Irving St Northeast, Brookland

This is another nice, middle class neighborhood in the northeast quadrant of the city that offers spacious, private homes, many of them duplexes, with front and back yards for the kids to play. It looks a lot like middle America, and not the middle of Washington, D.C. Part of the street is "on the other side of the tracks," but in this case, both sides of the track are nice. The western side of the street comes up the campus of Trinity College,so that is quite a nice area, with many faculty and staff members making their homes on this street. The eastern end of the street has some small apartment buildings and some commercial activity, especially at the cross streets. There are no real restaurants or shopping areas in the immediate vicinity, but services and amenities are within a 5-10 minute car ride. This is a nice area of the city, even though most people consider the "northwest" quadrant to be preferable. This is a more affordable part of the city.