Two neighborhoods in D.C. will be subject to juvenile curfew zones this weekend, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) declared.
From 8 p.m. until 11 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday nights, no group of nine or more people under age 18 can gather in the designated zones near Navy Yard or the U Street corridor.
The Navy Yard curfew zone extends from:
- I-95 on the north side
- 8th St. SE on the east side
- the Anacostia River on the south side
- South Capitol St. SE on the west side
The U Street corridor curfew zone extends from:
- V St. and Vermont Ave. NW on the north side
- Florida Ave. and 9th St. NW on the east side
- T St. NW on the south side
- 15th St. from T St. to V St. NW on the west side
At 11 p.m., the standard citywide curfew kicks in, lasting until 6 a.m. the next morning.
The new curfew zones this weekend were established under a new emergency act passed by the Council earlier this month: The Juvenile Curfew Second Emergency Amendment Act of 2025.
That emergency act gives the MPD chief “the authority to order a Juvenile Curfew Zone in an area where large groups of youths are gathering or intend to gather in a manner that poses a risk of substantial harm to public safety,” the MPD said in a release about the curfew zones.
The act was passed shortly after D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a public emergency granting the same authority to the MPD, and extended abilities given to the MPD over the summer.
The monthslong crackdown on groups of teenagers in public spaces comes after concerns about youth violence and incidents of what authorities called “disorderly behavior.”
Other cities in the D.C. metro area, including Laurel, Maryland, also instated youth curfews over the summer.
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