Matthews Beach, Seattle facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Matthews Beach, Seattle
Seattle Neighborhood
Matthews Beach Park in the Matthews Beach neighborhood.
Matthews Beach Highlighted in Pink
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	King
City	Seattle
Named for	Matthews Beach Park
Zip Code	98115
Area Code	206

Matthews Beach is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington; it and Meadowbrook are the southern neighborhoods of the annexed township of Lake City (1954). Matthews Beach lies about 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of the University of Washington, about 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Downtown.

The general boundaries of Matthews Beach are:

• bounded on the north by NE 120th Street and Lakeside Place NE, the Cedar Park neighborhood,
• on the east by Lake Washington;
• on the south by NE 95th Street and Paisley Drive NE, the Sand Point and View Ridge neighborhoods; and
• on the west by 35th and 45th avenues, the Meadowbrook neighborhood (see map.

Neighborhoods in Seattle are informal. The residents living west of Sand Point Way may consider themselves belonging to the adjacent neighborhoods of Meadowbrook or Wedgwood. The entirely residential neighborhood abuts Lake Washington and includes Matthews Beach, a seasonally popular city park with the largest Fresh water swimming beach in the city.

See also

• Thornton Creek
• Meadowbrook neighborhood
• Northgate district

Images for kids

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  Residential area with a view of Lake Washington