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The 2nd Street underpass

Bridge Spot

Part informal playground, part canvas for community art, the underpass on the south edge of Garfield Park has been a not-so-hidden gem for years. Now the people who use it are helping shape what comes next, one project at a time.

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Pickleball courts beneath the freeway at Bridge Spot, with graffiti along the wall behind them

Bridge Spot, beneath the freeway on Virginia Avenue SE. Photo: pickleball community members

Where
Virginia Avenue SE beneath the freeway, on the south edge of Garfield Park

Hours
Dawn to dusk for now. Longer hours will come once the basketball/futsal court is built and when lighting is installed at the Krughoff courts.

Getting there
Navy Yard–Ballpark Metro (Green Line, New Jersey Avenue exit) or Capitol South Metro (Orange, Blue and Silver Lines), each about an 8-minute walk. Stairs, as well as the Garfield Connector's new accessible ramp, link the courts to Garfield Park.

Questions
parks@riverfrontfoundation.org

What we do here

We lead Bridge Spot's community design process, raise the money for each project, and operate and program the space.

This is a place keeping project as much as a place making one. We can't promise everything will stay exactly as it is, but the skating, the pickup games and the art that made Bridge Spot what it is are what we're designing around. The changes are meant to make room for them: accessible ramps, safer lighting, and better courts and skate facilities.

Our role

Community design · Fundraising · Operations · Programming

Projects

Four projects, one space

Each one has its own page with its status, partners and how to help.

Players on the Krughoff Pickleball Center courts beneath the freeway on a sunny afternoon

Open

Robert M. Krughoff Pickleball Center

Five free courts with open play, built and kept up with community donations.

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Rendering of the planned multi-sport court at Bridge Spot, with basketball hoops and futsal goals inside a netted rink under the bridge

Opening Nov. 19

CVS Health Futsal Court

A shared court for futsal and basketball, with a new mural. Permitting and contracting are under way.

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Concept rendering of a skate park under the bridge at Bridge Spot, with ramps, rails and mural-covered columns

In design

Skate park

We'll release a request for proposals for a skate park designer in December 2026, and skaters will help shape the design in co-design workshops.

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Artists using the Bridge Spot "open wall" as a rotating canvas

Ongoing

Public art

We help fund and curate the art throughout Bridge Spot, and we're working to keep the open wall a rotating canvas for local artists.

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Timeline

How Bridge Spot is changing

  1. 2025 and earlierDDOT roadway construction begins
  2. Winter 2026Community open house
    Community zine workshop with solarpunk dc
  3. Spring 2026DDOT roadway construction complete
    Pickleball court construction
  4. July 2026Krughoff Pickleball Center opens
  5. Fall 2026First mural artists named
    CVS Health Futsal Court opens November 19
  6. December 2026Request for proposals for a skate park designer
  7. 2027Skate park design with skaters
    Construction timing to follow

Events

At Bridge Spot

Coming up

November 19, 2026

Ribbon cutting for the CVS Health Futsal Court

Come celebrate Bridge Spot's new futsal and basketball court.

About the court

Date to be announced

Skate co-design workshop

Help design the skate park with the people who'll ride it.

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Date to be announced

Skate projection night

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Past events

Winter 2026

Community zine workshop

With solarpunk dc, sketching and writing what Bridge Spot could become.

Winter 2026

Community open house

Neighbors stopped by for hot cocoa and told us what they want from Bridge Spot.

Get involved

Help shape Bridge Spot

Tell us how you use Bridge Spot today and what you'd like to see next. What neighbors tell us is shaping every new project here.

Take the surveyRead what we've learned so farGet Bridge Spot updates

Partners at Bridge Spot

  • District Department of Transportation
  • My Ly Design
  • solarpunk dc
  • Capitol Hill Pickleball Community
  • Councilmember Charles Allen
  • Friends and Neighbors of Garfield Park
  • CVS Health, presenting sponsor of the futsal court, through its partnership with the Washington Spirit