Northwest DC · Washington, DC
Brightwood Park
Brick row houses from the 1920s and 1930s, between Georgia Avenue and Missouri Avenue.
Quick Answer
DC lists about 2,300 row houses in Brightwood Park, nearly all built in the 1920s and 1930s. Kennedy Street NW and Georgia Avenue are its commercial streets.
Row House Market
Fee simple & rowhouse condo · Closed sales, last 12 months
Median Sale Price
$708K
◀▶ Flat YoY
Median Days on Market
33 days
▲ +6d YoY
List-to-Sale Ratio
97%
Slight Discount
Median $/sqft
$514
Row Houses in Brightwood Park
2323
51 recorded as two units
25 currently for sale
How We Calculate $/sqft
$/sqft is calculated on above-grade finished square footage, the standard used by DC appraisers, MLS systems, and most market participants. Properties with finished below-grade space (English basements, rental units) carry that square footage as additive value, but appraisers typically apply a discount of 50 to 75 cents on the dollar relative to above-grade space. Blending the two into a single $/sqft figure would make a home with a finished basement look cheaper than it is and obscure the real comparison. When a property has significant finished below-grade square footage, both metrics are presented in context so you understand the full picture before the appraiser does.
Row homes only (fee simple & rowhouse condo) · Source: BrightMLS via Compass · 74 closed sales · 12-month rolling period · Median figures · Updated periodically
Brian's Take
"Brightwood Park is long blocks of brick row houses from the 1920s and 1930s, nearly all built to the same plan. That sameness is useful. If you want a row house you can make your own, the comps here tell you what a finished one is worth before you buy an unfinished one. This is where I would start looking. Bring a contractor to the second showing."
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The Neighborhood
Brightwood Park, Washington DC: What You Are Buying Into
Brightwood Park sits east of Georgia Avenue and south of Missouri Avenue, with Brightwood to the north and Petworth to the south. The housing stock is almost entirely brick row houses: six in ten built in the 1920s, a third in the 1930s. Every one has a basement, and none rise past two stories. Kennedy Street NW and Georgia Avenue carry the shops.
The houses are alike from block to block, so comparable sales are plentiful. A sale on one block is a fair guide to the next, once condition and the finished basement are adjusted for.
Before You Offer
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Brightwood Park has a deep row house inventory, so comparable sales are plentiful.
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School assignment in DC is by address. DCPS's school finder lists the assigned schools.
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There is no Metro station in Brightwood Park. Georgia Avenue-Petworth (Green Line) is south of Emerson Street, and Fort Totten (Red and Green lines) is east of North Capitol Street. Buses run on Georgia Avenue and Kennedy Street.
Market Position
What Drives Brightwood Park Prices
The median sale here is $708K, against $650K in Brightwood and $789K in Petworth. Houses take a median 33 days to go under contract.
Streets + Pockets
Best Streets and Blocks in Brightwood Park
Not all blocks price the same. Street by street, what sets each one apart.
Kennedy Street NW
The commercial street, with shops near Georgia Avenue and row houses on the blocks further east. Buses run its length.
Ingraham Street NW
More row houses than any other street in the record, about 190, south of Kennedy Street.
Farragut Street NW
About 165 row houses in the record, at the southern end near Emerson Street.
Kansas Avenue NW
A diagonal avenue across the grid, with about 125 row houses in the record.
Jefferson Street NW
About 160 row houses in the record, one block south of Kennedy Street.
Row Houses
Brightwood Park Row Houses: How Many There Are, and How Many Are for Sale
How to read a DC row house →Total Row Houses
2323
in Brightwood Park, 51 of them recorded as two units
Currently for Sale
25
active listings
Housing stock: DC public property records, two-unit conversions included · Active listings: BrightMLS via Compass
The Houses
Know what a Brightwood Park price buys against Petworth
A Brightwood Park row house and a Petworth row house are close cousins: the same brick, the same basement, a few years apart.
DC lists about 2,300 row houses in Brightwood Park. All but about 50 are single-family houses, and the figures here are for them. Nearly all went up between 1901 and 1939. Six in ten were built in the 1920s, and a third in the 1930s, a decade that added almost nothing in Petworth. Every one has a basement, and three in four have finished it. None rise past two stories. The median lot is about 1,800 square feet, and the typical house has about 2,000 square feet in total.
The houses are alike. The prices are not: the median sale here is $708K, against $789K in Petworth.
Here is what I do with that. I compare a Brightwood Park house with Brightwood Park sales first. I use Petworth only to check my condition adjustments, since the houses were built to much the same plan. A buyer weighing the two should know exactly which differences the lower price buys.
Same house, different blocks: the blocks set the price.
Housing stock: DC public property records and BrightMLS closed sales, fee simple row houses
From the Record
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A streetcar line ran north on Georgia Avenue, then called Brightwood Avenue, by the 1890s.
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The Georgia Avenue-Petworth Metro station opened in 1999, south of the neighborhood at Georgia and New Hampshire Avenues.
Market Updates
View all →- October 2026$725K$518/sqft33 days on market+6.6% YoY
- September 2026$725K$518/sqft34 days on market+6.7% YoY
- August 2026$728K$516/sqft33 days on market+7.0% YoY
What closed in Brightwood Park, October 2026
2 row houses settled. Pick any address for every sale on its block over the last 24 months, free.
| Address | Settled | Sold price |
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| 5226 7th St NW | Oct 2 | $440,000 |
| 4917 9th St NW | Oct 1 | $725,000 |
Closed row house sales, BrightMLS via Compass. Address and sold price are DC public record.
Frequently Asked
Brightwood Park Real Estate: Your Questions, Answered First
Is Kennedy Street NW going to get more commercial?
No one can say. I would not buy here on a bet about Kennedy Street. I would buy on the houses and the comps, which you can check today.
What should I know about property condition in Brightwood Park?
Plan for it. Nearly every house here is about a century old. Get a full inspection, and price the electrical panel, the plumbing and the roof before you write the offer. A house that needs that work should be priced against sales that needed it too.
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Also Consider
Neighborhoods Near Brightwood Park, DC
Brightwood
North and west, across Missouri Avenue and Georgia Avenue, with similar brick row houses. Median sale $650K.
Median Price
$650K
Median DOM
30 days
Petworth
South, below Emerson Street, with row houses of the same era and plan. Median sale $789K.
Median Price
$789K
Median DOM
25 days
Sixteenth Street Heights
West across Georgia Avenue. Median sale $1.1M.
Median Price
$1.1M
Median DOM
19 days
Next Step
Before you decide on Brightwood Park, one conversation.
The median and the days on market are the start. The specific blocks, the condition range, and what the numbers leave out are the conversation. 20 minutes. No commitment.