Crystal City Underground

Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia
Urban area
Downtown Crystal City in October 2005
Satellite image of the interlocking highrises of Crystal City. Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1) can be seen running from north to south left of the image center. The main terminal of National Airport is in the bottom right corner of the image; the George Washington Memorial Parkway is to the left of the airport and right of the tree line. A few lanes of I-395 are visible in the top left corner, immediately beyond which is the Pentagon. At the bottom is State Route 233, the Airport Viaduct. Image from the United States Geological Survey, taken April 26, 2002.
Coordinates: 38°51′5.05″N 77°3′2.48″W / 38.8514028°N 77.0506889°W / 38.8514028; -77.0506889Coordinates: 38°51′5.05″N 77°3′2.48″W / 38.8514028°N 77.0506889°W / 38.8514028; -77.0506889
Country	United States of America
State	Virginia
County	Arlington
Population (2000)
• Total	16,389
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP Codes	22202
Area code(s)	703

Crystal City is an urban neighborhood in the southeastern corner of Arlington County, Virginia, south of downtown Washington, D.C.. Due to its extensive integration of office buildings and residential high-rise buildings using underground corridors, travel between stores, offices, and residences is possible without going above ground; thus, a large part of Crystal City is an underground city.

Crystal City includes offices of numerous defense contractors, the United States Department of Labor, the United States Marshals Service and many satellite offices for The Pentagon.

Crystal City is centered along a stretch of Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1), just south of The Pentagon, just east of Pentagon City, and within walking distance to the west of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Characterized as one of many "urban villages" by Arlington County, Crystal City is almost exclusively populated by high-rise apartment buildings, corporate offices, hotels, and numerous shops and restaurants. There is also an extensive network of underground shopping areas and connecting corridors beneath Crystal City.

Crystal City has a station on the Washington Metro Blue and Yellow Lines, and another on the Virginia Railway Express commuter train system.