Directions to Capitol City Hostel

DO NOT GO TO BENNING ROAD METRO STATION! IT IS NOT CLOSE TO THE HOSTEL.
From Chinatown buses or Greyhound/ Amtrak/ Union Station: find H street (0-3 blocks). Get an X2 metrobus(East ). Bus costs $1.70. Exit bus @ 21st and Benning Road. Continue walking in the same direction that the bus is driving, 1 and 1/2 block east to 2411. You will walk along the main road east past Popeye's Fried Chicken between 23rd and 24th. You will see, after crossing 24th street and staying on the main road, Benning Rd., our sign: Capitol City. We are next to the late-night chinese food carryout , Kerry's.
From DCA or IAD airports with minimal walking but longest rout: take Metro(Train) to either Metro Center or to Chinatown/Gallery Place or to Union Station --whichever is easiest from your respective airport, Dulles(first take 5A bus $3.65), Reagan National (Blue or Yellow Line Metro Train), or BWI (free bus to Amtrak / Marc trains to Union Station...and from there walk east on the rear border that is H Street , whether or not you're a walker or bus rider, is the quickest)--and follow above directions.
From Airports with a 15 min walk but the shortest rout: From DCA/ Reagan-National take the Blue Line to Stadium/ Armory or Yellow Line to L'Enfant Plaza and transfer to the Blue or Orange to Stadiumand follow directions below.
From DIA/ Dulles, take the 5A Bus for $3 to L'Enfant Plaza. Transfer to the Blue or Orange Line to Stadium/ Armory. DO NOT GO TO BENNING ROAD METRO STATION! It is not close to the hostel.
Exit Stadium side and continue walking in that direction, north, along 19th Street. Do not take any of those buses. Walk 3 blocks to C Street, NE and turn right. Walk 2 blocks and turn left onto 21st Street. Bare right onto Oklahoma and walk 3 blocks and turn left onto 24th street. Walk 2 blocks and turn right onto Benning Rd. 2411 is between 24th and 25th on the main road, Benning, next to Kerry's Chinese Food Carry Out. (Singles, who are not experienced with the occasional inner-city aggresive children pan-handlers, should take the H Street route of the X2 Metro Bus during the evenings.)