Southeast (SE or S.E.) is the southeastern quadrant of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and is located south of

East Capitol Street East Capitol Street is a major street that divides the northeast and southeast quadrants of Washington, D.C. It runs due east from the United States Capitol to the DC-Maryland border. The street is uninterrupted until Lincoln Park then contin ...

and east of South Capitol Street. It includes the

Capitol Hill Capitol Hill, in addition to being a metonym for the United States Congress, is the largest historic residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C., stretching easterly in front of the United States Capitol along wide avenues. It is one of the ...

and Anacostia neighborhoods, the Navy Yard, the

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(JBAB), the U.S. Marine Barracks, the Anacostia River waterfront, Eastern Market, the remains of several Civil War-era forts, historic

St. Elizabeths Hospital St. Elizabeths Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Southeast, Washington, D.C. operated by the District of Columbia Department of Behavioral Health. It opened in 1855 under the name Government Hospital for the Insane, the first federally oper ...

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, Nationals Park, and the Congressional Cemetery. It also contains a

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known as "The Big Chair," located on

Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue (also known as MLK Ave) is a major street in the District of Columbia traversing through both the Southwest and Southeast quadrants. Route Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SW begins at the southwestern tip of the Dis ...

. The quadrant is split by the Anacostia River, with the portion that is west of the river sometimes referred to as "

Near Southeast Navy Yard, also known as Near Southeast, is a List of neighborhoods of the District of Columbia by ward, neighborhood on the Anacostia River in Southeast, Washington, D.C., Southeast Washington, D.C. Navy Yard is bounded by Interstate 695 to the n ...

". Geographically, it is the second-smallest quadrant of the city. SEDCanacostia

Geography

Southeast includes the 32 neighborhoods of: * Anacostia *

Barney Circle Barney Circle is a small residential neighborhood located between the west bank of the Anacostia River and the eastern edge of Capitol Hill in southeast Washington, D.C., in the United States. The neighborhood is characterized by its sense of comm ...

* Barry Farm * Bellevue *

Benning Ridge Benning Ridge is a residential neighborhood located in Southeast Washington, D.C. It is bounded by Fort Chaplin Park to the northwest, Southern Avenue to the south, Benning Road to the east, and Ridge Road SE to the west. Benning Ridge is an unus ...

* Buena Vista *

* Capitol View *

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* Congress Heights * Douglass * Dupont Park *

Fairfax Village Fairfax Village is a small neighborhood of garden apartments and townhouses located in southeast Washington, D.C. in the Hillcrest area. It is bound by Alabama Avenue SE to the northwest, Pennsylvania Avenue Pennsylvania Avenue is a diagonal ...

* Fairlawn * Fort Davis * Fort Dupont * Fort Stanton *

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* Good Hope * Greenway * Hillcrest *

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Marshall Heights Marshall Heights is a residential neighborhood in Southeast Washington, D.C. It is bounded by East Capitol Street, Central Avenue SE, Southern Avenue, Fitch Street SE, and Benning Road SE. It was an undeveloped rural area occupied by extensiv ...

* Navy Yard * Naylor Gardens * Penn Branch * Randle Highlands *

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* Twining * Washington Highland * Woodland

Government

Politically, Southeast includes most of Ward 8, as well as much of Ward 6 and Ward 7. Marion Barry, the former mayor of Washington, D.C., served as D.C. Council Member for Ward 8 until his death on November 23, 2014.

Culture

Nationals Park, the current ballpark for Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals, opened in Southeast in March 2008.

Transportation

Southeast Washington, D.C. is accessible via the Blue, Orange, Green and Silver Lines of the

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Crime

In years past, the quadrant was known by some Washington, D.C. metropolitan area residents as being plagued by a high crime rate, relative to the rest of the city.

Demographics

The population of Southeast is predominantly black. However, the African American population is concentrated southeast of the Anacostia River; the areas northwest of the Anacostia River are majority white. The portions of the quadrant southeast of the Anacostia are tree-lined and neighborly. However, shopping, dining, entertainment, and cultural options are limited, so some residents travel either downtown or to the suburbs for such services. There are several black middle class neighborhoods in Southeast, such as Hillcrest, Penn Branch, and Fort Dupont. The areas northwest of the Anacostia contain some of the wealthiest parts of the city, including the southern half of the famous and politically connected

neighborhood. Cultural events/activities include the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday parade, the free weekly summer jazz concerts in Fort Dupont Park, the Fort Dupont ice-rink, the Anacostia Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, the Anacostia Arts Center, and THEARC tennis, arts and learning center for youth on Mississippi Avenue. The population of the southeast quadrant is roughly 226,084.

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