Bus and Public Transportation
Description of buses, shuttles, bike paths and other transport available in the region, apart from private cars and Metro.
Homes and condos for sale at the Huntingon Metro
platform at Huntington
Huntington Metro is the last stop on the Yellow Line. It’s located just outside the Beltway in Fairfax County in close proximity to the city of Alexandria VA. Nearby condo communities include Midtown Alexandria Station, Montebello, Hunting Creek Club and Huntington Club.
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$399,900 : 5902 Mount Eagle Dr #508, Alexandria3 beds, 2 full baths
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$449,000 : 2451 Midtown Ave #826, Alexandria2 beds, 2 full baths
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$288,000 : 5932 Kings Hwy, Alexandria2 beds, 1 full bath
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$279,900 : 2335 Fairview Ter, Alexandria2 beds, 1 full, 1 part baths
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$81,000 : 2639 Redcoat Dr #146, Alexandria1 bed, 1 full bath
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Where is the Eisenhower Valley of Alexandria VA?
Eisenhower's Statue on Eisenhower Avenue
Eisenhower Valley stretches from South Van Dorn St. to Holland Lane along Cameron Run. The area features: Great Waves Waterpark, AWLA Animal Shelter, Eisenhower Metro station, and the Cinema. Contact an agent to find out some of the benefits of living in Eisenhower Valley.
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$419,900 : 2181 Jamieson Ave #502, Alexandria2 beds, 2 full baths
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Simple Living and Simple Access from Ballston Park
Finished in 1995, Ballston Park Condos offer a modern approach to simple city living. Units range in the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, but most have 1-2 bedrooms and 1-2 bathrooms. Some homes have private balconies and spacious windows overlooking the city.
Residents enjoy the services of the community such as snow removal, security, an exercise room, extra storage, and a party room. They also enjoy the convenience of living seconds away from the Ballston metro, Welburn Square, and PF Chang’s China Bistro.
Condos for sale at Ballston Park
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$485,000 : 1050 Stuart St N #719, Arlington2 beds, 2 full baths
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$375,000 : 1050 Stuart St N #817, Arlington1 bed, 1 full bath
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$449,000 : 1050 Stuart St N #419, Arlington2 beds, 2 full baths
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$489,000 : 1050 Stuart St N #319, Arlington2 beds, 2 full baths
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Quiet & Convenient: Bucknell Heights
Bucknell Heights, located at Groveton near Bucknell Manor Park, is a comfortably separate neighborhood in Alexandria. Homes are townhome style constructed of brick and siding. Most homes have natural gas heating and hardwood floors.
Bucknell Heights is located a mile away from the Metro Bus, a mile away from the Subway station, and 5-10 miles from the airport. In addition, a public bus service services the area. Schools around the area include Bucknell Elementary School, West Potomac High School, and Sandburg Middle School.
Homes in Bucknell Heights
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$289,000 : 7020 Stanford Dr, Alexandria3 beds, 2 full baths
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$180,000 : 6942 Westhampton Dr, Alexandria3 beds, 1 full, 1 part baths
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$249,490 : 6931 Westhampton Dr, Alexandria3 beds, 2 full baths
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Spacious Amenities at a Great Value Near the Metro in Huntington Club
The Huntington Club located just outside the Beltway and Old Town Alexandria are a prime selection for those seeking a short commute to the Huntington Metro Station. With over 4,400 parking spaces in their commuter lot, residents can travel to work with ease. Local businesses ornament the area such as the Telegraph Shopping Center.
Most units have spacious views such as an upper-deck perspective overlooking the community pool. Homes range in the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, but come equipped with luxurious amenities such as ceramic tiling, hardwood floors, and granite countertops.
Homes for Sale in Huntington Club
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$139,950 : 2635 Redcoat Dr #197, Alexandria2 beds, 1 full, 1 part baths
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$84,000 : 2609 Indian Dr #2a, Alexandria1 bed, 1 full bath
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$135,000 : 2632 Wagon Dr #287, Alexandria2 beds, 1 full bath
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$199,900 : 2626 Fort Farnsworth Rd #203, Alexandria3 beds, 2 full baths
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$159,900 : 5739 North Kings Hwy #360, Alexandria3 beds, 1 full, 2 part baths
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What is selling at Brenton?
If you are looking to live in a cool and chic neighborhood, then Brenton could be just for you. Situated between Potomac Yards and Del Ray the area has a range of solid, well-built brick townhouses. Lots of the available properties have been fully modernized but there are some that could be bettered by those with an interest in DIY projects.
Although Brenton is within touching distance of Old Town and Crystal City it does not a boast a huge amount of parking. For those who prefer to walk the Metro is not easily accessible.
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$495,000 : 515 Luray Ave, Alexandria3 beds, 2 full baths
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$499,000 : 429 Luray Ave E, Alexandria2 beds, 1 full, 1 part baths
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$525,000 : 539 Luray Ave E, Alexandria3 beds, 2 full baths
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$490,000 : 544 Luray Ave, Alexandria2 beds, 1 full, 1 part baths
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$535,000 : 519e Luray Ave, Alexandria3 beds, 2 full baths
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From Location to Commute, Will This Affect Real Estate?
For those searching for homes in Northern Virginia, the location is always the main and important factor. However, there are a lot of specifications that would decide on a location. Those would be the exact neighborhoods, views, noise, schools, accessibility to shopping centers/ entertainment/ convenient stores/ healthcare and more. But there is one factor that will remain to be the most important specification and that would be Commute.
Washington DC does have the most gridlock highways in the country and as regional planners suggest improvements to handle the current situation, people and employment still rains hard. Although from the perspective of Real Estate it is a blessing but in terms of commute it is already a complicated and challenging situation that would grow into a more challenging one.
According to local news radio WTOP, the Washington DC region is primed to grow by more than 2 million people over the next 25 years, however the same report did highlight that the region needs to build more accessible roads to handle the influx. While as observed by the Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance, once we get beyond our current major roads projects to deal with the current concerns, there are “no improvements in the pipeline after this”.
Based on the current situation we have, the concern of location in Real Estate may as well be commute. A worker’s commute being frustrating and lengthy can and will have a large impact on his or her lifestyle and even personality. Bearing this in mind, the consideration to trade other location features to commute features will definitely arise.
Such commuting features may be:
- Accessibility to current or possible job centers that may include military bases.
- Convenient highway access
- Accessibility to mass transportation like Metrorail
- Proximity to airports – Dulles or Reagan National in Northern Virginia or BWI
- Consideration of toll vs. non-toll highways
- Carpool hours on certain highways that can affect commute
- Accessibility to secondary roads and upcoming road improvements
- Awareness of where “ bottlenecks” can be found
Would such considerations make a large change of location specifications to commute specifications in terms of Real Estate?
King Street Community at it’s best
Union Station in Alexandria backs to the King Street Metro
Situated at the foot of Shooter’s Hill at the point where King Street leaves Old Town Alexandria, The King Street Metro provides 30 metered parking spaces (for short time parking) and bike racks as well as car sharing.
At the top of Shooter’s Hill is the George Washington Masonic Memorial where one can look down over King Street to the Potomac. It is only in King Street where one can find an array of shops and restaurants, many of which you would normally find in an elite mall. There are also unique shop stops, boutiques and nightclubs along with fun activities/events.
There are more than 4000 historical buildings of exquisite architecture that were commercialized to house small businesses and homes for a modernized community in Old Town Alexandria. Historic structures are lines with brick sidewalks as well as elegant modern structures.
Because of Old Town’s prestigious real estate, prices are quite costly, but it is a great place to reside in for its historic properties, condominiums, garden style condos, townhouses and houses.
King Street Trolley
Parking would be sort of a problem especially in areas where tourists flock along King Street so it would be advisable to take the Metro to King Street, then catch a ride on the King Street Trolley, for free, if one would wish to do some sight seeing.
A few communities near King Street Metro:
- Fort Ellsworth
- Carlyle Towers
- Carlyle District
- Carlyle Square
- Torpedo Factory
- Royalton
- 1600 Prince
- Seminary Walk
King Street Metro in Alexandria VA
Our latest enhancement: Walk Score now includes public transportation!
Walk Score helps people find walkable places to live. Walk Score calculates the walkability of an address by locating nearby stores, restaurants, schools, parks, etc. Walk Score attempts to numerically measure how easy it is to live a car-lite lifestyle—not how pretty the area is for walking. If you’re looking for a walkable area, check out what Condo-Alexandria.com can do:
Search by Walk Score. Now this is cool. You can decide what your minimum walkable criteria is when you search for properties.- Sort by Walk Score. If you can search by Walk Score, you should be able to sort by Walk Score too. Just click in the “sort by” box at the top of the results and choose “Walk Score, Highest First” to order the search results from highest to lowest Walk Score.
- View the Walk Score in both the search results and property details. Every time you search for property you’ll find out just how walkable the area is!
View the Walk Score tile. When you click on the “Walk Score” link at the top-right of the property details area, you’ll see the Walk Score tile that shows all of the amenities that are factored into the score.
We hope you’ll enjoy using Walk Score as much as we enjoyed building it into our system. We’re really excited to say that we’re one of the first providers of this type of functionality. We spent quite some time on the UI for this feature in order to make everyone happy.
And in case you haven’t heard, Walk Score just improved its usefulness. Previous versions of Walk Score did not include public transportation. That is to say, a property next door to a metro station had no higher Walk Score than a property far from public transportation. Well, that’s all changed now!
Our latest enhancement adds mass transit to the Walk Score calculations. See for yourself now.
Courthouse Metro in Arlington VA on the Orange Line
Condos at the Court House Metro
The Court House Metro Station is located in Arlington, Virginia at Wilson Boulevard and Uhle Street. The Court House metro is located on the Orange Line, in between the Rosslyn and Clarendon metro stations, and services the greater Courthouse neighborhood. The metro station began service in 1979 and is scheduled to be on the Silver Line by the start of operations in 2011. Located in the epicenter of Arlington, estimates project that sum 14,000 people enter and exit the station on an average weekday.
The area surrounding the Court House metro station represents a wide-range of residential, commercial, government and retail buildings. Colonial Village, for example, located just north of the metro station, is one of Arlington’s first garden apartment complexes and part of the complex has been designated as a Historic District by the Arlington County Board. By contrast, the metro stop is also surrounded by the Court House Plaza buildings, which include almost 600,000 square feet of office space. In 1993, the Arlington County Board adopted the Court House Sector Plan Addendum which envisions the Court House metro station area as an urban government center with an eclectic mix of numerous, high-capacity office and commercial properties coexisting with and in preservation of the nearby local and residential neighborhoods.
If you’re looking for a home on the Orange Line, you might find the following links useful:
- Rosslyn— At the center of the world: many homes here have views of Washington monuments, Iwo Jima Memorial
- Courthouse — Walk to everything with a condo or home near Courthouse Metro Station
- Ballston— Map includes Ballston Metro and Virginia Square/GMU on the Orange Line in Arlington VA
- East Falls Church Metro — Metro station located near I-66
- Dunn Loring / Merrifield — Homes and properties near and inside the Beltway
- Vienna — First/last stop on the Orange Line in Virginia
