Latest news
Local outlets- DCUSA Desolate This Morning
- 3423 GRND coming to the just closed ZEBA space in Columbia Heights this Friday!!
- Pho Patrol: Phonatics on 14th Permanently Closed Sunday
- Happening Now: Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park Upper Deck Fountains on for the first time in YEARS!
- End of an Era on 14th Street in Columbia Heights: ZEBA closing after 15 Years, Goodbye Party this Saturday
- Dang It! Don Julio’s (Grocery/Pupuseria) Sign Taken Down in Columbia Heights
- ANC 1E Invites Residents to Neighborhood Beautification Day on August 29
Nearby
- Adams Morgan PorchFest: What to know before you go
- BREAKING: Patina Cocktail Bar, “a cocktail-focused piano bar”, coming to the old Angles space in Adams Morgan!! And the Wingo’s is still coming to the lower level!!
- “Was that a Drone over Mount Pleasant last night? Did you see it?”
- The Last Straw Grand Opening on 14th Street this FRIDAY!!
Headlines that mention Columbia Heights 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 daysFurther out: Nov 20, Nov 24, Nov 27, Dec 1.
Getting around
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On the street this week
Curb space reserved24 curb-space permits start in the next 7 days; 137 are active this week, reserving 23,364 ft of curb in all.
- Nov 4–63500 block of Rock Creek Church RoadD2
- Nov 43400 block of Georgia AvenueE3
- Nov 4–6600 block of Irving Streetnot mapped
- Nov 4–Jan 14700 block of Park RoadD3
- Nov 4–Dec 272900 block of Sherman AvenueD5
- Nov 4–63500 block of New Hampshire AvenueD2
- Nov 5–7700 block of Park RoadD3
- Nov 5–Dec 4900 block of Monroe StreetD3
- Nov 5–71300 block of Otis PlaceC2
- Nov 63200 block of Park Placenot mapped
- Nov 61500 block of Park RoadA3
- Nov 6–131400 block of Columbia RoadB5
- Nov 6–131400 block of Harvard Courtnot mapped
- Nov 8–133100 block of 16th StreetA4
- Nov 8–Dec 302900 block of 11th StreetD5
- Nov 8–Dec 30400 block of Kenyon StreetF4
- Nov 8–103500 block of Warder StreetE3
- Nov 8–133300 block of 16th StreetA3
- Nov 8–13700 block of Otis PlaceE2
- Nov 101500 block of Newton Streetnot mapped
- Nov 10–12700 block of Lamont StreetD3
- Nov 10–Dec 92900 block of Sherman AvenueD5
From DDOT’s public-space occupancy permits, at hundred-block precision. Streets
Bigger projects
Last 30 days131 permits were issued Oct 6–Nov 2. Most are trade work; these 3 are additions, demolitions or new buildings.
- 3115 Georgia Ave NWE4
This project is proposing to raze the entire structure.
- 438 Park Rd NWF3
Use change to an existing single-family dwelling (3 story w/ cellar). Improvements to include new rear and side addition and lowering of existing…
- 743 Princeton Pl NWE2
Single family row dwelling conversion to a 2 unit flat (3 story + cellar).third floor addition along with rear addition.two onsite parking proposed…
Today’s condition
Nov 3311 requests in Columbia Heights fell to 1,932 in the last 30 days, from 2,056 the 30 days before (−6%). The biggest swing: heating-assistance (LIHEAP) requests rose to 84 from 5. Biggest drop: bulk trash pickups fell to 198 from 264 (−25%).
12 rising / 16 easing / 11 steady, across the 39 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
- 112
- 8 fewer; small counts swing month to month
- 120 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: $720K median from 4 sales. 82 of 137 sales in the past year closed above assessed value.
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 631 Quebec Pl NWhouse, 4 bd, 1,540 sq ft | Oct 21 | $700K |
| 1436 Meridian Pl NW # 202condo | Oct 19 | $380K |
| 3504 13th St NW # 35condo | Oct 15 | $500K |
| 449 Luray Pl NWhouse, 3 bd, 1,280 sq ft | Oct 13 | $777K |
| 3323 Sherman Ave NWhouse, 4 bd, 1,080 sq ft | Oct 6 | $621K |
Sales are tied to Columbia Heights through OTR assessment sub-areas Columbia Heights A, C and D 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 Columbia Heights 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 2026-11-04): 81% of the 6,121 house and condo parcels in the OTR area(s) sit on squares inside the boundary, and 91% 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. 324 requests are still open.
Permits by type
Oct 6–Nov 2Street trees
DDOT inventoryMost common
Pin oak 209, London plane tree 190, Ginkgo (male) 160, Willow oak 136, Red maple 105
Biggest trunks
- Silver maple, 56 in across
- Willow oak, 52 in across
- Ginkgo (male), 50 in across
- Ginkgo (male), 50 in across
DDOT urban forestry inventory, Oct 29. Ask DC to plant a tree · Streets
Around the house
For all 166 blocks; look up your own- Trash day
- Tuesday/Friday for most blocks (153 of 166); Thursday for 5DPW collection routes. Recycling: Tuesday for most blocks (155 of 166); Thursday for 4.
- Leaf collection
- 36 of 166 blocks doneZone 1C (123 blocks), Zone 1A (37 blocks), Zone 1D (2 blocks), Zone 4B (2 blocks), Zone 5B (1 blocks). We have not reached your section yet. Each section will receive two weekends’ notice of when to rake your leaves to the tree box or curb. Please check back on Friday for an update on our collection schedule. 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 AveNo parking on these streets once DC declares a snow emergency; cars are towed.
- Public schools (zoned)
- Tubman, Bruce Monroe @ Park View, Raymond and 1 moreElementary, depending on the block. Middle: MacFarland, Columbia Heights. High: Roosevelt, Cardozo. DCPS boundaries from 2025–26.
- Residential parking zone
- Zone 1 and 4 and 5334 block sides have residential permit parking.
History
Columbia Heights in the recordIn 1909, one builder put up 49 buildings on the 600 block of Keefer Place NW under 3 permits. The largest permit alone covered 25 buildings at an estimated $37,500. E3
4,166 historic building permits on record, 1884–1958, by decade (DC Historic Preservation Office).
This week in 1926: the Evening Star
“The relatively small number of tax assessors in the District of Colum bia compared to other representative cities was attacked by the Columbia Heights Citizens’ Associations in St. Stephen's Parish Hall, 3017 Four teenth street, last night.”
Nov 2, 1926, page 12
“Mrs. Theodore Tiller Is among the mothers especially sponsoring the at traction tomorrow morning at the Tivoli Theater, and the debutantes and their mothers will assist her as hostess.”
Nov 4, 1926, page 18
Machine-read text from Library of Congress scans; misspellings are the scanner’s. More from the archive
Who represents you
Columbia Heights overlaps 12 single-member districts in 3 advisory neighborhood commissions. Each district elects one commissioner.
- Dieter Lehmann Morales
- Vacant
- Jeremy Sherman
- Christine Miller
- Anthony Thomas-davis
- Shane Mccartyh
- Billy Easley
- Gary Decker
- Brad Howard
- Audra Grant
- Philippa Hawker
- Rashida Brown
Names of elected officials are public record. What your ANC is discussing
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Elsewhere in DC
- JUST IN: An End of an Era coming to Floriana on 17th Street!! Last Day will be December 31, 2026
- Foggy Bottom Association president leads ANC chair in contested race for local seat
- La Loca Opens in Logan Circle! Hello Mexican Pizza and so much more!!
- ANC 6B Transportation Committee [VIRTUAL]
- DC Fresh Finds for November 4, 2026
Also here: about the data.