Ballston, Arlington, Virginia | |
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 The skyline of Ballston in September 2019 | |
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| Coordinates: 38°52′55″N 77°06′41″W / 38.881831°N 77.111292°W | |
| Country |  United States of America |
| State |  Virginia |
| County |  Arlington |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 22203 |
| Area code | 703 |
| Website | www |
Ballston is a neighborhood in Arlington County, Virginia. Ballston is located at the western end of the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor. It is a major transportation hub and has one of the nation's highest concentrations of scientific research institutes and research and development agencies, including DARPA, the Office of Naval Research, the Advanced Research Institute of Virginia Tech, the Air Force Research Laboratory, and engineering, management, and public sector consulting firms. Ballston also includes a section known as Virginia Square and sometimes the area is collectively known as Ballston-Virginia Square.
Ballston proper is served by the Ballston–MU station, and the Virginia Square section of Ballston is served by the Virginia Square-GMU station, both of which are on the Orange and Silver Lines of the Washington Metro with a 1/2 mile walking distance from each other. By some measures, Ballston is the densest neighborhood in the Washington metropolitan area.[1]
- ^ Chung, Payton (August 20, 2021). "Which neighborhood in Greater Washington has the highest density? Hint: It's not in DC". Greater Greater Washington. Retrieved September 30, 2022.