This week in 16th Street Heights
From DC’s public records- 67building permits in the last 30 days, 3 of them bigger projects. See them
- 17curb-space permits starting in the next 7 days. Where
- $1.10Mmedian house price, from 74 sales in the past year. Recent sales
- 1,502311 requests in the last 30 days, 61 more than the 30 days before. Most common: bulk trash pickups. Details
On your block: trash day, schools, parking and what’s nearby, for all 234 blocks. Look up your block
Nearby
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Coming up
Next 14 daysFurther out: Nov 20, Nov 27.
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Getting around
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On the street this week
Curb space reserved17 curb-space permits start in the next 7 days; 182 are active this week, reserving 24,090 ft of curb in all.
- Nov 4–61600 block of Longfellow StreetD2
- Nov 5–Dec 141700 block of Taylor StreetC7
- Nov 6–Jan 71400 block of Decatur StreetE5
- Nov 6–Jan 74700–4800 blocks of 14th StreetE5
- Nov 64600 block of 16th StreetD5
- Nov 8–131300–1600 blocks of Buchanan StreetE5
- Nov 8–134300–4500 blocks of Argyle TerraceC6
- Nov 8–134300–4500 blocks of Blagden AvenueC5
- Nov 8–134600–4700 blocks of Arkansas AvenueE5
- Nov 8–Dec 294800 block of 14th StreetE5
From DDOT’s public-space occupancy permits, at hundred-block precision. Streets
Bigger projects
Last 30 days67 permits were issued Oct 6–Nov 2. Most are trade work; these 3 are additions, demolitions or new buildings.
- 1516 Varnum St NWD6
This project consist of minor interior renovations to existing row house. Replace existing hot water heating system. Install new tortch down roof on…
- 1504 Crittenden St NWD5
This permit application is submitted to revise the previously approved building permits (Permit Nos. B2506463 and B2602859). The proposed revisions…
- 1412 Delafield Pl NWE5
Renovation of three-levels interior of the house, including installing new floors, removal of some non structural walls, renovation of bathrooms and… Plus 1 other permit at this address.
Today’s condition
Nov 3311 requests in 16th Street Heights rose to 1,502 in the last 30 days, from 1,441 the 30 days before (+4%). The biggest swing: roadway signs fell to 24 from 97. Biggest rise: rodent complaints rose to 124 from 64.
15 rising / 13 easing / 5 steady, across the 33 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
- 20
- 11 fewer; small counts swing month to month
- 31 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: $1.10M median from 12 sales. 60 of 83 sales in the past year closed above assessed value.
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1635 Madison St NWhouse, 3 bd, 2,016 sq ft | Oct 18 | $1.42M |
| 4560 Argyle Ter NWhouse, 4 bd, 1,788 sq ft | Oct 7 | $1.35M |
| 1205 Emerson St NWhouse, 4 bd, 2,155 sq ft | Oct 6 | $975K |
| 4322 Argyle Ter NWhouse, 4 bd, 2,234 sq ft | Oct 5 | $1.68M |
| 4519 15th St NWhouse, 3 bd, 1,552 sq ft | Oct 4 | $860K |
Sales are tied to 16th Street Heights through OTR assessment sub-areas 16th Street Heights A, B and C and Crestwood 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 16th Street Heights 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 2026-11-04): 97% of the 2,995 house and condo parcels in the OTR area(s) sit on squares inside the boundary, and 92% 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. 274 requests are still open.
Permits by type
Oct 6–Nov 2Street trees
DDOT inventoryMost common
Pin oak 419, Willow oak 215, Swamp white oak 169, Crape myrtle 137, Eastern redbud 134
Biggest trunks
- Tulip poplar, 68 in across
- American elm, 58 in across
- Osage orange, 55 in across
- Pin oak, 52 in across
DDOT urban forestry inventory, Oct 28. Ask DC to plant a tree · Streets
Around the house
For all 234 blocks; look up your own- Trash day
- Wednesday for most blocks (129 of 234); Thursday for 75DPW collection routes. Recycling: Wednesday for most blocks (134 of 234); Thursday for 84.
- Leaf collection
- Not started yetZone 4B (228 blocks), Zone 3A (3 blocks), Zone 4A (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 Ave, Military Rd, Missouri AveNo parking on these streets once DC declares a snow emergency; cars are towed.
- Public schools (zoned)
- Lewis, Powell, Brightwood and 2 moreElementary, depending on the block. Middle: MacFarland, Wells, Deal. High: Roosevelt, Coolidge, Jackson-Reed. DCPS boundaries from 2025–26.
- Residential parking zone
- Zone 4 and 1474 block sides have residential permit parking.
History
16th Street Heights in the recordIn 1911, one builder put up 26 buildings on the 1400 block of Webster Street NW under 3 permits. The largest permit alone covered 11 buildings at an estimated $33,000. E6
2,998 historic building permits on record, 1896–2013, by decade (DC Historic Preservation Office).
This week in 1926: the Evening Star
No usable mentions of 16th Street Heights in the Evening Star this week. Some weeks a neighborhood just isn’t in the paper. More history
Machine-read text from Library of Congress scans; misspellings are the scanner’s. More from the archive
Who represents you
16th Street Heights overlaps 6 single-member districts in 1 advisory neighborhood commission. Each district elects one commissioner.
- Aretha "nikki" Jones
- Vince Micone
- Maria Barry
- Hal Gordon
- Camsie Mcadams
- Julianna Susan Gonen
Names of elected officials are public record. What your ANC is discussing
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Also here: about the data.