DC is the eighth-best city in the US for trick-or-treating, according to Zillow. The site says its economists ranked the best neighborhoods for trick-or-treaters to score the most candy with the least walking by weighing the “Zillow Home Value Index, single-family home density, and the share of the population under 10 years old.” Sadly, no data was provided on how many houses intend to hand out raisins, so you can plan on skipping them and save even more time for scoring real treats. We’ve added five suggestions to give you some more ideas for your Halloween plans.
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Kent
Bloomingdale
Park View
Berkley
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Capitol Hill
There may be gridlock in Congress, but the candy flows here.
Brightwood Park
If you have a small swashbuckler or mini mermaid, raise your sails and set a course for this ‘hood, which features an undead pirate ship on Gallatin Street, Northwest, between 2nd and 3rd streets.
Mount Pleasant
The annual block party on Lamont Street, Northwest, between 17th and 18th streets. is the stuff of legend, with spooky shenanigans galore sure to delight little ones and their parents.
American University Park
Expect to see devilish décor and cleverly costumed candy givers as you take home a truckload of treats from this sweet neighborhood that loves getting into the spirit of the season.
Columbia Heights
The annual Halloween party at Trolley Turnaround Park (1101 Monroe St., NW) from 5-7 PM with a trick or treat parade, games, and a dog costume contest (sorry, cats!) is the perfect jump off point to hit the whole ‘hood.
Nevin Martell is a food, travel, and foraging writer whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, Boston Globe, USA Today, Men’s Journal, Fortune, Travel + Leisure, The Daily Beast, BBC, and many other publications. He is author of eight books, including Red Truck Bakery Cookbook: Gold-Standard Recipes from America’s Favorite Rural Bakery, Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and His Revolutionary Comic Strip, and The Founding Farmers Cookbook: 100 Recipes From the Restaurant Owned by American Family Farmers. When he isn’t working, he loves spending time with his son, foraging for wild foods, and traveling.
