LeDroit Park

“A Q about a Q” in LeDroit Park

By Prince Of Petworth


600 block of Florida Ave, NW

We haven’t talked about the Q finial in over 15 years!!

“Dear PoPville,

I recently noticed a Q on a rooftop in LeDroit Park and you are the person to ask whether and what the story is. Thanks for your reporting!”

Back in 2010 we shared an update on the renovation here: (more…)

Happy 10 Year Anniversary to LeDroit Park’s The Royal!!

By Prince Of Petworth


501 Florida Ave, NW

And how the corner looked back in 2014 from our archives:

The Royal shares yesterday:

“10 YEARS! ✨ In the summer of 2015 (June to be exact), the Royal opened its doors.

Our family created this place of ours to be a neighborhood hub of LeDroit Park: super casual, minimal rules, good drinks and food that we’d enjoy in our own home. Our primary focus was to be a community coffee shop during the day and a corner cocktail bar at night, all while providing quality food.

We’ve stayed very true to this, however we were surprised at how much you all embraced our Latin and Colombian-inspired food menu, so much so that food became our biggest seller! (more…)

“Like dude why wtf??”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

Creepy thing tonight: I came home and found a man standing in my yard (inside the fenced in area). Okay whatever. But! He then took pictures of my and my house as I was entering. Like dude why wtf?? Anyone else had this experience? I live in Ledroit Park. (more…)

Weekend Crime Reports including a homicide where “One bullet struck a window of the victim’s apartment. The victim was not targeted.”

By Prince Of Petworth

A reader reports:

“There were a lot of news reports of shootings on Memorial Day. They didn’t report any of the craziness we had in LeDroit. We had a shooting in LeDroit park on Sunday. No one was hit but there were over 40 shots fired. And we had two cars chase each other at high speed with guns on Saturday.”

From MPD:

“The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting in Northwest.

On Sunday, May 25, 2025, at approximately 6:11 p.m., Fourth District officers responded to the 1500 block of Ogden Street, Northwest, for the report of a shooting. Officers located an adult male inside of an apartment, unconscious and not breathing suffering from a gunshot wound. DC Fire and EMS responded to the scene and after all lifesaving measures failed, the victim was pronounced dead.

The investigation determined the shooting occurred in an alley to the rear of the apartment complex. One bullet struck a window of the victim’s apartment. The victim was not targeted. (more…)

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