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Location: 14th & Spring St NW/North Columbia Heights Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I was biking home, going down the 14th street bike lane on Sunday night around 9pm, when I noticed a car was following slowly behind me in the car’s lane. Figuring the driver was just nervous about getting too close to a biker, I slowed down […]

Location: 11th Street and Columbia Rd NW (Columbia Heights) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I live around the corner from a house in Columbia Heights that frequently has several men sitting outside who regularly catcall and street harass me and other women who walk by. Unless there are children or women outside with them, which seems to prevent the harassment, […]

Location: Between Columbia Heights and Woodley Park, DC Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) It was one of the first nice days out in a long time, so I decided to walk home from the Target in Columbia Heights rather than take the bus. I noticed a man leaning out the passenger side window of a car leering at me […]

Location: 14th & U Street NW (Columbia Heights) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) Two of my friends and I had stopped into a beer & wine store on 14th around 9:30pm Friday, 3/28/14. We are all 25 years old and were all dressed casually in jeans and sweatshirts. We exited the store with a 6-pack and began to walk […]

Location: 14th & Irving St NW (Columbia Heights) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) As I was parting ways with my sister after dinner, we hugged and said we loved each other. And some random man decided it was okay to tell me he loved me more and complained and yelled after me as I ignored him and walked away. […]