Northeast Boundary
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Northeast Boundary is small neighborhood located in the northeast quadrant of Washington, D.C., in the United States. Along with the Capitol View neighborhood, it is the easternmost neighborhood of the District of Columbia.Template:Sfn
Borders
The borders of Northeast Boundary also known as East Corner are 58th Street NE, Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue NE, East Capitol Street NE, Southern Avenue NE, and Eastern Avenue NE. [1]
Northeast Boundary immediately borders Prince George's County, Maryland, and the communities of Capitol Heights, Fairmount Heights, and Seat Pleasant.
Economic development
The government of the District of Columbia includes Northeast Boundary in the Far Northeast and Southeast Area Planning Area. It is a "policy focus area", receiving special economic development, policy planning, zoning, and other attention from the district government.Template:Sfn
Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue NE serves as the main retail district in Northeast Boundary.Template:Sfn Dix Street NE between 60th Street NE and Eastern Avenue NE serves as a secondary retail corridor.Template:Sfn The District government is working to encourage infill retail development on Dix Street.Template:Sfn
Northeast Boundary is a relatively poor neighborhood with few amenities and limited retail services. In April 2018, the District of Columbia nominated a portion of Northeast Boundary for listing as an Opportunity Zone, a federal incentive program designed to encourage business and commercial investment in low-income areas.[2]
Schools, parks, and Metro
H.D. Woodson High School and the adjacent Marvin Gaye Park are both located in the neighborhood.Template:Sfn Two large public housing complexes exist within the community: Richardson Dwellings (5231 Cloud Place NE) and Lincoln Heights (400 50th Street NE).Template:Sfn Watts Branch runs southeast to northeast through the neighborhood, and Watts Branch Park (bounded by Southern Avenue NE, 61st Street NE, and Banks Place NE) is considered a gateway to the neighborhood.Template:Sfn The park includes a baseball field, basketball court, community garden, and playground.[3] In May 2018, the $14 million ($Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". in Template:Inflation-year dollars) Marvin Gaye Recreation Center opened in Watts Branch Park. The two-story, Script error: No such module "convert". facility replaced the one-story Watts Branch Recreation Center.[3]
The Capitol Heights Washington Metro station (Blue and Silver Lines) a few blocks east across the border in Maryland is the nearest subway station.Template:Sfn The hilly terrain of the neighborhood and small scale of the street grid network has tended to inhibit Metrobus service in the neighborhood.[4]
Citations
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Bibliography
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