Anacostia is a historic neighborhoo in Washington, D.C. Its historic downtown is located at the intersection of Good Hope Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. It is the most famous neighborhood in the Southeast quadrant of Washington, located east of the Anacostia River, which the area is named after. The local news media often misuse the term "Anacostia" to include the entire portion of Washington, D.C. southeast of the Anacostia River as far as the outer city limits - instead of just the original central core marked in red on this map. Like the other quadrants of Washington, D.C., southeast encompasses a large number of named neighborhoods, of which Anacostia is the most well known.