Naylor Gardens is a small neighborhood located in southeast Washington, D.C.

[1] The neighborhood is located in the area south and east of the Anacostia River.

Naylor Gardens was founded in 1943, when the Defense Homes Corporation, a federal agency of the United States government which constructed housing for defense workers during World War II, constructed the $6 million, 750-unit Naylor Gardens apartment complex.

[3] Hailed by The Washington Post as one of D.C.'s last best kept secrets, the neighborhood is minutes away from Capitol Hill and the Anacostia and Potomac riverfronts, and a short walk to the Southeast waterfront.

The community is adjacent to Hillcrest to the northeast, Skyland to the northwest, and Garfield Heights to the west.