Ravenna Seattle Real Estate & Homes For Sale

A green, walkable corner of Northeast Seattle.

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  • what you’ll fall in love with

    Green space everywhere you look. Ravenna Park's wooded ravine and the open lawns of Cowen Park run right into each other, the Burke-Gilman Trail is a short ride south, and you can walk from a quiet, tree-lined block to coffee at Caffe Ladro, bagels at Bagel Oasis, and a browse at Third Place Books in a few minutes.

  • market

    Ravenna has settled out of its frenzied peak into something steadier. As of spring 2026, Zillow puts the typical Ravenna home around $1.09M, roughly flat over the past year, and inventory has loosened. Buyers have a little more room to breathe and time to think than they did a couple of years ago.

  • What to expect

    Mostly single-family streets: turn-of-the-century craftsmans, brick Tudors, tidy 1940s cottages, and newer townhomes that open the door at a lower price. You'll find fewer large condo buildings than in the neighboring University District. Walkable shopping along NE 65th and endless green space are why people stay.

  • real talk

    You pay Northeast Seattle prices, and you get a lot for them. The U District and Roosevelt light rail stations, open since 2021, put downtown about 13 minutes away with no traffic, SR-520 makes the Microsoft and Eastside run easy, and bus service to Amazon and South Lake Union is solid.

welcome to Ravenna Seattle Real Estate & Homes For Sale

Ravenna is one of Seattle's most loved residential pockets, where brick Tudors and bungalows sit alongside handsome craftsman homes on quiet, tree-lined streets. The neighborhood is built around its green space: Ravenna Park drops into a half-mile wooded ravine with gravel trails, ball fields, and a wading pool, and it runs straight into Cowen Park at the western end. The shops and cafes along NE 65th Street and 20th Ave NE give the neighborhood its heart. You can grab New York-style bagels at Bagel Oasis, coffee and a house pastry at Caffe Ladro, Isan Thai street food at Isarn Thai Soul Kitchen, or a wood-fired pizza at Mioposto, then browse Third Place Books Ravenna or settle in for a pot at Queen Mary Tea Room. University Village and Green Lake are minutes away, and with the U District and Roosevelt light rail stations now open, downtown, UW, and Sea-Tac are an easy, traffic-free ride. We never get tired of how much neighborhood you get here without leaving the trees behind.

Ravenna is a tree-lined pocket of Northeast Seattle with deep green parks, great walkability along NE 65th, and light rail that puts downtown about 13 minutes away.

STATS & LOCATION

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Commute Times

  • 16mto Amazon Spheres

  • 34mto Amazon Spheres

  • 25mto Microsoft Redmond

  • 46mto Microsoft Redmond

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The Neighborhood

Ravenna sits in Northeast Seattle between the University of Washington, University Village, and the Roosevelt commercial district, which means it borrows the energy and amenities of all three while keeping its own quiet, residential feel. The spine of the neighborhood is green: Ravenna Park and Cowen Park form one continuous corridor of ravine trails, playgrounds, ball fields, and big shade trees that locals treat as a backyard. Up on NE 65th Street and 20th Ave NE you get the day-to-day stuff done on foot, coffee, dinner, a bookstore, a bakery, without ever feeling like you're in a commercial district. It's the kind of place where you learn the baristas' names and run into neighbors at the park. Established, green, and genuinely walkable pretty much sums up Ravenna.

Getting Around

This is where Ravenna has changed the most. The U District and Roosevelt Link light rail stations both opened in 2021, and they put a fast, traffic-free trip downtown within a short walk or quick bus ride from much of the neighborhood: roughly 13 minutes to downtown, with the airport and Eastside connections on the same line. Drivers reach SR-520 quickly for the Microsoft and Redmond commute, and I-5 is right at the western edge for trips north or south. Frequent bus routes run toward Amazon and South Lake Union, and the Burke-Gilman Trail, a short ride south through the UW campus, gives cyclists a car-free route to the water, Fremont, and Ballard. For a neighborhood that feels this tucked away, Ravenna is remarkably easy to leave and come back to.

Eat & Drink

The NE 65th Street corridor is the neighborhood's table. Bagel Oasis has been pulling kettle-boiled, New York-style bagels since 1988, Caffe Ladro handles the morning coffee-and-bakery run at 65th and Brooklyn, and Santo Coffee, the modern espresso bar part-owned by former Sounder Fredy Montero, anchors the Ravenna-Roosevelt edge. For dinner, Isarn Thai Soul Kitchen does fiery Isan street food, The Zouave brings chef-owned Italian and Mediterranean near University Village, Mioposto fires wood-fired pizza over on NE 55th, and Pancita serves a well-loved Mexican menu on 30th Ave NE. Third Place Books Ravenna is the cultural living room, a great browse with a pub-cafe inside, and Queen Mary Tea Room keeps a proper afternoon tea going just south on NE 55th. A short hop north toward Wedgwood, Cafe Javasti is a local favorite for coffee and crepes. None of it is far, and almost all of it is walkable.

Parks & Schools

Ravenna Park is the showpiece: about 70 acres centered on a wooded ravine roughly a half mile long and up to 115 feet deep, with gravel trails that work for a stroller or a trail run, plus a playground, wading pool, tennis courts, and ball fields. At its western end it flows into Cowen Park, which adds open lawns, a second playground, and picnic spots, and the Burke-Gilman Trail is a quick connection south. On the schools side, Ravenna addresses generally feed Bryant Elementary, Eckstein Middle School, and Roosevelt High School within Seattle Public Schools, all well-regarded and a big part of why people put down roots here. Attendance boundaries shift periodically, so we always recommend confirming a specific address with the SPS school-finder before you count on a particular assignment.

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