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🔶 Howard University Homecoming (local streets closed)


Please find full schedule & details at homecoming.howard.edu.


Streets closed to vehicle traffic

Friday, October 16, through Saturday, October 17

These streets are scheduled to be closed from 4 a.m. Friday through 11:59 p.m. Saturday:

  • 6th Street NW — Girard Street to College Street

  • Girard Street NW — Georgia Avenue to 6th Street

  • Fairmont Street NW — Georgia Avenue to 6th Street

  • Howard Place NW — Georgia Avenue to 6th Street.

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Saturday, October 17, from 9:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.

The following additional streets are scheduled to close:

  • 6th Street NW — College Street to W Street

  • Gresham Place NW — Georgia Avenue to 5th Street

  • Euclid Street NW — Sherman Avenue to Georgia Avenue

  • 9th Street NW — Euclid Street to Florida Avenue

  • Barry Place NW — Sherman Avenue to Georgia Avenue

  • 8th Street NW — Barry Place to V Street

  • V Street NW — 9th Street to Georgia Avenue

  • W Street NW — 9th Street to 8th Street

  • W Street NW — Georgia Avenue to 4th Street

  • 5th Street NW — Gresham Place to McMillan Drive

  • 4th Street NW — W Street to McMillan Drive

  • College Street NW — 6th Street to 4th Street

  • Bryant Street NW — Georgia Avenue to 4th Street

  • Gresham Place NW — Sherman Avenue to Georgia Avenue.

Other streets that may close intermittently Saturday

From approximately noon to 11 p.m., police may temporarily close portions of V, U, T, W, 8th, 6th, 5th, 4th, 3rd and 2nd Streets NW, along with Bryant, Adams, Elm and Bohrer Streets NW, depending on traffic and crowd conditions.

Georgia Avenue and parking restrictions

Georgia Avenue NW, from Columbia Road to Florida Avenue, will have emergency no-parking restrictions from Friday morning through Saturday night. Additional parking restrictions will affect streets throughout the surrounding neighborhood. No parking restrictions do not automatically mean a street is closed to traffic.

Howard University Hospital traffic will be permitted to enter from Georgia Avenue and Florida Avenue, and local residents will retain access to their homes where indicated in the advisory.