Visitor Information

Below are directions to OERI, public transportation information, and a listing of local hotels that are within walking distance from our main building. Inclusion on this list does not constitute an endorsement of any hotel.

Location:

Office of Educational Research and Improvement
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20208

Directions to OERI

The Office of Educational Research and Improvement is located near Union Station and Capitol Hill at 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW.

By Metro

The Office of Educational Research and Improvement is easily accessible by Metro, the subway system of the Washington area. Take the Red Line to Union Station and exit onto Massachusetts Avenue. Turn right on Massachusetts Avenue and walk one block to the corner of Massachusetts and North Capitol Street. Cross North Capitol Street and turn right onto F Street. OERI is located in the building about halfway down F Street. There are two entrances. One doorway is marked "80 Capitol Place" (under the entrance stating "American Federation of Government Employees") and the second is just before the F Street intersection with New Jersey Avenue and is marked "555."

By Car

From Northern and Eastern Maryland: take the Beltway (I-495/95) to the Baltimore/Washington Parkway. Exit South onto the Parkway towards Washington. The Parkway will split at Route 295, follow the signs that say Downtown not Route 295 (you will bear right). The Parkway will end on New York Avenue. Take New York Avenue for approximately 2 miles. Turn left onto North Capitol Street. Follow North Capitol for approximately 4 blocks and turn right on H Street, N. W. At your first stop light, turn left onto New Jersey Avenue. Proceed about 2 blocks. OERI is at the corner of F Street and New Jersey Avenue on your left.

From Montgomery County and all points West: take the Beltway (I-495/95) to George Washington Memorial Parkway towards Washington, D.C. Follow the Parkway for approximately 9 miles. Exit onto I-395 North and follow the directions below.

From Virginia: take I-395 (Shirley Highway) North towards Washington. Cross over the 14^th Street Bridge. Bear right at the end of the bridge and continue on I-395. Take the exit for D Street/U. S. Senate (you will go into a tunnel). Make your first right in the tunnel to the D Street exit. Continue straight out of this exit which will lead you onto 2^nd St. NW. Proceed two blocks and make a right onto F Street. Follow F Street, passing 1^st Street, then coming to New Jersey Avenue. OERI is at the corner of F Street and New Jersey Avenue.

Public Transportation Information:

The METRO and MARC trains stop at Union Station which is approximately two blocks away from New Jersey Avenue and F Street.

• Metro Rail and Metro Bus Web Site
• Maryland Rail Commuter Service (MARC) Web Site
• Virginia Railway Express (VRE)

Hotels

• Holiday Inn of Capitol Hill
  550 C Street, SW
  Washington, DC
  (202)479-4000

• Hyatt Regency
  400 New Jersey Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC
  (202)737-1234

• Phoenix Park Hotel
  520 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC
  (202)638-6900

• Washington Court Hotel
  525 New Jersey Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC
  (202)628-2100

Last modified January 16, 2002 (ld)