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Directions to AFIP

AFIP Annex DNA Identification Lab
2nd Floor
1413 Research BLVD
Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 295-5540

Get onto I-270. Exit at 6B which is Route 28 WEST toward Darnestown. Then turn right at the Research BLVD. Intersection. Take an immediate right at the Research Blvd. Intersection. Take an immediate right and then bear left. Drive around to the front of building, enter the front doors, walk upstairs and then push the button.

Directions to AFIP/AFDIL by Public Transportation

  • At your originating station, get a bus transfer from the machines in the station.
  • Take the Red line metro in the direction of Shady Grove to the Rockville station
  • When exiting the station turn to the left and go up the stairs to the right
  • The first bus stop is the one you want to wait at
  • You can ride either the 54 or 63 bus. They are spaced about 20 minutes apart so if you miss the one you can catch the other (you can pick up a schedule of times in the Rockville station)
  • When you board the bus, ask for a bus transfer for the way back(they are good for 2 hours so you won't have to pay is you show the transfer to the driver on the way back)
  • The bus ride itself is about 15 minutes. When the bus turns onto Research Blvd., pull the cord…. This is your stop
  • The bus stop is a little pass AFIP but you will see the driveway. Just walk up the driveway and stay to the left and walk around the highway (270)
  • On the way back, make sure you catch the bus on the other side of Research Blvd so that you are heading in the direction you started from.

Directions to 3601 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA


3601 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA

By Auto:


From Washington DC on U.S. 50: Cross the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge, proceed west on U.S. 50 (Arlington Blvd.) to 10th Street (Hwy 237). Merge right onto 10th Street and then stay left to proceed to Wilson Blvd. Continue on Wilson Blvd. to Nelson Street. Turn right on Nelson Street. The One Virginia Square Building is on your immediate right. Turn right into building parking.

From the West on U.S. 50: Proceed east on Route 50 to Glebe Road. Turn north (left) on Glebe Road and then bear right at Quincy Street. Turn right at Wilson Blvd. and then left onto Nelson Street. The One Virginia Square Building is on your immediate right. Turn right into building parking.

From the West on I-66: Exit 71 to Fairfax Drive, cross over Glebe Road and Quincy Street and turn right onto Nelson Street. Proceed one block to the One Virginia Square Building. Turn left into building parking.

From I-395 North/South: North on Washington Blvd. for approximately 2 miles. Turn left onto 10th Street (Hwy 237). Merge left onto Wilson Blvd. Turn right on Nelson Street. The One Virginia Square Building is on your immediate right. Turn right into building parking.


By Metro:

Orange Line to Virginia Square Station.

The George Washington University
Department of Forensic Sciences
2036 H St., Samson Hall
Washington, D.C. 20052

(202) 994-7319
e-mail: forsc@gwu.edu