Latest news
Local outlets- Cantina Paraiso is listed at “temporarily closed” on Google, Not Looking Good.
- We’ve Hit Peak Stink Ginkgo Berry Bombs but there is light at the end of the tunnel
- Yesterday in Driving Dangerously – Crazy Crash on Georgia
- Update: The Practical Cyclist is coming soon! Looks Like a New Bike Shop is coming to Manor Park/Brightwood in the late Ms. Vanilla Beane’s old millinery spot.
- DDOT’s Cool Corridors Pilot Has Begun in Brightwood!
- Archeological Finds Vol. 124 – Office NEW Washington Sun – “The Washington Sun was a weekly newspaper that started in the mid 1960s”
- Helluva Way to Wake Up cont. Brightwood edition
Nearby
Headlines that mention Brightwood 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 days- Tue10Nov
- Thu12Nov
Also check ANC 4A ANC 4D Uptown Main Street (Kennedy Street) Petworth Library events
Getting around
Live, from WMATA and Capital BikeshareTakoma970 m outside
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Buses near the middle of Brightwood
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On the street this week
Curb space reserved8 curb-space permits start in the next 7 days; 98 are active this week, reserving 25,322 ft of curb in all.
- Nov 3–Dec 18800 block of Tuckerman StreetE2
- Nov 3600 block of Kennedy Streetnot mapped
- Nov 6600 block of Kennedy Streetnot mapped
- Nov 8–13300–400 blocks of Jefferson StreetF5
- Nov 8–Dec 7700 block of Tuckerman StreetE2
- Nov 8–10700 block of Tuckerman StreetE2
- Nov 8–131300 block of Somerset PlaceD2
From DDOT’s public-space occupancy permits, at hundred-block precision. Streets
Bigger projects
Last 30 days68 permits were issued Oct 5–Nov 1. Most are trade work; these 2 are additions, demolitions or new buildings.
Today’s condition
Nov 2311 requests in Brightwood rose to 1,398 in the last 30 days, from 1,365 the 30 days before (+2%). The biggest swing: bulk trash pickups rose to 252 from 201 (+25%). Biggest drop: tree inspections fell to 10 from 45.
15 rising / 13 easing / 5 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
- 45
- 4 more; small counts swing month to month
- 41 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: $725K median from 15 sales. 63 of 122 sales in the past year closed above assessed value.
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 4609 9th St NWhouse, 3 bd, 1,476 sq ft | Oct 20 | $675K |
| 729 Roxboro Pl NWhouse, 3 bd, 1,054 sq ft | Oct 18 | $642K |
| 6420 Luzon Ave NWhouse, 3 bd, 1,356 sq ft | Oct 15 | $703K |
| 5226 7th St NWhouse, 2 bd, 1,336 sq ft | Oct 14 | $440K |
| 6617 13th Pl NWhouse, 4 bd, 1,421 sq ft | Oct 13 | $870K |
Sales are tied to Brightwood through OTR assessment sub-areas Brightwood A and C and Petworth B 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 Brightwood 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 2026-11-03): 54% of the 4,640 house and condo parcels in the OTR area(s) sit on squares inside the boundary, and 78% 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. 228 requests are still open.
Permits by type
Oct 5–Nov 1Street trees
DDOT inventoryMost common
Pin oak 196, Hedge maple 169, Red maple 154, Willow oak 149, Japanese zelkova 139
Biggest trunks
- American sycamore, 62 in across
- Willow oak, 52 in across
- American sycamore, 51 in across
- Unidentified, 50 in across
DDOT urban forestry inventory, Oct 28. Ask DC to plant a tree · Streets
Around the house
For all 197 blocks; look up your own- Trash day
- Wednesday for most blocks (153 of 197); Monday for 35DPW collection routes. Recycling: Wednesday for most blocks (158 of 197); Monday for 32.
- Leaf collection
- Not started yetZone 4A (108 blocks), Zone 4D (66 blocks), Zone 4C (19 blocks), Zone 4B (4 blocks). The first pass for Leaf collection in Section A will begin on Monday, November 2, 2026. Section A should have their leaves raked to the tree box or curbside by Sunday, November 1, 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
- 16th St, Georgia Ave, Military Rd, Missouri AveNo parking on these streets once DC declares a snow emergency; cars are towed.
- Public schools (zoned)
- Brightwood, Truesdell, Whittier and 2 moreElementary, depending on the block. Middle: Wells, MacFarland. High: Coolidge, Roosevelt. DCPS boundaries from 2025–26.
- Residential parking zone
- Zone 4402 block sides have residential permit parking.
History
Brightwood in the recordIn 1929, one builder put up 32 buildings on the 400 block of Jefferson Street NW under 2 permits. The largest permit alone covered 16 buildings at an estimated $85,000. F5
2,738 historic building permits on record, 1891–1958, by decade (DC Historic Preservation Office).
This week in 1926: the Evening Star
The newspaper archive couldn’t be reached tonight; clips return with the next run. More history
Machine-read text from Library of Congress scans; misspellings are the scanner’s. More from the archive
Who represents you
Brightwood overlaps 8 single-member districts in 3 advisory neighborhood commissions. Each district elects one commissioner.
- Patience R. Singleton
- Jeffrey Holliday
- Alex Akalu
- Vacant
- Tamira Benitez
- Antti Koskenrouta
- Abel Amene
- Brendi E. Bluitt
Names of elected officials are public record. What your ANC is discussing
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Elsewhere in DC
- The Last Straw Grand Opening on 14th Street this FRIDAY!!
- “Tsehay Restaurant will be temporarily closing its doors by the end of this year.”
- DCUSA Desolate This Morning
- In Happier Coffee (and more) News – Grounds & Gatherings (G&G) coming to 13th and Florida Ave, NE
- Neighborhood ‘nightlife’ for the reasonable bedtimes crowd
Also here: about the data.