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Anonymous wrote:Union Market and Eastern Market are similar?

The neighborhoods are quite different in terms of types of housing stock, schools, and general feel. (Eastern Market is row houses and a few low-rise apartment buildings sprinkled in. Union Market is high-rise apartment buildings with row house neighborhoods within walking distance.) I would say the market buildings themselves are different too -- I think of Union Market as having more prepared food with a smattering of fish/meat/veg purveyors, while Eastern Market has more food purveyors and only a couple of places that serve prepared food. Plus the farmer's line on Saturday outside the building. They both have other retail/restaurants/services in the immediate vicinity.

I think they are really different. Eastern Market the neighborhood is a residential neighborhood of mostly SFHs and small apartment buildings, with a one block market/commercial strip, and then a larger commercial thoroughfare adjacent (Penn Ave). Union Market is a fully commercial district of multiple blocks that they've made mixed use by adding housing above the street in the form of large condo developments. It is sandwiched between two major commuting arteries (Florida and NY Ave NE), both of which are hostile to pedestrians and neither has a lot of commercial businesses on it, though Florida is starting to develop some street-level retail right near Union Market.

Union Market as a neighborhood is going to be something very special and exciting in about 5-10 years, when they finish developing the buildings around the market and when they finally streetscape Florida to connect the neighborhood better to both H Street and NoMa. But it still won't be like Eastern Market. It will be much more dense, more commercially focused, and with mostly large mixed-used developments and virtually no SFHs.

I think the developments it will most resemble are the Wharf or City Center DC. At least, I hope it winds up that nice. I do think it could use a better anchor than just the markets. The Wharf has the Anthem and City Center has a unique (for DC) shopping district. Union Market is a bit of a hodgepodge but I'd like to see it establish itself a little more as an events venue, and also make the Angelika more of an anchor with a larger presence and perhaps an additional entertainment space. With the movie theater in Chinatown closing down, there's an opportunity to make UM a destination for film.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not family friendly. It's well known as a neighborhood among the younger set where you move if you're single and want to "clap some cheeks" after a night out having cocktails / wine / whatever.

What does that mean?

It’s like sex but you face away from each other and bump butts. It’s a Covid thing.

Not what I was expecting to learn on this board!

Union Market/NOMA could be fun with kids until the school issues arise.

Anonymous wrote:Union Market and Eastern Market are similar?

The neighborhoods are quite different in terms of types of housing stock, schools, and general feel. (Eastern Market is row houses and a few low-rise apartment buildings sprinkled in. Union Market is high-rise apartment buildings with row house neighborhoods within walking distance.) I would say the market buildings themselves are different too -- I think of Union Market as having more prepared food with a smattering of fish/meat/veg purveyors, while Eastern Market has more food purveyors and only a couple of places that serve prepared food. Plus the farmer's line on Saturday outside the building. They both have other retail/restaurants/services in the immediate vicinity.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not family friendly. It's well known as a neighborhood among the younger set where you move if you're single and want to "clap some cheeks" after a night out having cocktails / wine / whatever.

Uh... what?

OP, we live just south of Union Market, near H Street NE. The housing right around Union Market is all large condo/apartment buildings, and therefore not as family focused (Though we do know some families who live in them, mostly with babies/toddlers). But Union Market itself is very family friendly, and we go there all the time with our kids. Also La Cosecha nearby. A lot of the restaurants there are also pretty welcoming to kids -- we like St. Anselm and Stellina Pizzeria for sit down meals, and lots of the stalls at both markets. Sometimes there are events for kids at the markets. We also like having the Politics & Prose up there, though we are spoiled for bookstores in our neighborhood with Solid State and East City Books and Capitol Hill Books not far away either.

There are also events and spots in the neighborhood that are not for kids, which is of course fine. We like having the Angelika pop up nearby for date nights and plenty of bars and more adult-focused restaurants. To us it's the best of both worlds.

+1 to all of this, as a fellow rowhouse resident closer to H Street.

My impression is that the younger population of Union Market skews a little hipper and more foodie than other neighborhoods like Navy Yard with a lot of new construction. People move there because of the two big food halls and the restaurants. Residents are pretty well-off, but not quite as much so as someplace like Dupont or Logan. It's not quite as scene-y as U street, nor quite as crunchy as Columbia Heights/Mt. Pleasant.

Go to Union Market on a weekend afternoon and you'll see tons of kids, though I think that many of them are people who walk from H Street, Capitol Hill, Eckington, etc. No shortage of families in walking distance, in any case.

+1. So many families that live in the rowhouses around Union market and H st.

The apartments by Union market likely skew younger and single because it’s just not enough space for a family. But the rowhouses nearby definitely skew more towards families.

Union Market is a fine place to take your kids in the day time and I have done so myself. In my opinion, it is not a fine place for my kids to be at night. It is not just the nightlife, it also has a sort of “edgy” feel about it because it is a gentrifying area and comes with all of the externalities that brings.

Anonymous wrote:If you want to live in NE DC and are looking for a family friendly area with houses and apartments, look at Brookland. Tons of kids here, and only a five minute drive to union market

And a nearby metro and college

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Anonymous wrote:Not family friendly. It's well known as a neighborhood among the younger set where you move if you're single and want to "clap some cheeks" after a night out having cocktails / wine / whatever.

Uh... what?

OP, we live just south of Union Market, near H Street NE. The housing right around Union Market is all large condo/apartment buildings, and therefore not as family focused (Though we do know some families who live in them, mostly with babies/toddlers). But Union Market itself is very family friendly, and we go there all the time with our kids. Also La Cosecha nearby. A lot of the restaurants there are also pretty welcoming to kids -- we like St. Anselm and Stellina Pizzeria for sit down meals, and lots of the stalls at both markets. Sometimes there are events for kids at the markets. We also like having the Politics & Prose up there, though we are spoiled for bookstores in our neighborhood with Solid State and East City Books and Capitol Hill Books not far away either.

There are also events and spots in the neighborhood that are not for kids, which is of course fine. We like having the Angelika pop up nearby for date nights and plenty of bars and more adult-focused restaurants. To us it's the best of both worlds.

+1 to all of this, as a fellow rowhouse resident closer to H Street.

My impression is that the younger population of Union Market skews a little hipper and more foodie than other neighborhoods like Navy Yard with a lot of new construction. People move there because of the two big food halls and the restaurants. Residents are pretty well-off, but not quite as much so as someplace like Dupont or Logan. It's not quite as scene-y as U street, nor quite as crunchy as Columbia Heights/Mt. Pleasant.

Go to Union Market on a weekend afternoon and you'll see tons of kids, though I think that many of them are people who walk from H Street, Capitol Hill, Eckington, etc. No shortage of families in walking distance, in any case.

If you want to live in NE DC and are looking for a family friendly area with houses and apartments, look at Brookland. Tons of kids here, and only a five minute drive to union market

Union Market and Eastern Market are similar?

The neighborhood is mostly younger single people. That doesn't make it family unfriendly, necessarily, but it would not be my first choice of place to move with kids.

Anonymous wrote:Not family friendly. It's well known as a neighborhood among the younger set where you move if you're single and want to "clap some cheeks" after a night out having cocktails / wine / whatever.

Uh... what?

OP, we live just south of Union Market, near H Street NE. The housing right around Union Market is all large condo/apartment buildings, and therefore not as family focused (Though we do know some families who live in them, mostly with babies/toddlers). But Union Market itself is very family friendly, and we go there all the time with our kids. Also La Cosecha nearby. A lot of the restaurants there are also pretty welcoming to kids -- we like St. Anselm and Stellina Pizzeria for sit down meals, and lots of the stalls at both markets. Sometimes there are events for kids at the markets. We also like having the Politics & Prose up there, though we are spoiled for bookstores in our neighborhood with Solid State and East City Books and Capitol Hill Books not far away either.

There are also events and spots in the neighborhood that are not for kids, which is of course fine. We like having the Angelika pop up nearby for date nights and plenty of bars and more adult-focused restaurants. To us it's the best of both worlds.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not family friendly. It's well known as a neighborhood among the younger set where you move if you're single and want to "clap some cheeks" after a night out having cocktails / wine / whatever.

What does that mean?

It’s like sex but you face away from each other and bump butts. It’s a Covid thing.

Anonymous wrote:Not family friendly. It's well known as a neighborhood among the younger set where you move if you're single and want to "clap some cheeks" after a night out having cocktails / wine / whatever.

What does that mean?

Not family friendly. It's well known as a neighborhood among the younger set where you move if you're single and want to "clap some cheeks" after a night out having cocktails / wine / whatever.

I am moving from another City to DC. I saw apartments available in this area. DC has changed alot since I have lived in the area. How is this neighborhood? Any information would be helpful. Is it Family friendly?