Folks are either wrong or carelessly wrong discussing the location of the Nationals Park.
The precise location is the southern part of "Near Southeast" which is the area south of the southwest/southeast freeway, S. Capitol, S.E, and ultimately the Anacostia River. The stadium is just south of M Street, S.E. [[think it is actually N St. S.E.).
It is approximately one mile south of the Capitol.
ANACOSTIA area of D.C is the OTHER SIDE of the Anacostia River. Anacostia has nothing to do with the stadium or 'Near Southeast."
BTW, the Southeast/Southwest Freeway divided Capitol Hill from "Near Southeast" and the ole 'right side/wrong side of the [[freeway)'.
Capitol Hill is very, very expensive residential. Near southeast was light industrial, housing projects, etc. etc.
BTW, as I've posted in other threads, there have been thousands of housing units, mostly apartments, built in the area of Nationals Park. The thing which hurt development was that the stadium opened 3/2008. The economic crash came 9/2008.
I find the development near Nationals Park, breathtaking.
I need to get some 2000 / 2010 Census numbers for population in that area.
Here is a great, great website on the ballpark area:
http://www.jdland.com/dc/index.cfm