NoMa

NoMa
Neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
First Street N.E. in "NoMa" with the Washington Metro's Red Line visible (on the right)
Country	United States
District	Washington, D.C.
Ward	Ward 6
Government
• Councilmember	Charles Allen
Website	https://www.nomabid.org

"NoMa" is a moniker for the area north of Massachusetts Avenue located north and east of Union Station in Washington, D.C. NoMa includes the neighborhoods of Sursum Corda, Eckington, and Near Northeast and includes a section historically known as Swampoodle.

NoMa includes:^[1]

• A core area consisting of all the blocks bounded by North Capitol Street on the west, Q Street NE on the north, the Amtrak/MARC railroad on the east and K Street NE on the south,
• To the south of the core area, one to two blocks west of the railroad tracks/Union Station from K Street south to Massachusetts Avenue,
• To the northeast of the core area, one to two blocks east of the railroad tracks from K Street north to Florida Avenue, and
• To the north of the core area, the blocks between First Street NE and the railroad tracks from Q to R streets

NoMa's southern tip at Union Station/Columbus Circle is a half-mile north of the U.S. Capitol. According to the NoMa Business Improvement District, the neighborhood was home to 13,000 residents as of January 2023, with a total of 50,000 employees working in the area.^[2]