Naylor Gardens is a small neighborhood located in
southeast
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Washington, D.C.
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It is bounded by Alabama Avenue SE, Naylor Road SE, Good Hope Road SE, and Branch Avenue SE. The neighborhood is located in the area south and east of the
Anacostia River
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.
Naylor Gardens was founded in 1943, when the
Defense Homes Corporation The Defense Homes Corporation was created on October 23, 1940 to finance housing for war industry workers, and existed through 1942. , a federal agency of the United States government which constructed housing for defense workers during World War II, constructed the $6 million, 750-unit Naylor Gardens apartment complex. The complex opened on February 1, 1943. Naylor Gardens is dominated by a
housing cooperative
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.
Hailed by ''The Washington Post'' as one of D.C.'s last best kept secrets, the neighborhood is minutes away from Capitol Hill and the Anacostia and Potomac riverfronts, and a short walk to the Southeast waterfront. The community is adjacent to
Hillcrest to the northeast,
Skyland
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to the northwest, and
Garfield Heights
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In 2025, the City of Garfield Heights was name ...
to the west.
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External links
Naylor DupontA blog about Naylor Gardens and its neighbors
Neighborhoods in Southeast (Washington, D.C.)
1943 establishments in Washington, D.C.
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