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Local outlets- Breakfast links: Long-stalled residential conversion revived in Tenleytown
- ABRA #128982, Tenley Provisions
- BZA #21546, 4638 Ellicott Street, NW
- The DC region’s native peoples left some now-buried traces of their lives in the Soapstone Valley
- September 10, 2026 Meeting Minutes
- September 2026 Crime Report
- FY2026 Quarter 4 Financial Report
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On the street this week
Curb space reserved37 curb-space permits start in the next 7 days; 162 are active this week, reserving 21,186 ft of curb in all.
- Nov 1–34300 block of Windom PlaceC5
- Nov 1–Mar 304800 block of Brandywine StreetA4
- Nov 1–33700 block of Alton PlaceE5
- Nov 1–Dec 45100 block of 39th StreetD3
- Nov 1–Dec 254700 block of 47th StreetB4
- Nov 1–Dec 254100 block of Ingomar StreetC2
- Nov 1–64700–4800 blocks of Butterworth PlaceA4
- Nov 1–63600–4000 blocks of Ellicott StreetD3
- Nov 1–64600 block of Warren StreetB5
- Nov 1–63800 block of Morrison StreetD1
- Nov 1–63600 block of Van Ness Streetnot mapped
- Nov 1–34200 block of 47th StreetB5
- Nov 1–35100 block of Connecticut AvenueE3
- Nov 1–304400 block of 49th StreetA5
- Nov 1–34400 block of Chesapeake StreetC4
- Nov 2–44600 block of Asbury PlaceA4
- Nov 25400 block of Connecticut AvenueE2
- Nov 2–44200 block of 46th StreetB5
- Nov 2–43500 block of Yuma StreetE5
- Nov 2–44400 block of Chesapeake StreetC4
- Nov 3–Dec 24100 block of 38th StreetD5
- Nov 3–Dec 34500 block of Western AvenueA4
- Nov 3–54200–4900 blocks of Connecticut AvenueF5
- Nov 4–64400 block of 42nd StreetC5
- Nov 4–64500 block of Davenport StreetB4
- Nov 4–Jan 23800 block of Northampton StreetD1
- Nov 45200 block of Wisconsin AvenueC2
- Nov 54200 block of 38th StreetD5
- Nov 55100 block of 44th StreetC3
- Nov 64300 block of Jenifer StreetC2
- Nov 64100 block of 38th StreetD5
- Nov 6–Dec 54300 block of 47th StreetB5
- Nov 63700 block of Alton PlaceE5
From DDOT’s public-space occupancy permits, at hundred-block precision. Streets
Bigger projects
Last 30 days108 permits were issued Oct 3–Oct 28. Most are trade work; these 6 are additions, demolitions or new buildings.
- 4249 Wisconsin Ave NWD5
Selective interior demolition of interior partitions that are not structurally load bearing. Remove all wall coverings and meps Plus 1 other permit at this address.
- 5410 Connecticut Ave NW 119D2
Interior non structural demo of unit 119.
- 4624 46th St NWB4
Raze the existing two-story residential building with basement and associated site improvements.
- 5401 39th St NWD2
Add a new roof over the previously approved uncovered rear deck
- 3627 Chesapeake St NWE4
Second story addition above existing first floor structure
- 3643 Alton Pl NWE5
Addition and renovation to 3643 ALTON PLACE NW consisting of an addition on existing slab in the rear yard. renovation / relocation of an existing… Plus 1 other permit at this address.
Today’s condition
Oct 31311 requests in Tenleytown fell to 1,675 in the last 30 days, from 2,274 the 30 days before (−26%). The biggest swing: tree planting fell to 31 from 136. Biggest rise: parking enforcement calls rose to 90 from 60.
8 rising / 18 easing / 9 steady, across the 35 kinds of 311 request with at least 10 in either period. A change within 10% (or 2 requests) counts as steady.
Measures
Latest period vs the one before- Crime reports
- 43
- 5 more; small counts swing month to month
- 38 the 30 days before
- Last 30 days · counts only, never mapped
Homes
Sales, OTRMonthly median house price; blank months had under 3 sales. Last 60 days: $1.41M median from 18 sales. 125 of 187 sales in the past year closed above assessed value.
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 4526 44th St NWhouse, 2 bd, 1,092 sq ft | Oct 20 | $1.05M |
| 4101 Albemarle St NW # 627condo | Oct 20 | $465K |
| 4535 Butterworth Pl NWhouse, 4 bd, 2,836 sq ft | Oct 19 | $1.64M |
| 3712 Alton Pl NWhouse, 4 bd, 2,088 sq ft | Oct 14 | $1.52M |
| 4611 43rd Pl NWhouse, 5 bd, 2,088 sq ft | Oct 12 | $2.02M |
Sales are tied to Tenleytown through OTR assessment neighborhoods "American University" (all), "Chevy Chase" sub-area A, "North Cleveland Park" and "Wakefield" in OTR's Integrated Tax System Public Extract, not through the DC Health planning-area boundary used elsewhere on this site, because the tax extract has no coordinates. The two areas overlap but do not match exactly. Fit with the Tenleytown boundary, measured this run by tax square (a square counts as inside if any DC address point on it falls inside the DC Health polygon, so edge squares make these upper bounds; measured 2026-11-01): 98% of the 6,119 house and condo parcels in the OTR area(s) sit on squares inside the boundary, and 100% of house and condo parcels on in-boundary squares belong to the OTR area(s). Homes
Top 311 requests
Last 30 daysLast 30 days, bar; the tick and small number are the 30 days before. 409 requests are still open.
Permits by type
Oct 3–Oct 28Street trees
DDOT inventoryMost common
Red maple 775, Willow oak 579, Red oak 495, Chinese elm 340, Sugar maple 301
Biggest trunks
- Silver maple, 77 in across
- Red maple, 65 in across
- Silver maple, 65 in across
- Silver maple, 64 in across
DDOT urban forestry inventory, Oct 29. Ask DC to plant a tree · Streets
Around the house
For all 468 blocks; look up your own- Trash day
- Monday for most blocks (235 of 468); Thursday for 210DPW collection routes. Recycling: Monday for most blocks (248 of 468); Thursday for 214.
- Leaf collection
- Not started yetZone 3B (357 blocks), Zone 3C (107 blocks), Zone 3A (3 blocks). We have not reached your section yet. Each section will receive two weekends’ notice of when to rake your leaves to the tree box or curb. Please check back on Friday for an update on our collection schedule. DPW leaf collection
- Street sweeping
- Check the posted signsDC doesn’t publish a current block-by-block sweeping schedule; residential sweeping runs March to October. DPW street cleaning
- Snow emergency routes
- Connecticut Ave, Wisconsin AveNo parking on these streets once DC declares a snow emergency; cars are towed.
- Public schools (zoned)
- Janney, Murch, Hearst and 2 moreElementary, depending on the block. Middle: Deal, Hardy. High: Jackson-Reed, John R. Thompson Jr.. DCPS boundaries from 2025–26.
- Residential parking zone
- Zone 3950 block sides have residential permit parking.
Then
Tenleytown in the recordIn 1947, one builder put up 28 buildings on the 4300 block of Alton Place NW under 2 permits. The largest permit alone covered 14 buildings at an estimated $112,000. C5
5,069 historic building permits on record, 1882–2014, by decade (DC Historic Preservation Office).
This week in 1926: the Evening Star
The newspaper archive couldn’t be reached tonight; clips return with the next run. More history
Machine-read text from Library of Congress scans; misspellings are the scanner’s. More from the archive
Who represents you
Tenleytown overlaps 11 single-member districts in 3 advisory neighborhood commissions. Each district elects one commissioner.
- Peter Gosselin
- Elizabeth "liz" Nagy
- Matthew Cohen
- Amy B. Hall
- Jonathan Bender
- Tom Quinn
- John Mitchell
- Alexandra Gianinno
- Amy Rofman
- Claudette David
- Adrian Jesus Iglesias
Names of elected officials are public record. What your ANC is discussing
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Elsewhere in DC
- Commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of the National Museum
- Café 8’s Deal to Reopen Doesn’t Help Neighbors – ANC6B Committee Continues Discussion Monday Night
- #LifeInMVT Photo Of the Week: More Retail Comes to the Triangle!
- “Old Banneker High School Trees All Gone”
- Last* Christmas Tree in Town – Happy (almost) Halloween!!
Also here: jobs near Tenleytown (33 listed), about the data.