About Woodley Park
Woodley Park is a vibrant and historic neighborhood in northwest Washington, DC, bordered by Rock Creek Park, the National Zoo, and the National Cathedral. Woodley Park has historic architecture, a grand hotel, and a vibrant downtown with restaurants and sidewalk cafes. Getting to Woodley Park is easy; take the Metro Red Line to the Woodley Park – Zoo – Adams Morgan stop. Several WMATA bus lines run through the neighborhood as well. There’s lots to see and do in Woodley Park.
Woodley Park is generally defined as the area bounded by Rock Creek Park and the Smithsonian National Zoological Park to the East, Calvert Street/Cleveland Avenue/Garfield Street to the South, 34th Street to the West, and Woodley Road to its intersection with Klingle Road and thereafter Klingle Road to the North.
Historic Woodley Park
Woodley Park was first mapped in the mid-1870s. It is one of several uptown DC neighborhoods where early 20th – century Washingtonians escaped the summer heat. As Woodley Park evolved, it became an urban neighborhood of townhouses and rowhouses within a lush park-like setting. Many of the elegant townhouses in the community date to the early 1900’s. The Old Woodley Park Historic District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. Some of our neighbors put together a history of Woodley Park:
