5018 1st Street, NW via google
The liquor license placard for Mama Chepa says:
“Establishment will be a family-oriented Restaurant serving Salvadorean and Mexican food. Total Occupancy Load of 49 with seating for 40. The licensee is requesting an Entertainment Endorsement to provide live entertainment. Carry-out and Delivery Endorsement.”
Check out their great looking menu here.
Some interesting tweets from WMATA this morning:
“We’re continuing to look at ways to reduce fare evasion. The image shows a prototype customers will see at Fort Totten.”
“Here is another prototype shown that will be at Fort Totten to help reduce fare evasion.”
Also of note:
“We also have a new screen inside Columbia Heights. This screen will be an outward display of our security system.
“We want criminals to know we are watching you, and we will not tolerate any criminal behavior in our system.” says @wmatagm” Read More
via DC Fire and EMS
A reader reported around 1:45am: “a car drove clean through the side of an apartment building on North Capitol and Webster NE. Police and EMS already there. I hope no one was injured.”
via DC Fire and EMS
DC Fire and EMS reported: “Box Alarm with vehicle striking building 4500 block Clermont Dr. NE. Vehicle went thru wall into apartment of 3 story apartment building. Read More
Thanks to Carrie for sending: “Can’t tell you if they are the cause or result, but hope everyone is okay. Riggs & Rock Creek Church Road NE, in front of DC Bilingual, 7:15pm Sunday.”
Ed. Note: It sounds like it could be related to the 3:45pm shooting near the Petworth metro yesterday afternoon.
“Dear PoPville,
Any idea what was happened on the red line yesterday? I was on a north-bound red line train around 4:15 in the afternoon, and when we got to Fort Totten, the police held the train after departing passengers got off (though those of us who were continuing north remained on the train). Officers (with guns unholstered) stood at every open door and did not allow anyone to enter the train (but also didn’t direct those of us on the train to get off). Then a group of police (with guns drawn, shields up, and “SWAT” emblazoned on uniforms) moved from car to car doing what appeared to be a sweep. Read More
“Dear PoPville,
I’d like to give an enormous shoutout to the good citizen who laid pavers in the path to the fort totten metro. If you haven’t been following the saga, residents of North Michigan Park have been trying to get this shortcut path paved for over a decade. NPS finally began construction in 2020 and then Read More
From the Mayor’s Office on Saturday:
“Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), and the National Park Service (NPS) celebrated the newest section of the Metropolitan Branch Trail (MBT), between Brookland and Fort Totten. This new section closes a gap in the District’s pedestrian and bicycle network and represents a key milestone in the goal to complete the nearly 900-mile regional trail network.
“Washingtonians are eager to embrace new ways of using public space and new ways of getting around our city, and we’re proud that with the MBT, we’re delivering a space that is practical, safe, and that people truly enjoy using,” said Mayor Bowser. “As we continue investing in a multi-modal city that is more sustainable and less reliant on cars, we know that spaces like these will play a critical role in our transportation network.”
The new 0.8-mile trail is 11 feet wide, connects the Fort Totten Metro to the Brookland Metro, and provides North-South bicycle and pedestrian connectivity for Catholic University, Lamond Riggs, Queens Chapel, Manor Park, and the surrounding neighborhoods. The new trail features LED lighting, stormwater management facilities, wayfinding signage, and security cameras. Read More
220 Riggs Road, NE
Thanks to Natalie for sending: “The Chick-Fil-A (on the former Taco Bell/KFC lot) is now open in Fort Totten NE. Business looks brisk. Unsurprisingly, there’s now a bottleneck with cars trying to make a U-turn on 3rd to get over to the restaurant, as well as another bottleneck trying to turn from 3rd into the parking lot (despite the double drive-through lines).” Read More
5000 block of New Hampshire Avenue NW
“Dear PoPville,
Went to drop off my laundry for wash (Sunday around 2:15pm), first time in more than a year since this business used to be on Kennedy Street, and as I was leaving to run a couple errands, two kids started yelling at each other down New Hampshire which then lead to them traveling up towards the Laundromat parking lot. Read More
“Dear PoPville,
We live in NE (Ft.Totten/Lamond Riggs area) and when my husband was taking our dog out he found these empty 9mm shell casings in our backyard. We are not gun owners and we have no idea where they came from. That said, we were wondering if there was anything we should do with these other than just dispose of them, like notify law enforcement or some other entity? I’m sure this sort of thing happens a lot all over DC and we figured we’d see if anyone else has any thoughts on this.”
