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Trinidad Community Profile
Website address (if applicable)
Boundaries
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On the east: Bladensburg Road
On the south: Florida Avenue
On the west: West Virginia Avenue
On the north: Mt. Olivet Road
History and/or Description of Community
For many years, this area suffered from neglect and a high crime rate, as did many urban neighborhoods during the 1980s and early 1990s. Recent years have seen great change in the area as D.C.'s overall crime rate has dropped and high housing prices have forced buyers to look outside the traditionally coveted neighborhoods. Housing prices in Trinidad, once quite low by D.C. standards, have risen considerably. Property tax assessment values in Trinidad increased by 32 percent between 2004 and 2005, the highest percentage increase in the District.[2] Between 2005 and 2006, Trinidad's 31 percent increase was the highest in the city again.[1] The neighborhood's cooled a bit since then; the increase between 2007 and 2008 was 21 percent, above average in the District but not the highest.[3] Between 2008 and 2009, the increase was 8 percent, average for the District.[4]
Lately, signs of gentrification have become visible in the neighborhood. Formerly vacant houses are being renovated and many new people are moving to the neighborhood. Crime in the area has dropped considerably in recent years. This area was hit hard by the crack epidemic, but Trinidad's decline actually began much earlier, in the 1950s and 1960s. The 1968 rioting on H Street following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. was a hard blow from which the larger area is still recovering. A new community recreation center recently opened on the former Trinidad Playground behind Webb Elementary School.
Community Groups
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Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners serving this community
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Voting Precincts
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Police
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Schools
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Metro Stops
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