D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 10-A, § 2411
2411.1 Northeast Gateway includes the neighborhoods of Ivy City and Trinidad, as well as the Florida Avenue Market, Gallaudet University, and the West Virginia Avenue Public Works Campus (Carver Terrace, Langston Terrace, Arboretum, and Hechinger Mall are also in the Northeast Gateway area but are addressed in Section UNE-2.2).
2411.2 The residents of Northeast Gateway benefit from proximity to amenities like the Langston Golf Course, the National Arboretum, and the NoMa-Gallaudet U Metro station. However, the community also significantly impacted by the effects of concentrated poverty, community service needs, and affordability concerns underscored by surrounding large-scale development. Trinidad has one of the highest numbers of returning citizens in the District. Residents old and new seek the same quality public services and facilities that other residents of the District receive.
2411.3 The Florida Avenue Market (also known as the Union Terminal Market or the Union Market) is one of the most well-known features of the Northeast Gateway area. The market was initially constructed to house businesses displaced from downtown by construction of the Federal Triangle. Today, it continues to offer one-stop shopping for wholesalers and restaurant suppliers, selling goods ranging from produce, meats, seeds, and seafood to ethnic specialty foods. While the Market is a one-of-a-kind institution, it has been experiencing rapid redevelopment and is transforming from a traditional industrial distribution center into a mixed-use neighborhood. This change has put some current businesses at risk for displacement, particularly wholesalers and restaurant suppliers, even as new businesses spring up. Conversely, changes in Northeast Gateway are also advancing other elements of the Comprehensive Plan, as well as the DC Cultural Plan, by enlivening the area through outdoor movie showings and other cultural gatherings.
2411.4 A Master Plan for the West Virginia Avenue Public Works Campus, located on the eastern edge of this area, was completed in 2016. The plan focuses on a 19.4-acre District-owned site bordered on the east by Mount Olivet Cemetery and on the northwest by West Virginia Avenue. The site is currently used for a variety of public works activities, including fleet operations, solid waste management, parking enforcement, a tire shop and car wash, and equipment storage. The District intends to consolidate operations from scattered sites to this property, while modernizing the entire complex to be a state-of-the-art public works campus. Nearly 300,000 square feet of new floor space is planned, including 123,000 square feet of new offices and a 165,000-square-foot maintenance facility.
2411.5 One of the major themes of the West Virginia Avenue Public Works Campus Master Plan is to improve connections between the campus and surrounding neighborhoods, including streetscape investments, pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements, and a more welcoming street presence along West Virginia Avenue. New amenities such as a park, plaza, and local-serving retail space are planned, providing essential assets to a community that presently lacks public gathering space and parkland. The West Virginia Avenue campus is envisioned as a showcase for sustainability, with renewable energy, water conservation, zero waste, and green building measures used to reduce its environmental footprint.
2411.6 Policy UNE-2.1.1: Ivy City Infill Development Prepare a small area plan or other appropriate planning studies for Ivy City, with community engagement, to consider the reuse of Crummel School, community facilities, green space, and housing among other items. Support the development of additional infill housing in Ivy City, including loft-style and live-work housing that blends with the industrial character of the neighborhood. Support a range of housing designs that fosters affordability and accommodates a mix of household types, including families. Rehabilitation and renovation of the existing housing stock should also be strongly encouraged.
2411.7 Policy UNE-2.1.2: Florida Avenue Market Redevelop the Florida Avenue Market into a regional destination that may include residential, dining, entertainment, office, hotel, maker, and wholesale food uses. The wholesale market and the adjacent DC Farmers Market are historic amenities that should be preserved, upgraded, and more effectively marketed.
2411.8 Policy UNE-2.1.3: Consolidating District Government Operations Make more efficient use of the District government-owned properties in the Northeast Gateway area and undertake improvements that make these properties a more attractive, integral, and positive part of adjacent neighborhoods.
2411.9 Policy UNE-2.1.4: Northeast Gateway Urban Design Improvements Improve the image and appearance of the Northeast Gateway area by creating landscaped gateways into the community, creating new parks and open spaces, upgrading key streets, and improving conditions for pedestrians along Florida Avenue and other neighborhood streets.
2411.10 Policy UNE-2.1.5 Green Spaces in Ivy City Encourage the preservation and improvement of existing green space in the Ivy City community and identify opportunities to coordinate between public and private landowners to enhance neighborhood access to green space.
2411.11 Action UNE-2.1.A: Florida Avenue Market Implement recommendations in the Florida Avenue Market Small Area Plan for
the revitalization and development of the Florida Avenue Market into a mixed-use residential, commercial, and wholesale industrial destination, centered around a low-rise core of historic buildings. Implementation of redevelopment plans for the site shall be achieved through a collaborative process that involves the landowners and tenants, the project developers, the District government, and the community.
Develop additional and interconnected public open spaces in the Ivy City and Trinidad areas, including a public plaza and park on the West Virginia Avenue Public Works Campus, and improved open space at the Trinidad Recreation Center, Lewis Crowe Park and the Crummell School and its grounds.
A high priority should be given to the rehabilitation of the historic Crummell School as a community or recreation center, with a mix of uses for community benefit, such as affordable and moderate-income housing, jobs training, or meeting space. Crummell School was built in 1911 and educated Black children from that time until 1972. The structure, which is a designated historic landmark, has been vacant for more than 40 years.
Encourage the advancement of the recommendations of the 2014 Ward 5 Works Industrial Land Transformation Study related to the 2015 Department of Public Works Campus Master Plan to transform the District government operations and properties at West Virginia Avenue and Okie Street into a world-class, mixed-use campus that includes public open space, public amenities, and maker/production space. The campus should be a model of sustainable design and public works operations and a catalyst for local community development.
SOURCE: District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984, effective April 10, 1984 (D.C. Law 5-76; 31 DCR 1049 (March 9, 1984)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984 Land Use Element Amendment Act of 1984, effective March 16, 1985 (D.C. Law 5-187; 32 DCR 873 (February 15, 1985)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Amendments Act of 1989, effective May 23, 1990 (D.C. Law 8-129; 37 DCR 55 (January 5, 1990)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Amendments Act of 1989 NCPC-Recommended Amendments, and Closing of Public Alleys in Square 669, S.O. 88-452, Act of 1990, effective May 23, 1990 (D.C. Law 8-132; 37 DCR 2213 (April 6, 1990)); as amended by District Government Land Use Temporary Amendment Act of 1994, effective October 1, 1994 (D.C. Law 10-190; 41 DCR 5360 (August 12, 1994)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendments Act of 1994, effective October 6, 1994 (D.C. Law 10-193; 41 DCR 5536 (August 19, 1994)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984 Land Use Amendment Act of 1994, effective March 21, 1995 (D.C. Law 10-235; 42 DCR 30 (January 6, 1995)); as amended by Technical Amendments Act of 1996 effective April 18, 1996 (D.C. Law 11-110; 43 DCR 530 (February 9, 1996)); as amended by Second Technical Amendments Act of 1996 effective April 9, 1997 (D.C. Law 11-255; 44 DCR 1271 (March 7, 1997)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 1998, effective April 27, 1999 (D.C. Law 12-275; 46 DCR 1441 (February 19, 1999)); as amended by Technical Amendments Act of 1999, effe
ctive April 12, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-91; 47 DCR 520 (January 28, 2000)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2006, effective March 8, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-300; 54 DCR 924 (February 2, 2007)); as amended by Technical Amendments Act of 2008, effective March 25, 2009 (D.C. Law 17-353; 56 DCR 1117 (February 6, 2009)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2010, effective April 8, 2011 (D.C. Law 18-361; 58 DCR 908 (February 4, 2011)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2021, effective August 21, 2021 (D.C. Law 24-20; 68 DCR 006918 (July 16, 2021)).