FAQ

It is illegal to post anything on D.C. property — lampposts, trees, or utility boxes. If you see signs, please remove them (except ANC notices).

Although they technically belong to the city, D.C. law requires residents to keep them clean. Leaves must be removed and bagged. Leaves should also be removed from the curbside gutters.

District law requires owners to pick up and dispose of their pets’ leavings even on grassy park areas. Your neighbors don’t like to track dog leavings into their cars or homes. It is also a food source for rats. Do not let your pet urinate on small bushes because it may kill them. Moreover, it will disappoint your neighbors who planted them to help beautify the neighborhood. Fines range from $35 to $2000.

A third airport option for this area is near Baltimore), The metrobus, van, taxi and train options are listed below:

• Metrobus B30 (www.wmata.com) runs from BWI to the Greenbelt Metro station (the last stop on the Green Line); it departs every 40 minutes from bus stops on the lower level of the international concourse and concourse A/B.  The total bus-Metro fare is about $11.00. Total trip time is around 75 minutes.
• A taxi to Thurgood Marshall Baltimore-Washington Int’l Airport takes 45 minutes or so and costs $90.

From D.C.’s Union Station you can catch either the MARC (Maryland Rail Commuter; www.mta.maryland.gov) or Amtrak (www.amtrak.com) train to a terminal 1 mile from Thurgood Marshall Baltimore-Washington Int’l Airport.  A free bus shuttles passengers to BWI.  Trains leave one or twice per hour, but there’s no service after 9:30 pm (and limited service on weekends).  It takes 30 to40 minutes; fares start as $7.00.

A second airport option for this area is in northern Virginia (Dulles International Airport. It appears that by the fall of 2022 Dulles International Airport will be reachable directly on the Silver line of Metrorail. 

The closest (and therefore usually the most expensive) airport in this area is the Ronald Reagan National Airport.  If you have luggage and don’t want to take the metrobus and metrorail, or your own car, the most reliable option is probably the Red Top Executive Sedan Service (202/882-3300).  Despite its name it is not much more expensive than a taxi.  You must call a couple of days in advance to schedule a pick up time. Uber and Lyft are also options.

D.C. law makes it illegal to make noise between 11 p.m. — 7 a.m. that would disturb your neighbors’ sleep. Loud parties, playing loud music, or any other activity that creates noise after 11 p.m. are subject to fines by the city and even arrest.

Report excessive noise to D.C. Police — dial 311. You may need to call more than once.

Fort Lincoln residents are responsible for removing snow from the front of their homes. After a snowstorm, D.C. law requires that snow be removed from the sidewalk within 8 hours.  All Fort Lincoln housing complexes contract with private companies to comply with this legal obligation.

Fort Lincoln is part of the District of Columbia.  The District of Columbia therefore provides all of the services to Fort Lincoln that it provides to every other neighborhood in the city, with the exception of garbage pickup.  Fort Lincoln condominium owners and members of a homeowners association are entitled to a $113.00 (in 2021) “trash credit deduction” because their garbage is picked up by private companies. The credit is applied to your PROPERTY taxes, not to your INCOME taxes. You get two property tax bills per year. On one of them you will see the credit, which is subtracted from the amount you owe. In Turbo Tax, just enter the amount of property taxes you paid for the year.

Residents may dispose of household hazardous waste, unwanted electronic equipment and personal documents for shredding by taking it to 4900 John F. McCormack Road, NE  on the first Saturday (between 8am-3pm) and the preceding Thursday (between 1 pm-5 pm) of each month,

The D.C. Department of Public Works collects large, bulky items by appointment from residential households that receive DPW trash collection service. These households include single-family homes and residential buildings with three or fewer living units. Call the Mayor’s Citywide Call Center at 311 to make an appointment, which is usually available within seven to 10 days of your call. Up to seven items may be collected at one time. Apartment buildings with four or more units, condominiums, co-ops and other commercial properties must have their bulk items removed by a private, licensed hauler.

Trash must be placed for pickup in a rubber or metal container with a top.  Trash must not be placed for pickup the next day before 6:30 pm of the preceding evening.  Under D.C. law, trash may not simply be left in trash bags on the sidewalk. Because many of the condominium complexes in Fort Lincoln were designed without individual or central locations to store trash between pickups, the city has been turning a blind eye to the widespread practice of leaving trash in plastic bags on the sidewalk for pick-up.  However, that practice attracts rodents and birds and the city cannot be expected to overlook noncompliance with its laws indefinitely.