Greenway (Washington, D.C.)

Greenway
Neighborhood
Map of Washington, D.C., with the Greenway neighborhood highlighted in red
Coordinates: 38°53′0.3012″N 076°57′36.558″W / 38.883417000°N 76.96015500°W / 38.883417000; -76.96015500
Country	United States
District	Washington, D.C.
Ward	Ward 7
Constructed	1940
Government
• Councilmember	Vincent C. Gray

Greenway is a residential neighborhood in Southeast Washington, D.C., in the United States. The neighborhood is bounded by East Capitol Street to the north, Pennsylvania Avenue SE to the south, Interstate 295 to the west, and Minnesota Avenue to the east.

The western part of the Greenway neighborhood was marshland and riverbank until a major dredging and land reclamation project by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, begun in the early 1880s, transformed the area into habitable space. The southern part of Greenway developed out of the failed 1871 East Washington Heights luxury home development project, and the far more successful 1903 North Randle Highlands middle-class housing project. The northern part of Greenway was constructed in 1940 as a massive low-income apartment housing project for defense workers. The neighborhood draws its name from this 1940 development.

As of the start of the 21st century, residents of Greenway are largely poor, and the neighborhood is characterized by multi-family homes and public housing projects.