Rhode Island Avenue is a diagonal avenue in the

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and

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, and the capital's inner suburbs in

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. Paralleling New York Avenue, Rhode Island Avenue was one of the original streets in

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's plan for the capital. It became a major commuter route, carrying

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traffic into the city from Prince George's County. The western terminus of Rhode Island Avenue is in downtown Washington, at an intersection with

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NW and M Street NW. The Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle is on Rhode Island Avenue NW, just east of that intersection. Just east of the cathedral, at Scott Circle, Rhode Island Avenue NW intersects Massachusetts Avenue NW and

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. N Street NW stops short of meeting the circle from either direction, but is instead connected to Rhode Island and Massachusetts avenues NW through two short streets, Corregidor Street NW and Bataan Street NW. From Scott Circle, Rhode Island Avenue NW continues eastward to the Logan Circle neighborhood. At the

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of the same name, Rhode Island Avenue NW intersects Vermont Avenue, 13th Street, and

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NW. East of Logan Circle, Rhode Island Avenue passes through primarily residential neighborhoods such as Bloomingdale, Shaw and Brentwood. Rhode Island Avenue is

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between 7th and 11th streets NW, and

east of 6th Street NW. In Northeast Washington, Rhode Island Avenue NE is served by the Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood station on the Red Line and the Shaw–Howard University station on the Green Line of the

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. In 1926, Rhode Island Avenue NE was extended from the

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line into

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, through

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, Brentwood, and North Brentwood. In downtown Hyattsville, Rhode Island Avenue merges into Baltimore Avenue ( U.S. Route 1 Alternate). U.S. Route 1 traffic continues north on Baltimore Avenue. Discontinuous segments of Rhode Island Avenue exist in Riverdale Park, College Park, and Beltsville, running along or alongside the abandoned Washington, Berwyn and Laurel Electric Railroad.

Retail and mixed-use near metro station

The area along Rhode Island Avenue between 10th and 14th streets N.E. has been a key shopping area (for groceries, hardware, etc.) in D.C. at least since the 1930s. A "Park & Shop", an early name for a strip mall or

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with the then-innovative feature of parking in front of the stores, opened here in 1938. Rhode Island Place is a power center anchored by Ross Dress For Less,

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, and

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supermarket Adjacent Rhode Island Row has of retail space. Also adjacent is the Bryant Street NE development anchored by

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and Bryant Street Market

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* * * {{DC Malls Streets in Washington, D.C. Roads in Prince George's County, Maryland U.S. Route 29 U.S. Route 1 Dupont Circle