Explore Washington, DC building permits, MPD crime data, and RA-1, R-3 and RF-1 zoning in Historic Anacostia.
Search this neighborhoodHistoric Anacostia is a nineteenth-century neighborhood on the hill above the Anacostia River. Cedar Hill, Frederick Douglass's home and now a National Historic Site, stands on W Street SE, near the Big Chair landmark and Fort Stanton Park.
RA-1 apartment districts cover about 26 percent of the cluster, followed by R-3 rowhouse (25 percent), RF-1 rowhouse and flat (5 percent) and MU-4 mixed-use (5 percent). Roughly 30 percent of the area is unzoned right-of-way or public land. Metrobus routes C29, C23, C15, C31 and C41 serve the cluster.
CivicScout tracks Metropolitan Police Department reported crime (the nine offense categories MPD publishes), traffic crashes and open 311 service requests for any searched address in Historic Anacostia.
View safety data →Permit activity in Historic Anacostia includes historic house rehabilitations and apartment-building work. The permit records CivicScout tracks are DC Department of Buildings construction permits plus electrical, plumbing and mechanical trade permits.
View permits →Major construction and high-impact permits — see what’s changing across the neighborhood.
View new construction →RA-1 apartment districts cover about 26 percent of the cluster, followed by R-3 rowhouse (25 percent), RF-1 rowhouse and flat (5 percent) and MU-4 mixed-use (5 percent). Roughly 30 percent of the area is unzoned right-of-way or public land.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →Location reports for Historic Anacostia addresses surface DC building permits, open 311 service requests, traffic crashes and the applicable DC zoning district.
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