Atlantic is a neighborhood in the Central District of Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the northernmost neighborhood in the

Rainier Valley The Rainier Valley is a district in southeast Seattle. It is located east of Beacon Hill; west of Mount Baker, Seward Park, and Leschi; south of the Central District and north of Rainier Beach. It is part of Seattle's South End. History W ...

area, located between Mount Baker Ridge and Beacon Hill, and may also be considered part of South Seattle. It is home to the Judkins Park neighborhood.

Atlantic

Atlantic is triangular, bounded on the north by E Yesler Way, beyond which are Mann and Minor neighborhoods; on the east by Martin Luther King, Jr. Way S, beyond which is Leschi on the Mount Baker Ridge; and on the west by Rainier Avenue S, beyond which is Yesler Terrace and the International District of

Downtown Seattle Downtown is the central business district of Seattle, Washington. It is fairly compact compared with other city centers on the U.S. West Coast due to its geographical situation, being hemmed in on the north and east by hills, on the west by ...

as well as North

Beacon Hill Beacon Hill may refer to: Places Canada * Beacon Hill, Ottawa, Ontario, a neighbourhood * Beacon Hill Park, a park in Victoria, British Columbia * Beacon Hill, Saskatchewan * Beacon Hill, Montreal, a neighbourhood in Beaconsfield, Quebec United ...

(with S Jackson Street and 12th Avenue S filling out a northwest corner).

Judkins Park

Judkins Park is rectangular within Atlantic, bounded on the south by

Interstate 90 Interstate 90 (I-90) is an east–west transcontinental freeway and the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at . It begins in Seattle, Washington, and travels through the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, Great Plains, Midwest, and ...

, and on the west by 20th Avenue S. Judkins Park contains two baseball fields, a soccer field, a playground, and a small water park. (Like Atlantic, Judkins Park is bounded on the north by E Yesler Way, on the east by Martin Luther King, Jr. Way S.) The neighborhood suffered greatly during the 1960s through the early 1990s with the disruptions and widenings of

that wiped out many homes in the area and divided the west of the neighborhood.Wilma

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Maps "NN-1120S", "NN-1130S", "NN-1140S".Jpg icdated 13 June; "NN-1030S", "NN-1040S".jpg dated 17 June 2002.
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Wilma referenced Washington Department of Transportation, "I-90: The Homestretch, July 1992", Seattle Public Library, Seattle Room; ''The Seattle Times'', May 29, 1970, p. C-5,

Atlantic

Judkins Park

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