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Good morning. Issue three of the Northeast Seattle Dispatch: five dates in five days, one item for your own neighborhood, this week's poll, the market in three numbers, and one practical thing for the house.
Northeast Seattle this week
Clocks go back one hour at 2 AM Sunday, November 1. Daylight saving time ends: 2 AM becomes 1 AM and that hour repeats. Phones change on their own; the oven, the car and the porch-light timer usually need a hand. NIST
The second half of 2026 property tax is due Monday, November 2. A mailed check counts if it is postmarked by the due date; online payment carries a service fee. King County Treasury
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3. King County takes ballots three ways: by mail, at a ballot drop box, or in person at a vote center. The drop box map is on the county's election page. King County Elections
The budget chair's balancing package lands Wednesday, November 4, and the public hearing is Thursday, November 5. Remote comment starts at 1 PM and in-person comment at 5 PM in the Council Chambers at City Hall. Committee votes follow November 13, 16 and 19; the final vote is November 20. Council budget calendar
Street parking by text is on its way. SDOT started text-to-pay in Pioneer Square and plans it for every paid parking area in the city by early 2027: text PAY to 77447, enter the zone number on the sign, and pay through the link that comes back. Hourly rates stay the same. SDOT does not use QR codes for street parking, so skip any code stuck on a pay station. SDOT
Your neighborhood
Laurelhurst. (evergreen) Laurelhurst Playfield sits next to the community center: ball fields, tennis courts, a play area and open meadows. The outdoor courts are booked through Amy Yee Tennis Center, online or at (206) 684-4764, and if field or court lights stay on after hours, the shutoff line is 1 (855) 330-8400. Seattle Parks
Sold near you: 5 homes closed within 0.6 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $2.25M (range $1.55M to $3.44M); the fastest went from listing to closing in 3 days.
Windermere. (evergreen) Up Sand Point Way NE, Magnuson Park's off-leash area covers 8.6 acres and is the only one inside city limits with water access, on the Lake Washington shore. Most of its trail is compact gravel and wheelchair accessible, and a small and shy dog area sits just south of the main entrance kiosk off NE 74th Street. Leashes go back on everywhere else in the park. Seattle Parks
Sold near you: 6 homes closed within 0.6 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $2.42M (range $1.15M to $3.50M); the fastest went from listing to closing in 14 days.
Hawthorne Hills. (evergreen) Down the hill and across Sand Point Way, Magnuson Park holds nearly 40 acres of wetlands, restored on the old naval air station, alongside more than 10 ballfields, a swimming beach and a boat launch. Seattle Parks
Sold near you: 20 homes closed within 0.6 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $1.74M (range $510K to $3.39M); the fastest went from listing to closing in 12 days.
Bryant. (evergreen) The Burke-Gilman Trail along Bryant's southern edge follows a former Burlington Northern rail corridor. Its original 12.1-mile stretch was dedicated on August 19, 1978, and SDOT and Seattle Parks maintain it together; the city's bicycle and pedestrian program is at (206) 684-7583. Seattle Parks
Sold near you: 19 homes closed within 0.6 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $1.32M (range $510K to $3.39M); the fastest went from listing to closing in 12 days.
Ravenna. (evergreen) The 20th Avenue NE bridge over Ravenna Park went up in 1913: a three-hinged steel lattice arch 354 feet long, its 250-foot arch rising 41 feet over the ravine, designed by Frank M. Johnson under City Engineer Arthur Dimock. Today it carries people on foot only, and it is on the National Register of Historic Places. HistoryLink · National Park Service
Sold near you: 15 homes closed within 0.6 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $1.13M (range $668K to $3.15M); the fastest went from listing to closing in 15 days.
Roosevelt. (evergreen) Cowen Park is the grassy west end of Ravenna Park, where the ravine starts its drop to the southeast: a softball field, picnic tables and barbecue pits, a play area with swings and climbing bars, and restrooms. Seattle Parks
Sold near you: 11 homes closed within 0.6 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $965K (range $650K to $1.32M); the fastest went from listing to closing in 15 days.
View Ridge. (evergreen) Magnuson Community Center, 7110 62nd Avenue NE, was built in the late 1930s as part of the Navy base, remodeled in 2002 and renovated in 2023 with a build-out of Building 47's south wing. This fall's adult drop-ins include badminton Mondays 6 to 8:30 PM, mahjong Wednesdays 2 to 4 PM and table tennis Saturdays 2 to 4 PM; sign in at the front desk with a free Quick Card. Winter registration opens December 8. Seattle Parks
Sold near you: 7 homes closed within 0.6 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $1.70M (range $305K to $3.35M); the fastest went from listing to closing in 12 days.
Wedgwood. (evergreen) With the University Branch closed until December, the Northeast Branch library is the nearby one: 6801 35th Avenue NE, open 10 AM to 6 PM most days and until 8 PM Wednesdays and Thursdays, with free parking and a return slot on the west wall, facing the lot, that takes books around the clock. The expanded building reopened June 26, 2004. Seattle Public Library
Sold near you: 12 homes closed within 0.6 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $978K (range $730K to $1.59M); the fastest went from listing to closing in 16 days.
Maple Leaf. On Burger opened in August at 8500 Lake City Way NE, a smashburger counter inside The Growler Guys, run by a former chef of another smashburger shop. The Infatuation
Sold near you: 10 homes closed within 0.6 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $788K (range $355K to $1.80M); the fastest went from listing to closing in 19 days.
Sand Point. The Junior League Play Area by the water stays closed for its rebuild, and the October 20 project update fills in what comes back in early 2027: a slightly smaller play area with more trees and planting, and a new restroom with three gender-neutral stalls, for $2,075,000 in all. A splash pad is drawn in for a later phase, when funding arrives. Seattle Parks
Sold near you: 1 home closed within 0.6 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $305K; the fastest went from listing to closing in 70 days.
University District. The Burke Museum on the UW campus is free on the first Thursday of each month and stays open until 8 PM that day, so next Thursday, November 5, admission is free from 10 AM to 8 PM. The Off the Rez Café entrance is off Memorial Way/17th Avenue NE. Burke Museum
Sold near you: 7 homes closed within 0.6 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $810K (range $250K to $1.70M); the fastest went from listing to closing in 15 days.
This week's poll
Which Northeast Seattle spot gets your first walk after the clocks change?
The market in 60 seconds
Across Northeast Seattle ZIPs 98105 and 98115, the median home sold for $1.11M over the last 30 days (78 closings; single-family alone $1.23M). The median home took 36 days from listing to closing, and there are 4 months of inventory on the market.
Against last week's count, the median is up from $991K, days on market slipped from 38, and inventory held at 4 months with 312 active listings both weeks. The two 30-day windows share most of their sales, so a jump that size says more about which homes closed than about direction. Single-family homes run tighter, at 2.6 months, and 29% of homes closed above asking, against 28% last week. Under three months favors sellers and above six favors buyers, so the area overall stays balanced.
One useful thing: report the dark streetlight
From Sunday the evening walk home starts an hour darker, and a streetlight out on your block shows. City Light looks after about 85,000 streetlights; report one that is out, blinking or on all day through its online form or at (206) 684-7056. Note the 7-digit pole number, the street, the nearest address and the problem. A light inside a park goes to Seattle Parks, (206) 684-7250. Seattle City Light
Reader asked
A reader asked what the best new restaurant in Northeast Seattle is. We don't rank them, but three opened in the area this year, all on The Infatuation's new-openings guide (October 21). On NE 65th Street in Roosevelt, Nomad Manti, 800 NE 65th St, opened in August with Central Asian manti, plov and khoshany. Across the street, El Cantor, 805 NE 65th St, opened the same month: a Mexican kitchen with margaritas. On the Ave, Toro Sushi Handroll Bar, 4736 University Way NE, opened in October. For a special-occasion dinner, we could not confirm a 2026 opening in the eleven neighborhoods yet; if you know one, reply and we'll check it. The Infatuation Know a neighbor asking the same thing? Forward this; they can subscribe at northeastseattledispatch.com.
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