DC Houses, Truxton Circle
11 Q Street NW, Washington, DC 20001, $370,000
11 Q Street, at the corner of Q and Florida Ave. NW, is just one block from the intersection of Florida Ave. and North Capitol Street, where the old traffic circle named after Thomas Truxtun was from 1900-1947. It is on the Florida Ave. side of the triangle formed by Florida, New York, and New Jersey Avenues.
Truxton Circle is bordered by Shaw to the west, Bloomingdale to the north, Eckington to the east, and NOMA to the south. It is thus a heartbeat away from the Washington Convention Center in Shaw, just three blocks from Bloomingdale’s popular Big Bear Cafe, and just five blocks from the New York Avenue Metro at the intersection of Florida and New York Ave.
It is a handsome brick and stone Federal-style building with an upper unit of 2BR, 1BA, living room with a fireplace, and eat-in kitchen. The English basement with 9′ ceilings has 1BR, 1BA, living room with fireplace, and kitchen. It is not separately metered, but has a front and back walkout, so the English basement can be a rental unit or part of a single family house as the inner stairway has been retained.
The house is landlocked and cannot boast a yard, but it is a good buy for the person who wants quick access to downtown DC, a low-maintenance dwelling, and the possibility of saving on the mortgage by renting the basement.
The NOMA (North of Massachusetts) area at the New York Avenue Metro is blossoming with new development: there is a Courtyard Mariott Hotel and the Pound Coffee Shop adjacent to the metro. The ever evolving Constitution Square project, a network of promenades, sidewalk cafes, and shops, will transform the eastern entry to DC from New York Avenue. It will be home to the General Services Administration of the Deparment of Justice, a Harris Teeter Grocery Store, Hilton Garden Inn Hotel, a residential building with 440 apartment units, and 30,000 feet of retail space. All of this makes this house at the Truxton Circle location a cutting edge investment.
