NE is the northeastern quadrant of Washington, D.C., located north of East Capitol Street and east of North Capitol Street.

Neighborhoods in Northeast DC

• Brentwood
• Brookland
• Ivy City
• Marshall Heights
• Pleasant Hill
• Stanton Park
• Trinidad
• Michigan Park
• Riggs Park
• Fort Totten
• Fort Lincoln
• Edgewood
• Woodridge
• Capitol Hill

It is also home to a large number of small Catholic institutions, mostly in the Brookland neighborhood, including The Catholic University of America, St. Anselm's Abbey School, Trinity University, the Franciscan Monastery, Whitefriars Hall, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, and the headquarters of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Two large public gardens are located below the waistline of the Anacostia River in Northeast: the United States National Arboretum and Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens. Other important sites in the quadrant include the ruins of several Civil War-era forts and Gallaudet University.

It is accessible via the Orange, Red, Yellow, and Green Lines of the Washington Metro. Union Station is served by the MARC and Virginia Railway Express commuter rail systems, as well as by Amtrak. The Greyhound Bus Terminal is located in this quadrant and is served by Greyhound, Peter Pan, Trailways, and other bus companies.

Capitol Hill

Capitol Hill is mostly well known for being the United States Capitol, Senate and House office buildings, the Supreme Court, Library of Congress, U.S. Marine Barracks, Washington Navy Yard and the Congressional Cemetery.

The little known fact is that, Capitol Hill is also... very largely made out of residential neighborhoods with many a rowhouses differentiating in styles and eras of architecture, which makes this area of DC a veritable gold mine in real estate. Side by side exist early 19th century manor houses, Federal townhouses, small frame dwellings, ornate Italianate bracketed houses and the late 19th century press brick rowhouses with their often whimsical decorative elements combining Richardsonian Romanesque, Queen Anne, and Eastlakian motifs.

The main non-residential corridor of Capitol Hill is Pennsylvania Avenue, a lively commercial street with shops, restaurants and bars. Eastern Market is an 1873 public market on 7th Street SE, where vendors sell fresh meat and produce in indoor stalls and at outdoor farmers' stands. It is a community anchor for nearby stores and restaurants. It is also the site of an outdoor flea market every weekend. After a major fire gutted the main market building on April 30, 2007, restoration of the building began. It is expected to be completed in early 2009. Merchants have been temporarily relocated to a structure across the street.

Barracks Row (8th Street SE), so called because of its proximity to the U.S. Marine Barracks, is one of the city's oldest commercial corridors. It dates to the late 18th century and has recently been revitalized. Recent estimates in Capitol Hill newspapers suggest as many as a third of all Members of Congress live on Capitol Hill while in Washington.

Brookland

Another large neighborhood in Northeast DC is Brookland. Brookland is bounded by 9th Street NE to the west, Rhode Island Avenue NE to the south, and South Dakota Avenue to the east. Michigan Avenue is the northern boundary between 9th and 14th Streets; however, Brookland also includes the Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery, which gives the neighborhood a northward panhandle between 14th and South Dakota that extends to Taylor Street. Brookland is served by the Brookland-CUA station on the Red Line of the Washington Metro.