Rhode Island Row

Rhode Island Avenue Station, also known as Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood, is a stop on the Red Line of the Washington Metro system in the Brentwood neighborhood of Northeast Washington, D.C. It sits on an elevated island platform that crosses Rhode Island Avenue and has the highest elevation of any Metro station in the city. Construction took place in 1976 on the site of the former African American Columbian Harmony Cemetery, and workers uncovered graves, coffins, and bones that had not yet been relocated. A memorial plaque at one of the entrances commemorates this history. One of the system's first stations, it opened on March 27, 1976, as the eastern terminus before being replaced in that role by Silver Spring in 1978. The current name was adopted in 2004 to emphasize the connection to the Brentwood neighborhood. Nearby attractions include the Brentwood Rail Yard and the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.