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At Beekman Place you're convenient to the whole of Washington either by foot, bus, subway, or
automobile. The S2 and S4 buses run along 16th Street (plus S1 and S3 during the morning and
evening rush) and stop at 16th and Crescent Place. There are three subway (Metro ) stations
within reach of Beekman Place:
The Woodley Park/Zoo station on the Red Line at Connecticut Avenue and Calvert Street is 25
minutes away.
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Beekman Place residents have easy access to the Adams-Morgan section's many ethnic restaurants; Hispanic. Ethiopian, and Middle Eastern grocery stores; Middle Eastern and North African bazaars; bars; antique shops; boutiques; a Safeway grocery store; a natural foods store. They're all along 18th Street and along Columbia Road, the commercial arteries of Adams-Morgan. You can get there by walking up 16th Street about 4 blocks and then turning left onto Columbia Road; the shops begin about 2 blocks after you turn left.
U Street/Cardozo on the Green Line at 13th and U Streets is the closest station to Beekman; from there it's about a 10 minute walk to Beekman Place.
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The Dupont Circle station on the Red Line station at Connecticut Avenue and Q Street is about a
20-minute walk away.
Three blocks below Beekman Place to the east along U Street you'll see what was once known as the Black Broadway. After weathering a decline beginning in the 1960s, the corridor from 7th Street to16th Street began its way back up when the city built an office building at 14th and U and Metro opened a station at 13th and U. Phoenix-like, the neighborhood has risen to become home to the restored Lincoln theater, a number of eateries, avant-garde bars, a little theater, antiques, shops, and the like. If you use the Metro, you'll probably find yourself walking this route to 13th and U to meet up with the Green Line.
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On your way to Dupont Circle you may want to check out 17th Street from S Street down to P Street, where you'll see another Safeway supermarket, a Hispanic grocery store, several restaurants, a drug store, and a hardware store.
Across 16th Street from Beekman Place stands elegant Meridian Hill Park . Stretching from the southern end of Beekman Place some 4 blocks north, the park is an oasis of trees, cascading water falls, lily pond, statues, and many places for strolling, jogging, or just resting on your laurels. You'll likely see many Beekman residents enjoying the many pleasures of this park. It's a great place for viewing July 4th fireworks. Outside the park and up 16th Street for 4 or so blocks you'll find the embassies of Lithuania, Cuba, Poland, Italy, Spain, and Mexico.
A bit further away is the Dupont Circle neighborhood centering on Connecticut Avenue and Q Street, where you'll find a Red Line Metro station, many restaurants, movie theaters, coffee shops, bookstores, boutiques, bars, whatever.
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