Crystal City, Virginia
Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia | |
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An aerial view of Crystal City, with the Potomac River and Washington, D.C. in the background, September 2020 | |
A satellite image of Crystal City with U.S. Route 1 (left), Reagan National Airport (bottom right), the George Washington Memorial Parkway (center), I-395 (top left), and VA Route 233/Airport Viaduct (bottom) in 2002 | |
| Coordinates: 38°51′5.05″N 77°3′2.48″W / 38.8514028°N 77.0506889°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Arlington |
| Established | Estimated at 1963 |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 22,543 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code | 22202 |
| Area codes | 703, 571 |
| Website | arlingtonva.us/crystal-city |
Crystal City is an urban neighborhood in the southeastern corner of Arlington County, Virginia, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Downtown Washington, D.C. Due to its extensive integration of office buildings, residential high-rise buildings, and stores using underground corridors, it is possible to travel much of the neighborhood without going above ground, making part of Crystal City an underground city.
Crystal City hosts several aerospace manufacturing and defense industry companies, public sector consulting firms, government contractors, the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Marshals Service, satellite offices for the Pentagon, and nonprofit organizations, including the International Foundation for Electoral Systems and the national headquarters for PBS.
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, the busiest airport in the Washington metropolitan area, serves more than 25 million passengers annually in recent years and is located adjacent to Crystal city.