Greenbelt, Maryland

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city planned community

Greenbelt, Maryland is a planned community and city in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, originally developed in the 1930s as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal.

Aliases (2)

City of Greenbelt, Maryland ×1
Greenbelt Towns program ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → planned community →
associatedWith	Franklin D. Roosevelt →
country	United States →
county	Prince George's County, Maryland NERFINISHED →
designConcept	garden city →
developedDuring	1930s →
developedUnder	Resettlement Administration →
federalHousingProjectName	Greenbelt Town →
foundedAs	New Deal planned community →
governmentType	council–manager government →
hasAreaCode	240 → 301 →
hasCooperative	Greenbelt Homes, Inc. →
hasFeature	central shopping area → inner walkways separated from roads → pedestrian underpasses → superblock layout →
hasFormOfGovernment	municipal government →
hasHistoricDistrict	Greenbelt Historic District →
hasMajorEmployer	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center → U.S. federal government →
hasPark	Greenbelt Park →
hasShoppingCenter	Greenbelt Mall →
hasZIPCode	20768 → 20770 → 20771 →
historicDistrictStatus	National Historic Landmark →
incorporatedAsCity	1937 →
laterSoldTo	residents and private owners →
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. metropolitan area →
namedAfter	green belt →
nearbyCity	College Park, Maryland → Lanham, Maryland → Washington, D.C. →
originalHousingType	cooperative housing →
originallyOwnedBy	U.S. federal government →
originalPurpose	low-cost housing project → model planned community → relief for Great Depression workers →
parkManagedBy	National Park Service →
partOf	Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area →
partOfProgram	New Deal →
servedBy	Greenbelt station → MARC commuter rail → Washington Metro Green Line →
state	Maryland →
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Goddard Space Flight Center → Goddard Visitor Center → Greenbelt station → High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center →	locatedIn
New Carrollton, Maryland →	adjacentTo
College Park, Maryland →	borderedBy
Prince George’s County, Maryland →	contains
Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area →	containsCity
Greendale, Wisconsin ("Greenbelt Towns program") →	federalDesignProgram
United States District Court for the District of Maryland →	hasLocation
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments ("City of Greenbelt, Maryland") →	hasMember
Goddard Space Flight Center →	headquartersLocation
Lanham, Maryland →	locatedNear
United States District Court for the District of Maryland →	seat
Greenbelt station →	servesCity
Resettlement Administration →	significantProject
Greendale, Wisconsin →	sisterGreenbeltTown
Greenhills, Ohio →	sisterGreenbeltTownWith