made possible by a grant from Maryland Milestones and an agreement with City of Hyattsville

We encourage folks to bike and walk to The Spot, when possible. If you do drive, please park in the City lot adjacent to The Spot. There are more city lots available across Route 1. Please refer to this parking map to find a lot that works for you. Please do not park in the private parking lots that run behind 5309 - 5221 Baltimore Avenue. Visitors to The Spot may not use those private parking spots at any time. Thank you.

The Spot is getting a glow-up! Thanks to funding from ARPA and the City of Hyattsville, The Spot is in the process of being redesigned into a more robust community park! Read more about the project!

Black Lives Matter mural

The Black Lives Matter mural at The Spot made possible by the following sponsors: Maryland Milestones + Artists & Craftsman + Will’s Decorating + City of Hyattsville + SoHy Co-op

Referencing historical photographs of the civil rights movement of the 1960s as well as more recent Black Lives Matter protests, the mural features the likenesses of both key historical figures and some prominent Prince George’s County natives.

“We wanted this mural to portray a celebration of Black life, and draw focus to the Black Lives Matter movement,” Isak Shah told the Hyattsville Wire. “We just hope that people see it and think of love, and not hate, and of all the Black excellence that comes out of Prince George’s County.”

The national leaders include such notables as civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King, Ella Baker and Fannie Lou Hamer.

Local notables include state Sen. Joanne Claybon Benson; Rev. Perry Smith, a North Brentwood pastor and Freedom Rider; NAACP leader Sylvester Vaughns, who led the lawsuit that desegregated Prince George’s schools; actor Jermaine Fowler; and former North Brentwood mayor Lillian K. Beverly, among others.