Leschi Community Council

We are a small community with more waterfront and open space than many other communities.

The easiest way to describe the location of Leschi is to say it is between the two bridges that cross Lake Washington. The land has been carved by long ago glaciers and there are many steep hills and valleys in lower Leschi while upper Leschi has some breathtaking views of the Lake and Mt. Rainier.

The lakefront area of Leschi is accessed by Metro Bus #27 while upper Leschi has a few more public transportation options: Metro Bus #14 runs on Jackson from Mt. Baker neighborhood to downtown Seattle. Metro Bus #8 runs north along Martin Luther King Jr. Way from Yesler and is the best way to get to Seattle Center from the neighborhood. Bus #3 runs on Cherry St. the northern boundary of the Leschi neighborhood, also to downtown.

Leschi has a small business district with several restaurants along Lake Washington/Lakeside Ave. There is one elementary school, Leschi, on 32nd Ave at the top of the steep, curvy Lake Dell Ave. The other public facility is the Central Area Senior Center, perched on the edge of the cliff with a million dollar view of the lake, the I-90 bridge, the Cascades and Mt. Rainier. The Center is located at 500 30 Ave S. and it is available for rental for events.

​The Leschi Community Council has been an integral part of the community for more than half a century. See our history below for council work done in its early days.

The LCC meets on the first Wednesday of the month September-November and February through June. It may be a formal meeting with a speaker or it may be smaller groups working on a specific task. Meeting details are described on the cover of each month's Leschi News.

The Leschi Community Council sponsors a few community-wide events each year, but our primary mission is the preservation and maintenance of the many parks within our neighborhood boundaries. We are fortunate to have an abundance of parks and green space for such a small neighborhood. The community has monthly work parties in many of the parks; due to several years of decreased budgets in the Parks Department, maintenance efforts on their part have been mostly confined to Leschi Park. Volunteering is easy; just check the monthly calendar on https://www.leschicommunitycouncil.org/events-and-calendar or in the newsletter for date, time and place and then show up.