Neighborhood 101
Homes
- Median price: $489,500
Crime
- Per 1,000 residents: 113
Schools and Parks
- 4th-graders passing the WASL: 78%
- Park acreage: 6
Commute (minutes)
- To downtown Seattle: 4
- To Redmond: 16
Population
- Estimates: 4,199
Characteristics
- Home to the charming houseboat communities on Lake Union.
Eastlake
Home to charming houseboat communities on Lake Union, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the infamous South Lake Union Streetcar (or the S.L.U.T. as locals persist in calling it), the Eastlake neighborhood also plays host to some of the best and brightest in dining, Matt Dillon’s Sitka and Spruce and the cozy, Italian-style cuisine at Serafina.
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