What to know about the ‘juvenile curfew zone’ in DC’s U Street corridor this weekend

D C police are turning the U Street corridor into an expanded juvenile curfew zone this weekend according to a new authority granted to the department under urgency regulation signed by the mayor earlier this month Related stories DC mayor toughens summer curfew after teens charged with fireworks offenses DC Council votes to move teen curfew earlier for the summer Laurel teens get summer curfew after fights fireworks tossed The District s expanded citywide curfew begins nightly at p m thanks to the law But that law also granted D C Police Chief Pamela Smith the power to order a juvenile curfew zone in an area where large groups of youths are gathering or intend to gather in a manner that poses a vulnerability of substantial harm to inhabitants safety the department commented in a news release The special designation for the U Street corridor begins Friday night and lasts through Sunday Within the zone between p m and p m anyone age and under is prohibited from gathering in a group of nine or more in any population place or at any establishment according to D C police Exceptions to the curfew are listed on the police department s website The exact perimeter for this weekend s heightened curfew zone in the U Street corridor is as follows To the north V Street from th Street to Vermont Avenue Northwest Vermont Avenue from V Street to Florida Avenue Northwest Florida Avenue from Vermont Avenue to V Street Northwest and V Street from Florida Avenue to Georgia Avenue Northwest To the east Georgia Avenue th Street from V Street to T Street Northwest To the south T Street from th Street to th Street Northwest To the west th Street from T Street to V Street Northwest Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the expanded curfew regulation after a raucous Fourth of July weekend during which around boys including a -year-old were arrested and charged with possessing or shooting off fireworks or other offenses according to D C police The bulk of the arrests were at Navy Yard or along the U Street corridor It was just the latest in a string of latest incidents involving groups of teens committing crimes in the D C area Earlier this week leaders in Laurel Maryland also moved to enact a summer curfew Source