Bel-Red is an industrial

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Bellevue, Washington Bellevue ( ) is a city in the Eastside (King County, Washington), Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, located across Lake Washington from Seattle. It is the third-largest city in the Seattle metropolitan area, and the f ...

, located in the northeastern portion of the city.

History

Bel-Red was developed in the 1960s for

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s and manufacturing facilities, and was named for its location between the cities of Bellevue and Redmond. The area was re-zoned to support non-industrial uses in 2009, paving the way for the development of the

Spring District The Spring District is a transit-oriented development and neighborhood that is under construction in Bellevue, Washington. The 16-block, development is centered around the Spring District station on the East Link Extension (Sound Transit), East ...

, a mixed-use district in the western Bel-Red area.

Transportation

Bel-Red is served by Bel-Red Road, which runs diagonally through the neighborhood. State Route 520 passes to the north of the neighborhood. In 2024,

Sound Transit Sound Transit (ST), officially the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, is a public transit agency serving the Seattle metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. It manages the Link light rail system in Se ...

opened its East Link light rail line, with two stops in Bel-Red:

at 120th Avenue and BelRed at 130th Avenue.

BelRed Arts District

The BelRed Arts District was first designated as an arts village as part of the 2009 BelRed Land Use Code Update that has facilitated BelRed's transition from a light-industrial and commercial area into a mixed-use, urban district. The original designation was a point on a map near 136th Avenue Northeast and Spring Boulevard, the original location of the Pacific Northwest Ballet's Francia Russell Center. The BelRed Arts District has a wide array of arts organizations, businesses, artists and makers working across the district, including Theatre33.

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* Neighborhoods in Bellevue, Washington {{KingCountyWA-geo-stub