| WHAT IS CRISPUS ATTUCKS PARK? |
| Crispus Attucks Park is a 1.36 acre privately owned community park occupying the courtyard space behind a single city block of houses in Washington DC's Bloomingdale neighborhood. The park is bounded by the alleys of the 2000 blocks of North Capitol & First Streets NW and the unit blocks of V & U Streets NW. Street signs on the nearby corners of First Street point residents in the direction of the park, or "Crispus Attucks Court." Access to the court is gained through four alley entrances or, for those who live on the park, from their backyards. |
| The park is named in honor of Crispus Attucks, an African American former slave and the first person to lose his life in the Boston Massacre, heralding the beginning of the American Revolution. |
| WHAT IS A "PRIVATE COMMUNITY PARK?" |
| Crispus Attucks Park is both privately owned and available to the community. The park is owned collectively by the people who own homes surrounding the park, but the District government has made the land free from real estate taxes in return for its use as a resource for the local community. The dual role requires a balance: neighbors who live on the park appreciate the value to the community of having common green space, while all who use the park respect the property on which they are guests and help to keep it a true "community oasis." See Rules for Park Use for more information. |
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