Kingman Park

Speaking of Rats – “Kingman Park Launches Year-Long Rat Fertility Control Study”

By Prince Of Petworth


“A rat in DC’s Kingman Park neighborhood is captured by the remote monitoring cameras deployed for research. Photo by Dr. Rebecca M. Gooley of WISDOM Good Works.”

“Dear PoPville,

Rats have been a hot topic in DC—from DC Health’s rat blitz to a swelling rodent population driven by climate change.

The DC Responsible Rat Management coalition just launched a year-long study in Kingman Park testing two approaches tailored to residential neighborhoods, including fertility control.”

From a press release:

“The DC Responsible Rat Management coalition has launched a year‑long study in the Kingman Park neighborhood to evaluate two strategies for reducing urban rat populations. Led by wildlife biologist Dr. Rebecca M. Gooley, the study tests a new rodent contraceptive alongside improved waste‑management practices.

In May, researchers began treatments across selected alleyways. Over the next 12 months, the research team, in coordination with a group of community volunteers, will track fertility control bait consumption and rodent sightings using remote sensing cameras. (more…)

Storm Day + 7 Checking on plowing, alleys and a couple crazy vids of snow collapses

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

Our street, the 1600 block of Underwood St. NW, hasn’t been plowed a single time since the storm a week ago. In the last day alone my teenage son has helped at least three cars stuck in the street spinning their wheels on the ice. We have elderly and disabled residents restricted to their homes, unable to get to the grocery store or doctors office. We haven’t had mail delivery either the entire week.

We have called 311 repeatedly. The 1600 blocks of Van Buren and Tuckerman are equally messy and dangerous. Photo attached! (Don’t be distracted by the lovely sunset over the park…)”

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“Dear PoPville, (more…)

It is my great pleasure to present – Last Christmas Tree in Town – October!!

By Prince Of Petworth

Better late than never!! Thanks to Rachel for sharing this instant classic: “Spotted in Kingman Park – Christmas lights still attached.”

*Last Christmas Tree in Town (definitely not the last) is brought to you by the Friends of Mizuta Masahide Society. Should we be blessed with any, please send your NOVEMBER tree sightings to [email protected] and let me know where you saw it. Thanks!

“our community has experienced escalating gun violence, open drug activity, and other dangerous conditions that are now part of daily life.”

By Prince Of Petworth


via google maps

“Dear PoPville,

I’m reaching out as a resident of the 15th Street NE corridor, bordering ANC 6A06 and 7D06, to raise urgent concerns about public safety conditions that are deteriorating rapidly in a neighborhood made up largely of young families. Many with children under the age of five.

Over the past several months, and especially in recent weeks, our community has experienced escalating gun violence, open drug activity, and other dangerous conditions that are now part of daily life. Just this week, there were seven separate shooting incidents in a single night, between 10 PM and 4 AM. That followed a recent morning shooting at 8:30 AM, while children were walking to nearby Miner preschool and elementary school. Some had to run for cover inside their school building.

In addition to the gun violence, we are regularly witnessing: (more…)

“I cannot imagine what it would feel like to lose this amount of keys.”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

I walked out of our row house yesterday in Kingman Park and found this huge rack of keys in the grass beside our driveway. The keys being there in the first place is somewhat strange because it would require someone walking about 10-15 feet into my yard and I haven’t had anyone over recently and the water meter is in the front of the house. Maybe someone tossed them into the yard from the alley, (more…)

“The woman who attacked her was seen wandering the area after that.”

By Prince Of Petworth


via google maps

“Dear PoPville,

A little after 9 am, near the intersection of 17th and E Street NE, a woman was attacked by another woman holding a steel bar (like rebar or a crowbar). The woman who was attacked was saved by a bystander — a person who lives in the area — and was able to jump into someone’s car, who then apparently drove her to safety.

The woman who attacked her was seen wandering the area after that. (more…)

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