Explore Washington, DC building permits, MPD crime data, and D-5, D-4 and R-3 zoning in Southwest Waterfront, Fort McNair and Buzzard Point.
Search this neighborhoodThe Southwest quadrant runs from the L'Enfant Plaza federal offices to the Washington Channel. The Wharf development along Maine Avenue, the Maine Avenue Fish Market, Arena Stage and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum are here, as is Fort McNair, and Audi Field sits at Buzzard Point at the confluence of the Anacostia and Potomac.
D-5 downtown districts cover about 13 percent of the cluster, followed by D-4 downtown (11 percent), R-3 rowhouse (10 percent) and RF-1 rowhouse and flat (9 percent). Roughly 21 percent of the area is unzoned right-of-way or public land. Metrorail service includes Federal Center SW (Blue, Orange and Silver Lines), L'Enfant Plaza (Green, Yellow, Orange, Blue and Silver Lines) and Waterfront (Green Line) stations; Metrobus routes C55, D50, A40, C11 and C31 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 Southwest Waterfront, Fort McNair and Buzzard Point.
View safety data →Permit activity in Southwest Waterfront, Fort McNair and Buzzard Point includes large waterfront and Buzzard Point development projects 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 →D-5 downtown districts cover about 13 percent of the cluster, followed by D-4 downtown (11 percent), R-3 rowhouse (10 percent) and RF-1 rowhouse and flat (9 percent). Roughly 21 percent of the area is unzoned right-of-way or public land.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
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