U Street African-American Civil War Memorial/Cardozo
U Street station platform in February 2025
General information
Location	1240U Street NW Washington, D.C.
Owned by	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Platforms	1island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Metrobus:C51,C53, C57, D44,D50,D5X
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Bicycle facilities	Capital Bikeshare
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	E03
History
Opened	May 11, 1991; 34 years ago (May 11, 1991)
Previous names	U Street-Cardozo (1991–1999) U Street African-American Civil War Memorial/Cardozo (1999–2011) U Street (2011-present)
Passengers
2023	3,525 daily[1]
Rank	25 out of 98
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station Shaw–Howard University towardBranch Avenue Green Line Columbia Heights towardGreenbelt
Former services Preceding station Washington Metro Following station Shaw–Howard University towardHuntington Yellow Line Columbia Heights towardGreenbelt
Future services Preceding station Washington Metro Following station Shaw–Howard University towardHuntington Yellow Line Columbia Heights towardGreenbelt
Route map Columbia Heights Shaw–Howard U
Location

U Street station is a rapid transit station on theGreen Line of theWashington Metro in theU Street neighborhood ofWashington, D.C.

U Street station is located in northwest Washington and serves theU Street neighborhood; nearby attractions include theLincoln Theatre, the historic restaurantBen's Chili Bowl, and severalnightclubs, includingThe Black Cat and the9:30 Club. The station is approximately five blocks east of the neighborhood ofAdams Morgan.

U Street station has a singleisland platform with entrances at either end, leading from U Street at 10th and 13th Streets. Like nearly all non-interchange stations on the Metro, there are two tracks: trains using track E1 head toGreenbelt, while those on E2 are bound forBranch Avenue. This station was among the last to feature the 22-coffer "waffle" ceiling vault design amongBenning Road,Capitol Heights,Federal Center SW,Navy Yard–Ballpark, andShaw-Howard University.

Plans for rapid transit prior to the creation of WMATA in February 1967 focused on the needs of commuters while neglecting some of the District's less affluent neighborhoods.^[2]: 106 Riots following theassassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 destroyed much of the commercial district around 14th and U Streets and planners hoped that adding a subway stop in that area would stimulate redevelopment.^{[2]: 211-12} The original 1969 plan called for a line under 13th Street NW with just two stations. However, in 1970, the District of Columbia Council agreed to pay an additional $3 million to add a third station and reroute the Green Line under U Street, and then 14th Street NW.^[2]: 213 Instead of opening in 1976, the first Green Line stations, including U Street, opened in 1991.^[2]: 213

Trains originally serviced this station asYellow Line trains until Green Line service was formally introduced later that year.^[3] Yellow Line service resumed in late 2006 as part of what was initially an 18-month experiment to extend that line to Fort Totten station during non-rush hours and weekends.

On June 10, 2001, Metro Transit Police officer Marlon C. Morales was killed at the station while intervening in a fare dispute. A plaque exists outside the 13th Street entrance in his honor.^[4]

"Cardozo" was added to the name just before opening, and refers to the nearbyCardozo High School. "African-Amer Civil War Memorial" was added in 1999 when theAfrican American Civil War Memorial was completed at U Street and Vermont Ave NW. With this designation, this station had the longest name in the Metro system at 44 characters, while the shortest station names in the system belong toTakoma andMcLean. On November 3, 2011, the station was renamed to "U Street" with "African American Civil War Memorial / Cardozo" as a subtitle.^[5]

On May 7, 2023, the northeastern terminus of theYellow Line was truncated fromGreenbelt toMount Vernon Square, following its reopening after a nearly eight-month-long major rehabilitation project onits bridge over thePotomac River and its tunnel leading intoL'Enfant Plaza. Thus, it no longer services this station.^[6] Half of Yellow Line service is expected be re-extended back to Greenbelt in December 2025.^[7]

Wikimedia Commons has media related toU Street (WMATA station).

• WMATA U Street station page

• The Schumin Web Transit Center:U Street StationArchived May 24, 2011, at theWayback Machine
• 10th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 13th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

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• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1991
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• U Street Corridor, Washington, D.C.

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