Anacostia Metro Station

The design of the station would give an outsider the impression that it’s a nice place full of culture, which it is minus the delinquents. In fact, some of the people that frequent this station are dangerous and menaces to society. At any moment you can become a victim of a vicious attack by a mob of teenagers looking to have a good time at your expense; please don’t make eye contact with the wrong person because that look might end with a confrontation. I know this type of active happens throughout D.C., but this is the only station where I have actually bared witnessed to it; and the police often show up seconds after the attack. How convenient is that?
If you don’t have to go to this station, don’t go. Whatever you do, don’t go at night. One time I got on a bus at night (I believe it was the W4), and then a man got on all beat up, wobbling and bloody with open wounds. He could barely walk and I’m sorry, but I was hoping that he didn’t sit beside me, which he didn’t. The bus driver didn’t get or offer him any help, but instead turned a blind eye and kept on rolling.

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Definately not one of the cleanest metro stops and it has an R. Kelly piss on you smell to it. The shuttle to Bolling stopped their service here so L’enfant is the spot to catch the base shuttle.

If your just stopping here or catching a bus from here I don’t see the big deal nothing major its a Metro Stop! Just like any metro stop just be mindful of your surroundings and what you engage yourself in. I felt pretty safe walking and catching the bus from here. No cops in sight just metro workers, riders and children!
People get robbed at China Town, Pentagon City, Huntington and other metro stops but I’m assuming from the other reviews crime is higher here because this stop is in the «HOOD»? Oh… so frightening! Hehe Hood-​rats come in all shapes and sizes and are not limited to race just a thought!!!

‘m not parking here anymore, no cameras and I don’t see any visible police presence! I see Metro Police every now and again who stand in front of the station chatting before what looks like a shift turn over and I can count on one hand not using all fingers of how many times that’s been.
This is not where you want to park a new or late model car. For 4.25 a day for parking I expect at least foot patrol, that can add up to 1081.00 a year in parking. I wouldn’t recommend parking here.

Okay let me give a better review and description about this station.
Its the first station east of the Anacostia river on the green line towards Branch Ave. The area surrounding it is mostly housing projects and lower income housing as well as a commercial strip on Martin Luther King jr. ave. Theres a couple of schools and churches nearby as well and the Suitland parkway and 295 highway runs adjacent to the west and south. This station has always had a reputation for being one of the worst, if not the worst station in the entire metrorail system. Theres a transit police booth right outside of the entrance and policing at this station is heavier than most other stations. This is the main transit hub of Ward 8 and one of 2 on the eastern side of the Anacostia river, the other being Minnesota ave in Ward 7. Unlike most other stations there is a sale booth on the Howard street side of the station where patrons can purchase bus and rail passes.
Metrobuses that serve this station are the A2, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A42, A46, A48, B2, P1, P2, P6, P18, U2, W2, W3, W4, W6, W8, W14, 90, 93 and, 94.