The Mystics train at the MedStar Health Performance Center on the St. Elizabeths East Campus in Congress Heights, sharing the complex with CareFirst Arena. Congress Heights itself is a revitalizing Ward 8 neighborhood, so this guide radiates to the closest high-end living: the Navy Yard / Capitol Riverfront and Buzzard Point waterfront a short hop across the Anacostia, plus Hillcrest's quiet single-family streets just east of the facility and historic Old Town Alexandria across the river. Everything is ranked best-first for privacy, quality, and a tight commute back to Oak Drive.
The District's premier new-build waterfront, a row of amenity-rich glass towers along the Anacostia next to Nationals Park, with concierge service and secure parking baked into nearly every building.
A tucked-away peninsula where the Anacostia meets the Potomac, anchored by RiverPoint and Watermark, offering the same luxury stack as Navy Yard with less foot traffic.
Hilltop streets of detached homes with yards and garages, long home to DC politicians and judges, offering true single-family living a few minutes from the facility.
Cobblestone-and-brick historic district along the Potomac with exclusive townhomes, boutiques, and King Street dining, one of the metro's most desirable and walkable enclaves.
The neighborhoods above sit inside a twenty-minute drive of MedStar Health Performance Center. But many athletes prioritize lifestyle, privacy, and prestige over commute — these are the areas across Washington, D.C. where athletes most often buy and rent, even though they’re a longer drive from the facility.
The blue-chip Northern Virginia enclave of diplomats, CEOs and pro athletes, with gated estates, river-view lots and communities like the Colonies at McLean. Capitals stars Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom have long called it home.
Estate-sized lots, equestrian properties and direct Potomac River frontage in the northeast corner of Fairfax County, long a base for politicians, diplomats and pro athletes who want acreage.
Maryland's marquee enclave of NBA and NFL players, billionaires and CEOs, anchored by the gated Avenel community around TPC Potomac. NBA guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope's 13,400-sq-ft mansion sat here, and Bradley Beal lived next door in Bethesda.
The District's richest neighborhood, a leafy enclave of embassies and stately mansions whose residents have included the Obamas, Jeff Bezos and Goldie Hawn, with Secret Service patrols a near-constant presence.