Latest news
Local outlets- Events: Building a better Ward 3 and RFK for all
- Listing of the Day: 2881 Chancellor’s Way, Washington
- DC Fresh Finds for October 28, 2026
- Work Scheduled (John McCormack Rd, from Brookland Metro to the near the Ft. Totten Trash Transfer Station)
- ANC 5B Monthly Meeting [Virtual]
- May 2026 Minutes
- April 2026 Minutes
Nearby
- Heads Up Petworth, Park View and Environs – There’s Gonna Be a Flyover the Armed Forces Retirement Home later this morning
- Between work & kids, I missed regular guy time. Here’s how I got it back.
- Ground Broken at $19 Million Modernization of Upshur Recreation Center and Outdoor Pool House. “expected to be completed in Spring 2028”
- Remember, Remember, the 5th of November for Today is PoPville Day Now and Forever
Headlines that mention Brookland or a neighborhood next to it, from local outlets checked nightly. Each links to the outlet; we never copy articles. All news & events
Coming up
Next 14 daysFurther out: Nov 27, Dec 3, Dec 4.
Also check Woodridge Library events ANC 5B meetings Catholic University events
Getting around
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On the street this week
Curb space reserved30 curb-space permits start in the next 7 days; 230 are active this week, reserving 41,844 ft of curb in all.
- Nov 6–8700 block of Franklin StreetC5
- Nov 8–Dec 73300 block of 20th StreetF4
- Nov 8–Dec 73300 block of 22nd StreetF4
- Nov 8–Dec 74000 block of 12th StreetC3
- Nov 8–Dec 71600–1700 blocks of Monroe StreetE4
- Nov 8–Dec 71500–1700 blocks of Newton StreetD4
- Nov 8–104000 block of 10th StreetC2
- Nov 8–Dec 30600 block of Franklin StreetB5
- Nov 8–Dec 73500 block of 12th StreetC4
- Nov 8–132000 block of Monroe StreetF4
- Nov 8–133400 block of 12th StreetC4
- Nov 8–132700 block of 10th StreetC5
- Nov 8–133500 block of 18th StreetE4
- Nov 8–131000 block of Newton StreetC4
- Nov 8–131500 block of Otis StreetD3
- Nov 8–13900 block of Girard StreetC5
- Nov 8–131400 block of Lawrence StreetD4
- Nov 9–Dec 83100 block of 10th StreetC5
- Nov 9–Dec 293000 block of 10th StreetC5
- Nov 94100 block of 12th StreetC2
- Nov 10–Dec 91300–1500 blocks of Hamlin StreetD5
- Nov 10–Dec 93600 block of 13th StreetD4
- Nov 11–Dec 101200 block of Newton StreetC4
- Nov 11–133200 block of 8th StreetC4
- Nov 12–Dec 112900 block of 10th StreetC5
- Nov 13–151200 block of Evarts StreetD6
From DDOT’s public-space occupancy permits, at hundred-block precision. Streets
Bigger projects
Last 30 days100 permits were issued Oct 9–Nov 2. Most are trade work; these 0 are additions, demolitions or new buildings.
No additions, demolitions or new buildings were permitted in the last 30 days.
Today’s condition
Nov 6311 requests in Brookland fell to 1,207 in the last 30 days, from 1,288 the 30 days before (−6%). The biggest swing: dockless vehicle parking complaint rose to 171 from 30. Biggest drop: missed trash pickups fell to 42 from 121.
13 rising / 19 easing / 1 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
- 46
- 5 fewer; small counts swing month to month
- 51 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: $843K median from 30 sales. 100 of 178 sales in the past year closed above assessed value.
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 4200 12th St NEhouse, 5 bd, 2,008 sq ft | Oct 28 | $870K |
| 1040 Evarts St NEhouse, 3 bd, 1,340 sq ft | Oct 28 | $423K |
| 1809 Otis St NEhouse, 3 bd, 1,423 sq ft | Oct 27 | $825K |
| 1424 Irving St NEhouse, 9 bd, 1,863 sq ft | Oct 27 | $965K |
| 4208 13th St NEhouse, 4 bd, 1,678 sq ft | Oct 26 | $725K |
Sales are tied to Brookland through OTR assessment sub-areas Brookland C, D and E and Woodridge A 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 Brookland 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 2026-11-07): 62% of the 6,150 house and condo parcels in the OTR area(s) sit on squares inside the boundary, and 94% 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. 227 requests are still open.
Permits by type
Oct 9–Nov 2Street trees
DDOT inventoryMost common
Willow oak 387, Red maple 313, Crape myrtle 270, Eastern redbud 240, Pin oak 223
Biggest trunks
- Other (See Notes), 70 in across
- Silver maple, 58 in across
- Red oak, 57 in across
- American elm, 54 in across
DDOT urban forestry inventory, Nov 5. Ask DC to plant a tree · Streets
Around the house
For all 378 blocks; look up your own- Trash day
- Wednesday for most blocks (319 of 378); Tuesday for 3DPW collection routes. Recycling: Wednesday for most blocks (307 of 378); Tuesday for 3.
- Leaf collection
- Not started yetZone 5B (249 blocks), Zone 5A (124 blocks), Zone 5C (4 blocks). The first pass for leaf collection in Section B will begin Monday, November 16, 2026. Section B residents, please have your leaves at the tree box or curbside by Sunday, November 15, 2026. 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
- None in the neighborhoodSide streets are plowed after the emergency routes.
- Public schools (zoned)
- Burroughs, Bunker Hill, Noyes and 1 moreElementary, depending on the block. Middle: Brookland, McKinley. High: Dunbar. DCPS boundaries from 2025–26.
- Residential parking zone
- Zone 5754 block sides have residential permit parking.
History
Brookland in the recordIn 1938, one builder put up 26 buildings on the 900 block of Perry Place NE under 3 permits. The largest permit alone covered 13 buildings at an estimated $65,000. C3
3,624 historic building permits on record, 1886–1958, by decade (DC Historic Preservation Office).
This week in 1926: the Evening Star
“Ohio, former classmate of Mr. Don nelly at the Catholic University, was best man.”
Nov 6, 1926, page 59
“Discussing a suggestion that the Brookland branch post office be relo cated, the sentiment of those present was that it remain at Twelfth and Monroe streets.”
Nov 8, 1926, page 20
Machine-read text from Library of Congress scans; misspellings are the scanner’s. More from the archive
Who represents you
Brookland overlaps 7 single-member districts in 3 advisory neighborhood commissions. Each district elects one commissioner.
- Jack Hermes
- Nandini Sen
- Jingwen Sun
- Ra Amin
- Monica Martinez Lopez
- Maya Vizvary
- Aru Sahni
Names of elected officials are public record. What your ANC is discussing
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Also here: about the data.