Middle: Cardozo, Columbia Heights, McKinley, MacFarland. High: Cardozo, Dunbar, Roosevelt. DCPS boundaries from 2025–26.
- Residential parking zone
- Zone 1 and 2 and 5396 block sides have residential permit parking.
Then
U Street in the recordIn 1903, one builder put up 51 buildings on the 700 block of Gresham Place NW under 4 permits. The largest permit alone covered 14 buildings at an estimated $31,500. C1
3,066 historic building permits on record, 1872–2012, by decade (DC Historic Preservation Office).
This week in 1926: the Evening Star
The newspaper archive couldn’t be reached tonight; clips return with the next run. More history
Machine-read text from Library of Congress scans; misspellings are the scanner’s. More from the archive
Who represents you
U Street overlaps 11 single-member districts in 4 advisory neighborhood commissions. Each district elects one commissioner.
- Matt Fay
- Francois Barrilleaux
- Aaron Lemon-strauss
- Alan Kensek
- Matthew Holden
- Sabel Harris
- Vacant
- Josh Jacobson
- Brian Footer
- Lynn Thompson
- David R. Rubenstein
Names of elected officials are public record. What your ANC is discussing
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Elsewhere in DC
- Commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of the National Museum
- Café 8’s Deal to Reopen Doesn’t Help Neighbors – ANC6B Committee Continues Discussion Monday Night
- #LifeInMVT Photo Of the Week: More Retail Comes to the Triangle!
- Last* Christmas Tree in Town – Happy (almost) Halloween!!
- “Does DC allow filming inside polling places? Some voters might be deterred…”
Also here: jobs near U Street (5 listed), about the data.