Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood (Washington Metro)

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Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood

Station statistics

Address

919 Rhode Island Avenue, Northeast
Washington, D.C. 20018

Lines

Red Line

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

Parking

340 spaces

Bicycle facilities

12 racks

Other information

Opened

March 27, 1976

Accessible

Code

B04

Owned by

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Formerly

Rhode Island Ave (1976-2004)

Services

Preceding station		Metrorail		Following station
New York Ave-Florida Ave-Gallaudet U toward Shady Grove		Red Line		Brookland-CUA toward Glenmont

Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Red Line.

The station is located in Northeast Washington, on an elevated platform crossing Rhode Island Avenue, with its entrance near 5th Street. Service began on March 27, 1976 as one of the first stations in the system. Among the entire Metro system, Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood has the highest elevation for any station.

There are many commercial destinations near the station, including two supermarkets and a Home Depot. The United States Postal Service also has a large mail sorting facility that is visible from the station and was famously contaminated during the 2001 anthrax attacks.

From the time the station opened in 1976 until late 2004, the station was known simply as Rhode Island Avenue. At that time, the station was renamed Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood in recognition of the Brentwood neighborhood in which the station is located.