Park Shirlington NEIGHBORHOOD

The Fairlington/Shirlington neighborhood of Arlington County, VA, serves as a mecca for young professionals who work in Washington, D.C., and its surrounding suburbs. The residents enjoy the convenience of urban amenities in a suburban location. Fairlington’s red brick colonial revival-style buildings sit on tree-lined streets and lure residents with its close-knit sense of community. Meanwhile, in adjacent Shirlington, an economic renaissance has turned the area — especially the four-square-block Village at Shirlington — into an urban village, with upscale residential housing, retail, restaurants, and entertainment. Shirlington lies in the valley of Four Mile Run, a tributary of the Potomac River, and the land rises out of the valley toward Fairlington to the south. The Fairlington/Shirlington community sits just off Interstate 395, less than 5 miles southwest of the Pentagon and less than 10 miles from D.C.