Why Whittier Heights
The quiet top of Ballard.
Whittier Heights is the residential grid north of NW 65th and west of 15th Ave NW: tree-lined streets and single-family blocks, with everything Ballard is known for a short ride down the hill and the beach at the end of the road.
Ballard Ave NW is the neighbourhood's living room: the Sunday farmers market, the breweries, the restaurants and the shops, a few minutes south.
Ballard Avenue
Restaurants, bars and shops along the historic street
Ballard Farmers Market
Every Sunday, year round, on Ballard Ave
Ballard Locks and Commodore Park
The ship canal, the fish ladder, the gardens
Crown Hill and Loyal Heights
The everyday neighbourhood shops and cafés north and west
The beach, the bluff and the playfields are all in the neighbourhood's own corner of the city.
Golden Gardens Park
The beach on the Sound, the bluff trails, the sunsets
Loyal Heights Playfield
Fields, courts and the community center
Baker Park on Crown Hill
The pocket park a few blocks north
Burke-Gilman Trail
The bike trail along the canal, reached at the Locks
Groceries and errands are on 15th Ave NW and 24th Ave NW, without getting on a freeway.
Safeway, Crown Hill
15th Ave NW at NW 85th
Grocery Outlet, Crown Hill
15th Ave NW
Ballard Market
24th Ave NW, the neighbourhood grocer
Swansons Nursery
15th Ave NW, the garden center
Whittier Elementary is the neighbourhood's own school, and RapidRide D on 15th Ave NW runs to downtown all day.
Whittier Elementary
The neighbourhood school
Whitman Middle School
Crown Hill
Ballard High School
Ballard
RapidRide D Line
15th Ave NW to downtown, frequent all day
Route 40
Through Ballard to Fremont and South Lake Union
D Line
RapidRide on 15th Ave NWSundays
Ballard Farmers Market4
Levels in every home$120
HOA dues a month