Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy (MIBP)

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Directions to Our Crystal City Office

Our Crystal City office is just across the Potomac River from Washington D.C., and very near Reagan National Airport. The office is easily accessible by Metro or motor vehicle. Please note there is a charge for using the parking garage, which is under the building. Please see the following instructions for:

• Taxi or Escorted Drop Off
• Driving from Reagan National Airport
• Driving from Route 395 North
• Parking
• Metro

Taxi or Escorted Drop Off
There is a pedestrian entrance to the Underground/Shops level at 1750 Crystal Drive between Morton's Steak House and the Post Office on Crystal Drive. The entrance is on Crystal Drive between 15th Street and 18th Street, nearer to 18th Street. Once in the entrance, walk up the corridor to the underground plaza where you will see Kings Street Blues on the left and Starbucks on the right. Proceed another 20 yards and our recessed elevator bank is on the left. Please go to 5th floor. We are at south end of the floor in Suite 501.

Driving from Reagan National Airport:
Follow VA-233 toward US-1/I-66/Crystal City to the Crystal Drive ramp, which will be on your right. Follow Crystal Drive for about ½ mile and then turn left onto 18th Street South. The second entrance on the right is for Visitor Parking. The second option for parking (see below) is to cross 18th Street South and take an immediate left (2nd driveway) past Morton’s Steakhouse to the Underground Visitor Parking off Crystal Drive.

Driving from Route 395 North:
Take Route 395N to Exit #8C toward Reagan National Airport (US-Rt. 1 South)/Crystal City/Pentagon City. Continue on South Hayes Street (you will cross 15th Street) and South Hayes will turn into 18th Street (which will then cross South Eads). You then go under an overpass and South Bell Street will be on your left (the Crystal City Metro station will also be on your left). Once you cross the light at South Bell, prepare to turn left into the Visitor Parking area. Option #2: If you pass by this first Visitor Parking area and arrive at a traffic light that dead-ends into Crystal Drive, you can also make a left at this light, and then make a next immediate left (2nd driveway) into the Underground Visitor Parking lot.

Parking:
There are two entrances to the parking garage under the Crystal Square complex. The preferable entrance is at 241 18th Street South, just a half-block west of Crystal Drive. The main elevator to the Underground/Shops level will let you out very near a Hallmark Store. Turn left after you exit the main elevator and proceed to the recessed elevators at 241 18th Street South. Our office is on the 5th floor, Suite 501, approximately 15 yards from the elevator.

Another entrance is on Crystal Drive at 1750, next door to Morton's Steak House. This part of Crystal Drive is between 15th Street and 18th Street, nearer to 18th Street. Because there are multiple stairways and elevators to the Underground/Shops level from the garage, it can be difficult to find our elevator bank once you are at the Underground/Shops level. It is best to ask someone how to get to the plaza where Kings Street Blues, Starbucks and Morton's Steak House are located. Then, once you are there, walk between Starbucks and King Street Blues toward Rite Aid, and our recessed elevator bank is on the left after approximately 20 yards. Proceed to the 5th floor, and we are in Suite 501, at the south end of floor.

Metro:
By Metro and Underground Mall. Take the Metro Blue or Yellow line to the Crystal City stop. Ride the escalator to the first platform and pass through the glass doors on your right. This will take you into the underground shopping center. You are now in a retail corridor in the Underground/Shops level. Proceed down this corridor until it dead-ends at a "T." Turn right and go to a Hallmark Store, which will be on your left. Proceed another 15 yards and there will be recessed set of elevators on the right (the street address is labeled on a sign). Please take the elevator to the 5th floor and proceed to Suite 501 at south end of the floor.