Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue

Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue (also known as MLK Ave) is a major street in the District of Columbia traversing through both the Southwest and Southeast quadrants.

Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SW begins at the southwestern tip of the District of Columbia near the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant.

After leaving Congress Heights, the street turns north, crossing throughout the campus of St. Elizabeths Hospital, the future home of the Department of Homeland Security.

MLK Ave stays headed north, crossing the Suitland Parkway before reaching the Anacostia Metro Station.

[4] The line was planned to begin at Bolling Air Force Base, travel up north along South Capitol Street to the Anacostia Metro station, along Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE to Good Hope Road SE, and then along the CSX railroad tracks to the Minnesota Avenue Metro station.

Looking south on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE in Washington, D.C.
1865 map of the Anacostia area of Washington, D.C., showing "Asylum Avenue" passing south by the Hospital for the Insane.