This week in Hillcrest
From DC’s public records- 54building permits in the last 30 days, 2 of them bigger projects. See them
- 4curb-space permits starting in the next 7 days. Where
- $620Kmedian house price, from 24 sales in the past year. Recent sales
- 797311 requests in the last 30 days, 77 more than the 30 days before. Most common: bulk trash pickups. Details
On your block: trash day, schools, parking and what’s nearby, for all 230 blocks. Look up your block
In the news
- Garden apartments hold fascinating local history, future promise
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Nearby
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Coming up
Next 14 days- Tomorrow5Nov
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Getting around
Live, from WMATA and Capital BikeshareNaylor Road420 m outside
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On the street this week
Curb space reserved4 curb-space permits start in the next 7 days; 53 are active this week, reserving 6,864 ft of curb in all.
- Nov 4–Dec 32700 block of 31st StreetC5
- Nov 7–Dec 62400 block of 25th StreetA5
- Nov 8–Dec 72700 block of 29th StreetB5
- Nov 8–Dec 73800 block of Suitland RoadE4
From DDOT’s public-space occupancy permits, at hundred-block precision. Streets
Bigger projects
Last 30 days54 permits were issued Oct 6–Nov 2. Most are trade work; these 2 are additions, demolitions or new buildings.
- 1608 27th St SEB2
(1) renovating existing building and add third floor. Rear portion of third floor to be roof deck (2) add wood stairs in rear to third floor roof deck
- 3008 30th St SEB6
Installation of temporary shoring to stabilize deteriorated wooden structural support columns beneath the second-floor room and side pergola to…
Today’s condition
Nov 3311 requests in Hillcrest rose to 797 in the last 30 days, from 720 the 30 days before (+11%). The biggest swing: heating-assistance (LIHEAP) requests rose to 85 from 6. Biggest drop: tree inspections fell to 11 from 32.
11 rising / 8 easing / 5 steady, across the 24 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
- 43
- 9 fewer; small counts swing month to month
- 52 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: $688K median from 7 sales. 22 of 44 sales in the past year closed above assessed value.
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 2605 33rd St SEhouse, 4 bd, 1,839 sq ft | Oct 6 | $780K |
| 2054 34th St SEhouse, 4 bd, 2,098 sq ft | Oct 6 | $789K |
| 3723 Bangor St SEhouse, 4 bd, 1,268 sq ft | Sep 29 | $688K |
| 2108 31st Pl SEhouse, 3 bd, 1,111 sq ft | Sep 27 | $480K |
| 2016 32nd St SEhouse, 4 bd, 1,362 sq ft | Sep 22 | $560K |
Sales are tied to Hillcrest through OTR assessment sub-areas Hillcrest A and C 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 Hillcrest 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): 83% of the 2,706 house and condo parcels in the OTR area(s) sit on squares inside the boundary, and 81% 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. 165 requests are still open.
Permits by type
Oct 6–Nov 2Street trees
DDOT inventoryMost common
Red maple 329, Willow oak 186, Hackberry 165, American hornbeam 145, Pin oak 145
Biggest trunks
- Pin oak, 58 in across
- Ash, 58 in across
- Willow oak, 56 in across
- Tulip poplar, 55 in across
DDOT urban forestry inventory, Oct 29. Ask DC to plant a tree · Streets
Around the house
For all 230 blocks; look up your own- Trash day
- Friday, every blockDPW collection routes. Recycling: Friday, every block.
- Leaf collection
- 2 of 230 blocks doneZone 7D (196 blocks), Zone 8A (33 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
- Branch Ave, Pennsylvania Ave, Suitland PkwyNo parking on these streets once DC declares a snow emergency; cars are towed.
- Public schools (zoned)
- Beers, Randle Highlands, Stanton and 2 moreElementary, depending on the block. Middle: Sousa, Kramer, Johnson. High: Anacostia, Ballou. DCPS boundaries from 2025–26.
- Residential parking zone
- Zone 7 and 8474 block sides have residential permit parking.
History
Hillcrest in the recordIn 1941, one builder put up 29 buildings on the 2100 block of Suitland Terrace SE under 9 permits. The largest permit alone covered 5 buildings at an estimated $39,800. F4
2,035 historic building permits on record, 1906–1958, by decade (DC Historic Preservation Office).
This week in 1926: the Evening Star
No usable mentions of Hillcrest in the Evening Star this week. Some weeks a neighborhood just isn’t in the paper. More history
Machine-read text from Library of Congress scans; misspellings are the scanner’s. More from the archive
Who represents you
Hillcrest overlaps 6 single-member districts in 2 advisory neighborhood commissions. Each district elects one commissioner.
- Jamaal Maurice Pearsall
- Travis R. Swanson
- Elizabeth Reddick
- Cortez Johnson
- Betty Scippio
- Joseph Johnson
Names of elected officials are public record. What your ANC is discussing
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