Rows of brick and siding townhomes along Hansberry Court NE in Fort Lincoln, Washington, D.C.

Fort Lincoln by Ryan Homes, Washington DC

Buying a home at Fort Lincoln

New Ryan Homes townhomes at Eastern Avenue and Bladensburg Road NE, with sales opening in October 2026.

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townhomes planned on Eastern Avenue NE
51
townhomes planned on Eastern Avenue NE
each with a garage
3 or 4 levels
each with a garage
at the Shops at Dakota Crossing, in Fort Lincoln
Costco and Lowe's
at the Shops at Dakota Crossing, in Fort Lincoln

Opening October 2026

Homes for sale at Fort Lincoln, September 2026

Sales open in October 2026, and Ryan Homes will publish prices then.

Rendering of a row of five brick Clarendon townhomes in different brick colors

Clarendon 3-Story

Three bedrooms, three and a half baths and a one-car garage in 1,599 square feet or more. The site plan shows 17, facing Eastern Avenue.

Rooftop terrace with wicker chairs and a wood table on a Clarendon townhome

Clarendon 4-Story

Three or more bedrooms in 1,683 square feet or more, with a garage for one or two cars. The site plan shows 34.

Financing

Financing a townhome at Fort Lincoln

What to know before you sign.

First-time buyers pay 0.725% recordation tax, not 1.45%

Through Sept. 30, 2026, the income limit is $206,640 for one person, $236,160 for two and $265,680 for three, on a home under $777,000. DC sets new limits Oct. 1, and those are the ones that apply when sales open here.

A conforming loan at Fort Lincoln

Ryan Homes has said prices will start in the mid-$500s. That's under DC's $1,249,125 conforming limit for 2026, so no jumbo loan is needed.

Buying before it's built

You sign Ryan Homes' contract before the home is finished, so we plan the rate lock and deposits around the delivery date.

Fee simple or condo

We confirm how the townhomes are owned before you sign, because a condo gets a project review and a fee-simple home doesn't.
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Five of the 51 townhomes are planned as affordable homes. Ask the sales office how they will be sold.

Rows of magnolia trees in pink bloom over a grass path, with a wooden bench under one of them
Magnolias at the National Arboretum, across New York Avenue from Fort Lincoln, April 2013.

Location

Where Fort Lincoln is in DC

Highlights

What's near the Fort Lincoln townhomes

A park, a Costco and the National Arboretum are close by.

The National Capitol Columns standing above the reflecting pool at the National Arboretum, Washington, D.C.

The National Arboretum

Gardens, trails and the columns that stood at the Capitol from 1828, across New York Avenue. Admission is free, and the grounds are open 8 to 5.

The Costco Wholesale sign on the side of the warehouse at the Shops at Dakota Crossing

Shops at Dakota Crossing

A Costco and a Lowe's on Market Street NE, off South Dakota Avenue.

Steel fermenting tanks and a canning line inside the DC Brau brewery

DC Brau

A brewery on Bladensburg Road with a taproom and a beer garden, open Thursday through Sunday.

Fort Lincoln Park

A park with open-air pavilions, a brick climbing pyramid and tennis courts. A new recreation center next to it is due in spring 2027.

Transportation

Getting around Fort Lincoln

The platform and station sign at Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood Metro, with apartment buildings behind
Metro
Rhode Island Ave and Brookland-CUA stations on the Red Line are each about 2.5 miles away by road.
New York Avenue with an overhead exit sign for Fort Lincoln Drive and South Dakota Avenue
Driving
New York Avenue (US 50) has an exit for Fort Lincoln Drive and South Dakota Avenue.

Metrobus stops at Bladensburg Road and Eastern Avenue, beside the site, and runs down Bladensburg Road to Stadium-Armory station. Every townhome has a one- or two-car garage.

History

History of Fort Lincoln

A border stone, a Civil War fort and a planned new town.

  1. 1792

    A boundary stone on the DC line

    Surveyors marking the new capital's border set boundary stone Northeast 7 here. It still stands on the DC line, beside Fort Lincoln.

    A weathered sandstone boundary marker inside a black iron cage, with a stone plaque in front
    Boundary stone Northeast 7, August 2013.

  2. 1814

    Commodore Barney's stand

    On Aug. 24, Commodore Joshua Barney's sailors and Marines held off British troops from the hill beside Bladensburg Road, just over the DC line. Commodore Joshua Barney Drive in Fort Lincoln carries his name.

    Painting of sailors and Marines in blue coats firing a cannon through smoke
    The stand of Aug. 24, 1814, painted by Col. Charles Waterhouse for the Marine Corps.

  3. 1861

    Fort Lincoln is built

    Union troops started the fort on Aug. 26 on the DC-Maryland line, and the Army named it for President Lincoln a month later.

    Inside Fort Lincoln: low wooden buildings, earth walls and a flag on a tall pole, with open country beyond
    Inside Fort Lincoln, 1865.

  4. 1860s

    The 4th U.S. Colored Infantry

    Company E of the 4th U.S. Colored Infantry was among the Union troops posted at Fort Lincoln.

    Soldiers of Company E, 4th U.S. Colored Infantry, standing in a line with rifles in front of a white wooden barracks
    Company E, 4th U.S. Colored Infantry, at Fort Lincoln, between 1863 and 1866.

  5. 1872

    A school on the hill

    A school for boys moved to 150 acres here and was named the National Training School for Boys in 1908. It closed in 1968.

    A two-story stone building with a row of tall columns across the front and a small domed cupola on the roof
    The school's main building, from a 1913 guidebook.

  6. 1967

    A new town in town

    President Johnson proposed a new town on the 360 acres. Homes have been going up here since the 1970s.

  7. 2012

    DC's first Costco

    Costco opened in November at the Shops at Dakota Crossing, on the south side of Fort Lincoln.

    Pallets of laundry detergent stacked along an aisle inside the Costco
    Inside the new Costco, Dec. 29, 2012.

  8. 2025

    The last parcel

    Construction started in March on the new town's final piece: 51 townhomes at Eastern Avenue and Fort Lincoln Drive.

    Rows of brick and siding townhomes along Hansberry Court NE in Fort Lincoln
    Earlier Fort Lincoln townhomes on Hansberry Court, February 2019.

The closest neighborhood guide is our Brookland guide. More new homes for sale are on the neighborhood guides page.

Pink azaleas in bloom at the National Arboretum, with the Capitol Columns in the distance

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