Woodley Park
Neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
Top:Cathedral Mansions (left) andWardman Park Tower (right); middle:Omni Shoreham Hotel (left),Kennedy-Warren Building (center), and St. Thomas Church (right); bottom: Old Woodley Park Historic District (left) andConnecticut Avenue (right).
Country	United States
District	Washington, D.C.
Quadrant	Northwest
Ward	3
Postal code	ZIP Code

Woodley Park is aneighborhood inWashington, D.C., located inNorthwest D.C. Primarily residential, Woodley Park hosts a commercial corridor of restaurants and shops located alongConnecticut Avenue. The neighborhood is noted as the home of theNational Zoological Park, part of theSmithsonian Institution.

The area was named after Woodley House, built byPhilip Barton Key (the uncle ofFrancis Scott Key) in 1801. Woodley has housed many political elites from PresidentGrover Cleveland (namesake of the neighboringCleveland Park) toWorld War II Secretary of WarHenry Stimson. Nowadays Woodley House serves as the library and administrative building of theMaret School.^[1]

The Woodley Park Community Association was established to support the in-town neighborhood quality of life in Woodley Park.

In May 2015, the CEO and president of American Iron Works and his wife, son, and housekeeper weretortured and murdered in their Woodley Park mansion.^[2]

It is bounded on the north by Woodley Road andKlingle Valley Trail, on the east by theNational Zoo andRock Creek Park, on the south by Calvert Street, on the southwest by Cleveland Avenue, and on the west by 34th Street.

Adjoining neighborhoods areCleveland Park to the north,Mount Pleasant andAdams Morgan to the east,Kalorama to the south,Woodland-Normanstone Terrace to the southwest, andMassachusetts Heights to the west.

StraddlingConnecticut Avenue south of the National Zoo is a neighborhood of fine early 20th-century row houses, a throwback to the days more than a century ago when developers hoped that this wide avenue that runs northward to the Maryland border would be a boulevard lined with elegant homes. Modern-day Connecticut Avenue north of the small Woodley Park historic district, however, is now mostly filled with high rent, high rise apartment houses — although the city's height limitation restricts them to no more than eight stories, they are considered high-rise by Washington standards.

To the east, the neighborhood's curved streets overhang Rock Creek Park. On the west, they bend on the slope leading to the heights of Mt. Saint Albans, the site of Washington National Cathedral. The stately rows of meticulously designed houses are preserved intact, presenting streetscapes that have changed little for nearly a century. Though busy Connecticut Avenue is always just around the corner, the residential streets are leafy, green, and serene. The neighborhood provides access to several nature trails, includingRock Creek Park,Tregaron Conservancy, andKlingle Valley Trail.

On Connecticut Avenue, former row houses along the street have been converted into commercial properties, including restaurants, offices and retail shops. TheOmni Shoreham Hotel is located on Calvert street. TheWashington Marriott Wardman Park was demolished and is being developed into 900 residential units in two buildings as of 2025.^[5] At night, the place is a hive of activity. Shops and restaurants lining Connecticut Ave include many chains, but also many local restaurants and shops.

TheDistrict of Columbia Public Schools is the public school system.Oyster-Adams Bilingual School is the neighborhoodK-8 school, formed in 2007 by the merger of James F. Oyster Bilingual Elementary School in Woodley Park and John Quincy Adams Elementary School inAdams Morgan.^[6]

Residents are zoned to Oyster Adams,^[7][8] andJackson-Reed High School.^[9]

Private schools in the neighborhood include theMaret School and Aidan Montessori School.

Woodley Park is served by theWoodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Metro station, betweenDupont Circle andCleveland Park on theRed Line.

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