University Heights (Washington, D.C.)

University Heights is a neighborhood adjacent to The Catholic University of America in Ward 5 of Northeast Washington, D.C. in the Upper Northeast area element.^[1] It is located east of the University and west of the Franciscan Monastery, bounded by the tracks for the Red Line of the Washington Metro to the west; 14th Street NE to the east; Taylor Street to the north; and Otis Street to the south. University Heights is in DC Neighborhood Cluster 20^[2] along with the Michigan Park and North Michigan Park neighborhoods.

Map of Washington, D.C., with University Heights highlighted in red

University Heights is often thought of as a section of the Brookland neighborhood, largely because Brookland Elementary School is inside University Heights, but is actually a separate neighborhood north of Brookland proper.

Contained within University Heights are Fort Bunker Hill Park and Turkey Thicket Park & Recreation Center.

References

1. "About Ward 5 | op".
2. "Neighborhood Clusters".

External links

• Media related to University Heights (Washington, D.C.) at Wikimedia Commons

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