Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia
Crystal City is an urban neighborhood in the southeastern corner of Arlington County, Virginia, south of Downtown Washington, D.C. Due to its extensive integration of office buildings and residential high-rise buildings using underground corridors, travel between stores, offices, and residences, it is possible to travel much of the neighborhood without going above ground, making at least part of Crystal City an underground city.
Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia | |
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Neighborhood | |
Aerial view of Crystal City (foreground) and the Potomac River and Washington, D.C. (background) in September 2020 | |
Satellite image of Crystal City with U.S. Route 1 (left); Reagan National Airport (bottom right); George Washington Memorial Parkway (left); I-395 (top left), and The Pentagon, VA Route 233, and the Airport Viaduct (bottom) in 2002 | |
| Coordinates: 38°51′5.05″N 77°3′2.48″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Arlington |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 22,543 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 22202 |
| Area codes | 703, 571 |
Crystal City includes offices of numerous aerospace manufacturing and defense industry companies, public sector consulting firms, government contractors, the United States Department of Labor, the United States Marshals Service, satellite offices for the Pentagon, various NGOs and nonprofits, including the International Foundation for Electoral Systems and the national headquarters for PBS. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is also located in Crystal City.