Queens Chapel

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| subdivision_name1 = Washington, D.C.

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| leader_name = Zachary Parker

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Queens Chapel is a mostly residential neighborhood with commercial elements located in Ward 5 of Northeast Washington, D.C.{{cite web|url=https://planning.dc.gov/node/605372|title=About Ward 5 | op|website=planning.dc.gov}}

Its namesake is the Queens Family Chapel, the first Catholic parish in DC. It burned to the ground multiple times, the last fire occurring during the Battle of Bladensburg. It was later rebuilt as St Francis de Sales Church in 1906.{{Cite news|last=Brown|first=Tarah|date=1992-05-09|title=FOR ONE DISTRICT PARISH, A CRUSADE TO RECLAIM ITS PLACE IN HISTORY|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1992/05/09/for-one-district-parish-a-crusade-to-reclaim-its-place-in-history/d4aaa895-f237-46ec-95ea-bfd46530d350/|access-date=2022-01-03|issn=0190-8286}}

Boundaries

File:Queens Chapel DC.jpg

Queens Chapel is contained between Eastern Avenue N.E. to the north, Galloway Street N.E. to the south, Riggs Rd N.E. to the north, and the Washington Metropolitan Area Red Line train tracks to the west. Queens Chapel borders the adjacent neighborhoods of Riggs Park, Fort Totten, North Michigan Park, and Michigan Park, which also are located in Ward 5 of Northeast Washington D.C.{{Cite news|last=Edleson|first=Harriet|date=21 June 2018|title=In Northeast Washington, A Neighborhood Maintains Its Stability and Tranquility|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/in-northeast-washington-a-neighborhood-maintains-its-stability-and-tranquility/2018/06/20/9bbbb7e0-70ba-11e8-bd50-b80389a4e569_story.html|access-date=25 January 2021|issn=0190-8286}} In addition to these Ward 5 neighborhoods of Northeast Washington D.C., Queens Chapel also borders the neighborhood of Chillum, which is located in Prince George's County, Maryland.

The Queens Chapel neighborhood is often confused with the Queens Chapel Neighborhood Association which is located in the Michigan Park neighborhood. It was named for early landowner Richard Queen.{{cite web|last=Malesky|first=Robert|date=6 July 2014|title=Brookland Roads: Just where was Queen's Chapel?|url=https://bygonebrookland.com/2014/07/06/just-where-was-queens-chapel/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=25 January 2021|website=bygonebrookland.com}}{{Cite web|last=Cioffoletti|first=Elizabeth|date=27 August 2017|title=Richard Queen 1725–1794|url=https://queenfamilyky.wordpress.com/2017/08/27/richard-queen/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=25 January 2021|website=The Queen Family|language=en}}

Notable places

Queens Chapel is home to the Bertie Backus Community College (formerly Bertie Backus Middle School, which closed and was demolished in 2008), the Lamond-Riggs Library, Food & Friends, and the Art Place at Fort Totten development.

References

{{geographic location

|Centre =Queens Chapel

|Northeast = Chillum, Maryland

|North = Chillum, Maryland

|Northwest =Riggs Park

|West =Fort Totten

|Southwest =North Michigan Park

|South =Michigan Park

|Southeast =Michigan Park

|East =Chillum, Maryland

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Category:Neighborhoods in Northeast (Washington, D.C.)