American University Park

Where American University Park Starts and Stops

American University Park, usually called AU Park, runs from Western Avenue, the DC–Maryland line, on the northwest to Massachusetts Avenue on the southwest, with Spring Valley beyond. Nebraska Avenue and the American University campus form its southeastern edge, and 42nd Street marks the line with Tenleytown to the northeast. Most of AU Park is in ZIP code 20016. The blocks near Western Avenue in ZIP code 20015 are legally part of the American University Park subdivision, but they are generally known as Friendship Heights.

The Homes

AU Park is almost entirely detached houses. Most were built from the 1920s through the 1940s on closely spaced lots: brick and frame Colonials above all, along with Tudors, Craftsman bungalows and Cape Cods, many with front porches. Nearly all have basements, and a little over half have garage parking. Many houses have been expanded over the decades, often behind the original front, so two houses that look alike from the street can be very different inside. A small number of full new-construction houses sell each year.

Condominiums are rare, with only a handful of units near Massachusetts Avenue.

What Homes Cost in AU Park

In the 12 months through September 2026, 72 homes sold in American University Park, according to Bright MLS closed sales records. Nearly all were houses.

• Houses: median sale price about $1.5 million, with the middle half of sales between about $1.2 million and $2 million; median 6 days on market; median 100% of list price. About seven in ten sold at or above asking price.

Three-bedroom houses sold at a median of about $1.2 million, four-bedroom houses about $1.45 million, five-bedroom houses about $2 million, and six-bedroom houses about $2.5 million. Eighteen houses sold for $2 million or more, most of them expanded or newly built.

For sellers, a median of six days on market means the first week decides most sales, so pricing and preparation have to be right on the first day. How much of a house has been updated, especially the kitchen and the basement, often decides where in that range it lands.

Getting Around

The Tenleytown–AU station on the Red Line sits just east of the neighborhood, and the Friendship Heights station is at its northern corner at Wisconsin and Western Avenues. Most of AU Park is within a 10 to 20 minute walk of one of the two. Buses run along Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Nebraska and Western Avenues. If you are relocating, see what to know before moving to Washington DC.

Parks and Everyday Life

Friendship Recreation Center, known to neighbors as Turtle Park, is the neighborhood's main park, with playing fields and a playground. Fort Bayard Park, one of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, sits at the northwest corner near Western Avenue and River Road. For shopping and dining, residents walk to Wisconsin Avenue in Tenleytown and Friendship Heights, or to the Spring Valley shops on Massachusetts Avenue.

Buying or Selling in AU Park

Sherine Monir is a Realtor with Compass and also a licensed Interior Designer in DC, and she has worked in Upper Northwest DC since 2013. In a neighborhood where most houses sell within a week, her design background shapes how a house is prepared and presented so it is ready to compete from the first day. For buyers, she reads recent AU Park sales house by house, because an addition, a finished basement or a new kitchen can separate two similar-looking houses by hundreds of thousands of dollars. Buyers comparing nearby neighborhoods can also look at Spring Valley and Tenleytown. If you are weighing a move, start with whether it is the right time to sell your house in Washington DC.

Browse American University Park homes for sale or call or text Sherine directly at 202.536.4043. Sherine also works in Chevy Chase MD, Chevy Chase DC, Upper Northwest DC, Arlington, Alexandria, and McLean.

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