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| leader_name = [[Zachary Parker]]
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'''Queens Chapel''' is a mostly residential [[List of neighborhoods of the District of Columbia by ward|neighborhood]] with commercial elements located in [[Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C.|Ward 5]] of [[Washington, D.C. (northeast)|Northeast]] [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://planning.dc.gov/node/605372|title=About Ward 5 | op|website=planning.dc.gov}}</ref>

Its namesake is the Queens Family Chapel, the first [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] parish in DC. It burned to the ground multiple times, the last fire occurring during the [[Battle of Bladensburg]]. It was later rebuilt as St Francis de Sales Church in 1906.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Brown|first=Tarah|date=1992-05-09|title=FOR ONE DISTRICT PARISH, A CRUSADE TO RECLAIM ITS PLACE IN HISTORY|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1992/05/09/for-one-district-parish-a-crusade-to-reclaim-its-place-in-history/d4aaa895-f237-46ec-95ea-bfd46530d350/|access-date=2022-01-03|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

== Boundaries ==
[[File:Queens Chapel DC.jpg|thumb|left|Near the intersection of Jefferson St. and Chillum Pl. NE, in Queens Chapel, in February 2018]]
Queens Chapel is contained between [[Eastern Avenue (Washington, D.C.)|Eastern Avenue N.E.]] to the north, Galloway Street N.E. to the south, [[Maryland Route 212|Riggs Rd N.E.]] to the north, and the [[Red Line (Washington Metro)|Washington Metropolitan Area Red Line]] train tracks to the west. Queens Chapel borders the adjacent neighborhoods of [[Riggs Park]], [[Fort Totten (Washington, D.C.)|Fort Totten]], [[North Michigan Park]], and [[Michigan Park, Washington, D.C.|Michigan Park]], which also are located in [[Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C.|Ward 5]] of [[Northeast, Washington, D.C.|Northeast Washington D.C.]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Edleson|first=Harriet|date=21 June 2018|title=In Northeast Washington, A Neighborhood Maintains Its Stability and Tranquility|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/in-northeast-washington-a-neighborhood-maintains-its-stability-and-tranquility/2018/06/20/9bbbb7e0-70ba-11e8-bd50-b80389a4e569_story.html|access-date=25 January 2021|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> In addition to these [[Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C.|Ward 5]] neighborhoods of Northeast Washington D.C., Queens Chapel also borders the neighborhood of [[Chillum, Maryland|Chillum]], which is located in [[Prince George's County, Maryland]].

The Queens Chapel neighborhood is often confused with the Queens Chapel Neighborhood Association which is located in the [[Michigan Park, Washington, D.C.|Michigan Park]] neighborhood. It was named for early landowner Richard Queen.<ref>{{cite web|last=Malesky|first=Robert|date=6 July 2014|title=Brookland Roads: Just where was Queen's Chapel?|url=https://bygonebrookland.com/2014/07/06/just-where-was-queens-chapel/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=25 January 2021|website=bygonebrookland.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Cioffoletti|first=Elizabeth|date=27 August 2017|title=Richard Queen 1725–1794|url=https://queenfamilyky.wordpress.com/2017/08/27/richard-queen/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=25 January 2021|website=The Queen Family|language=en}}</ref>

== Notable places ==
Queens Chapel is home to the Bertie Backus Community College (formerly Bertie Backus Middle School, which closed and was demolished in 2008), the Lamond-Riggs Library, Food & Friends, and the Art Place at Fort Totten development.

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{{geographic location
|Centre =Queens Chapel
|Northeast = [[Chillum, Maryland]]
|North = [[Chillum, Maryland]]
|Northwest =[[Riggs Park, Washington, D.C.|Riggs Park]]
|West =[[Fort Totten, Washington, D.C.|Fort Totten]]
|Southwest =[[North Michigan Park, Washington, D.C.|North Michigan Park]]
|South =[[Michigan Park, Washington, D.C.|Michigan Park]]
|Southeast =[[Michigan Park, Washington, D.C.|Michigan Park]]
|East =[[Chillum, Maryland]]
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