Naylor Gardens | |
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Neighborhood | |
 Map of Washington, D.C., with the Naylor Gardens neighborhood highlighted in red | |
| Coordinates: 38°50′7.1232″N 076°59′16.7994″W / 38.835312000°N 76.987999833°W | |
| Country | United States |
| District | Washington, D.C. |
| Ward | Ward 7 |
| Constructed | 1943 |
| Named for | Naylor Gardens apartment cooperative |
| Government | |
| • Councilmember | Vincent C. Gray |
Naylor Gardens is a small neighborhood located in southeast Washington, D.C. It is bounded by Alabama Avenue SE, Naylor Road SE, Good Hope Road SE, and Branch Avenue SE.[1] The neighborhood is located in the area south and east of the Anacostia River.
Naylor Gardens was founded in 1943, when the Defense Homes Corporation, a federal agency of the United States government which constructed housing for defense workers during World War II, constructed the $6 million, 750-unit Naylor Gardens apartment complex. The complex opened on February 1, 1943.[2] Naylor Gardens is dominated by a housing cooperative.[3] Hailed by The Washington Post as one of D.C.'s last best kept secrets, the neighborhood is minutes away from Capitol Hill and the Anacostia and Potomac riverfronts, and a short walk to the Southeast waterfront. The community is adjacent to Hillcrest to the northeast, Skyland to the northwest, and Garfield Heights to the west.
- ^ Miller 2002, p. 148-149.
- ^ Spargo, Mary (November 19, 1942). "Seminary Heights Development Still Held Up By Shortages". The Washington Post.
- ^ Meyer, Eugene L. (December 11, 2004). "Southeast Complex Survives as Cooperative". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 2, 2014.