Exhibit 23
                                                            Form 10-K for 1993
                                                               File No. 1-7368



                     CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement
of Bell Atlantic - Washington, D.C., Inc. on Form S-3 (File No. 33-53234) of our
report dated February 7, 1994, which includes an explanatory paragraph stating
that the Company changed its method of accounting for income taxes and
postemployment benefits in 1993 and postretirement benefits other than pensions
in 1991, on our audits of the financial statements and financial statement
schedules of Bell Atlantic - Washington, D.C., Inc. as of December 31, 1993 and
December 31, 1992, and for each of the three years in the period ended December
31, 1993, which report is  included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
 



 
                               /s/ COOPERS & LYBRAND



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