Southeast (SE or S.E.) is the southeastern quadrant of Washington, D.C., the capital of the

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, 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 continues ...

and east of

South Capitol Street South Capitol Street is a major street dividing the southeast and southwest quadrants of Washington, D.C., in the United States. It runs south from the United States Capitol to the D.C.–Maryland line, intersecting with Southern Avenue. After it ...

. 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 Anacostia is a historic neighborhood in Southeast Washington, D.C. Its downtown is located at the intersection of Good Hope Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. It is located east of the Anacostia River, after which the neighborhood is na ...

neighborhoods, the Navy Yard, the Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB), the U.S. Marine Barracks, the

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waterfront, Eastern Market, the remains of several

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-era forts, historic St. Elizabeths Hospital,

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, and the

Congressional Cemetery The Congressional Cemetery, officially Washington Parish Burial Ground, is a historic and active cemetery located at 1801 E Street, SE, in Washington, D.C., on the west bank of the Anacostia River. It is the only American "cemetery of national m ...

. 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

, 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: *

* Barney Circle *

Barry Farm Barry Farm is a neighborhood in Southeast Washington, D.C., located east of the Anacostia River and bounded by the Southeast Freeway to the northwest, Suitland Parkway to the northeast and east, and St. Elizabeths Hospital to the south. The neig ...

Bellevue Bellevue means "beautiful view" in French. It may refer to: Placenames Australia * Bellevue, Western Australia * Bellevue Hill, New South Wales * Bellevue, Queensland * Bellevue, Glebe, an historic house in Sydney, New South Wales Canada ...

* Benning Ridge *

Buena Vista Buena Vista, meaning "good view" in Spanish, may refer to: Places Canada *Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador, with the name being originally derived from “Buena Vista” *Buena Vista, Saskatchewan *Buena Vista, Saskatoon, a neighborhood in ...

* Capitol View *

Civic Betterment Civic Betterment is a small neighborhood located in Southeast Washington, D.C., on the border of Prince George's County, Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, ...

Congress Heights Congress Heights is a residential neighborhood in Southeast Washington, D.C., in the United States. The irregularly shaped neighborhood is bounded by the St. Elizabeths Hospital campus, Lebaum Street SE, 4th Street SE, and Newcomb Street SE on ...

* Douglass *

Dupont Park Dupont Park is a residential neighborhood located in southeast Washington, D.C. It is bounded by Fort Dupont Park to the north, Pennsylvania Avenue SE to the south, Branch Avenue to the west, and Fort Davis Park to the east. The neighborhood ci ...

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 DuPont, named in honor of Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, is located between the original Delaware City and the modern Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on the original Reeden Point tract, which was granted to Henry Ward in 1675. Along wi ...

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* Good Hope * Greenway * Hillcrest *

Knox Hill Knox may refer to: Places United States * Fort Knox, a United States Army post in Kentucky ** United States Bullion Depository, a high security storage facility commonly called Fort Knox * Fort Knox (Maine), a fort located on the Penobscot Rive ...

* Marshall Heights * Navy Yard *

Naylor Gardens Naylor Gardens is a small neighborhood located in southeast Washington, D.C. It is bounded by Alabama Avenue SE, 30th Street SE, Erie Street SE, 32nd Street SE, Gainesville Street SE, 31st Street SE, and Naylor Road SE. The neighborhood is locate ...

Penn Branch Penn Branch is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C. (southeast), Southeast Washington, D.C., east of the Anacostia River. It is bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue (Washington, D.C.), Pennsylvania Avenue SE to the south; Pope Branch Park and Pope Creek ...

Randle Highlands Randle Highlands is a neighborhood in Southeast Washington, D.C., east of the Anacostia River. History Born in 1859, Colonel Arthur E. Randle was a late nineteenth and early twentieth-century real estate developer, who earned some recognition ...

* Shipley Terrace * Skyland * Twining * Washington Highland *

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Government

Politically, Southeast includes most of Ward 8, as well as much of Ward 6 and Ward 7.

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, the former mayor of Washington, D.C., served as D.C. Council Member for Ward 8 until his death on November 23, 2014.

Culture

, the current

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for

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, opened in Southeast in March 2008.

Transportation

Southeast Washington, D.C. is accessible via the

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and Silver Lines of the

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Crime

In years past, the quadrant was known by some

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residents as being plagued by a high crime rate, relative to the rest of the city.

Demographics

The population of Southeast is predominantly

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. However, the African American population is concentrated southeast of the

; the areas northwest of the Anacostia River are majority

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. 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

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neighborhoods in Southeast, such as Hillcrest,

, and

. 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

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Birthday parade, the free weekly summer jazz concerts in

Park, the Fort Dupont ice-rink, the

Anacostia Museum The Anacostia Community Museum (known colloquially as the ACM) is a community museum in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. It is one of twenty museums under the umbrella of the Smithsonian Institution and was the ...

of the

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, 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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