DC’s Hidden Places: Wylie Street

• April 9, 2014
• 3 Comments

by Lark Turner

In Hidden Places, UrbanTurf takes a look at some of the charming but lesser-known one- and two-block streets in the District. This week, Wylie Street NE in the H Street Corridor gets the spotlight.

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Looking west down Wylie.

Located just off of H Street between 12th and 13th Streets NE (map), sits Wylie Street. When UrbanTurf debuted Hidden Places last week, several readers immediately suggested we feature this one-block stretch of homes, which is primarily made up of Federal-style rowhouses and is capped with a community garden on the southeast side (the garden was recently under threat to become a parking lot, but the neighborhood lobbied to save it).

The Wylie Street community garden.

A handful of two-bedroom, one-bath listings have sold on Wylie Street in the last 18 months for between $320,000 and $430,000. One home, with a whimsical 1/2 in its address, sold on the block just over a year ago for $345,000. A comparable house with a bit more square footage sold for $429,000 in August. Despite sitting on a single-block, many of the houses have parking.

The green home sold in February of last year for $345,000.

The neighbors are close-knit and have both a website and community listserv to help divvy up the community garden and stay in touch with one another. Want to see what it's like to live on Wylie Street for a night? You can do that, too. One of the lucky locals lists on Airbnb.

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This article originally published at http://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/dcs_hidden_places_wylie_street_ne/8332

3 Comments

1. Jean-Claude said at 9:06 pm on Thursday April 10, 2014:
   I believe LeDroit Park is the hidden jewel of Washington, DC.

1. James said at 9:54 am on Friday April 11, 2014:
   Why the iron bars on the doors? Looks like a row of jail cells, garden or no.

1. Vince said at 1:59 pm on Monday April 28, 2014:
   @James: Have you ever lived in a city?