DC police announces youth curfew zones this weekend

D.C. police are introducing more youth curfew zones this weekend, this time in three neighborhoods.

The curfew zones will be in effect from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. from Friday through Sunday.

One zone covers the Navy Yard area and has a northern border of Interstate 695 and Virginia Avenue, and uses the Anacostia River as a southern border.

A map of the juvenile curfew zone in D.C.’s Navy Yard for Friday March 20 through Sunday March 22.
A map of the juvenile curfew zone in D.C.’s Navy Yard for Friday March 20 through Sunday March 22. (Courtesy D.C. police)

A second zone covers the U Street Corridor. It stretches up to V Street and Florida Avenue Northwest, and reaches down to T Street Northwest, covering 7th to 13th Street Northwest.

A map of a youth curfew zone that covers the U Street Corridor.
A second youth curfew zone covers the U Street Corridor. (Courtesy D.C. police)

Another zone is in place for Chinatown, and covers I Street to E Street Northwest, across 6th Street to 9th Street NW.

A map of the juvenile curfew zone in Chinatown.
Another curfew zone covers parts of Chinatown. (Courtesy D.C. police)

In a news release, the D.C. police department announced it’s using the chief of police’s authority under the Juvenile Curfew Second Temporary Amendment Act of 2025 to establish these zones.

Teens under the age of 18 are not allowed to gather in groups of nine or more within the zones — though there are some exemptions to the law.

This temporary weekend curfew is in addition to a citywide juvenile curfew that begins every night at 11 p.m. and runs until 6 a.m. the next day.

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Sam Delgado

Sam Delgado is a digital writer and editor with WTOP News.

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