streetcar had been a community center for both Eckington and Bloomingdale, the adjacent neighborhood to the west, after the streetcar line was removed in the 1950s North Capitol Street was dug into a trench to facilitate high-speed, high-volume traffic. The entrenched highway created a stark separation between Eckington from Bloomingdale. North Capitol Street remains noisy and difficult to cross; this, along with the railroad tracks on its east, gives Eckington its relatively isolated quality. References External links Eckington History Brochure Reports Debate Congressional Record Congressional Cemetery Obituaries Officials Probe Eckington Streetcar Disaster Neighborhoods in Northeast (Washington, D.C.) 1887 establishments in Washington, D.C.