Photo by Ned Russell.

It’s time for the next Greater Greater happy hour! Next week, we’re heading to Alexandria’s newest park and its newest bar with our friends at YIPPS, GreaterPlaces.com, and Do Tank DC.

Next Thursday, July 9 from 6 to 8 pm, come see and enjoy the new Braddock Neighborhood Interim Park, located at 600 North Henry Street, to see what the City of Alexandria is doing to activate the Braddock Metro/Parker-Gray neighborhood. Play bocce, ping pong, horseshoes, corn hole, and more in the new half-acre park. Hear from local activists and planners who helped develop the active interim space.

After checking out the park, join us for a few drinks at Mason Social, two blocks away at 728 North Henry St.

The park and the bar are both a few blocks from the Braddock Road Metro station (Blue and Yellow lines). If you’re coming by bus, the Metrobus 10A/B/R and DASH AT3 routes stop next to the park at Henry and Pendleton streets. There’s a Capital Bikeshare station at Henry and Pendleton as well.

Over the past year, we’ve held happy hours in Gallery Place, Shaw, U Street, Eastern Market, and Silver Spring. We’re always looking for new, Metro-accessible locations for future happy hours (especially in Prince George’s County!). Where would you like us to go next?

Dan Reed (they/them) is Greater Greater Washington’s regional policy director, focused on housing and land use policy in Maryland and Northern Virginia. For a decade prior, Dan was a transportation planner working with communities all over North America to make their streets safer, enjoyable, and equitable. Their writing has appeared in publications including Washingtonian, CityLab, and Shelterforce, as well as Just Up The Pike, a neighborhood blog founded in 2006. Dan lives in Silver Spring with Drizzy, the goodest boy ever.