Congress Heights | |
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Neighborhood | |
 Map of Washington, D.C., with the Congress Heights neighborhood highlighted in red | |
| Coordinates: 38°50′25.5948″N 077°00′00″W / 38.840443000°N 77.00000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Washington, D.C. |
| Ward | Ward 8 |
| Constructed | 1890 |
| Government | |
| • Councilmember | Trayon White |
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 the northeast; Shepard Parkway and South Capitol Street on the west; Atlantic Street SE and 1st Street SE (as far as Chesapeake Street SE) on the south; Oxon Run Parkway on the southeast; and Wheeler Street SE and Alabama Avenue SE on the east. Commercial development is heavy along Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue and Malcolm X Avenue (formerly Portland Street, SE).[1]
- ^ "Subchapter IV. Public Space Names and Commemorative Works". D.C. Law Library. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
Designation of Malcolm X Avenue: Section 2 of D.C. Law 9-225 provided that the Council of the District of Columbia designates the portion of Portland Street, S.E., between 9th Street, S.E. and South Capitol Street, S.E., as Malcolm X Avenue.