The Ballard Building on NW Market St has been listed for sale. The nearly century-old building is home to Ballard Health Club, Secret Garden Bookshop, Annie’s Art and Frame, Pie Bird Bakeshop, and several other businesses.
Less than a week after opening, The Crown on 15th Ave NW was burglarized. Here's how you can support them.
Next week, a group of volunteers will clean up Ballard Commons Park in honor of Jimothy. The cleanup will be followed by a screening of Despicable Me, which is part of the Ballard Alliance's summer outdoor movie series.
Three new food and drink spots are coming to the former Theo Chocolate building in Fremont, with Here Today planning a coffee shop, taproom, and cocktail and oyster bar for the space.
The former Spirit Gas station at NW Market St and 24th Ave NW is on the market for $4.8 million. The property is being pitched for redevelopment, but state records show a history of petroleum contamination in the soil and groundwater.
Calling Ballard artists: Applications are open to design and paint a new 450-square-foot mural along NW Market St. The selected artist will receive a $3,425 project budget, with applications due Aug. 31.
SDOT is planning upgrades to more than 20-year-old traffic signals along NW 80th and 85th streets, with changes aimed at reducing delays and improving reliability for buses and other traffic. Construction could begin as early as mid-2027.
The final round of traffic calming improvements is coming to 8th Ave NW in Ballard later this year, a street which residents say is notorious for speeding cars and difficult pedestrian crossings.
The upgrades include new speed cushions, new marked crosswalks with pedestrian islands, new radar speed signs, and flashing lights to draw attention to walkers and bikers.
Ballard's newest pub The Crown opens today in the former Schooner Street location on 15th Ave NW.
King County is under a Stage 2 burn ban, which means no open fires, including in the fire pits at Golden Gardens.
A pod of transient orcas visited Ballard yesterday, seen getting quite close to the fish ladder at the Ballard Locks.
There's a new vintage goods and vinyl shop in Ballard: Rotations is now open on NW 54th St.
A 37-year-old man riding an electric scooter died in a collision early Tuesday morning near the intersection of 24th Ave NW and NW 85th St. Seattle police say the 16-year-old driver returned to the scene.
Seattle Councilmember Dan Strauss has proposed a new permit system and expanded services for people living in vehicles, along with a two-hour street parking limit for motorhomes and travel trailers without permits.
The kids’ gymnastics studio Tumbles in Ballard is taking a unique approach to education, combining STEAM classes and gymnastics for kids ages 4 to 10 this fall.
There's a new Pilates studio on NW Market St: Club Pilates has opened on the ground floor of the LEVA apartments.
Stoup Brewing, along with 50 local businesses, collected 15,000 pounds of goods for Spokane fire victims this week.
The Route 40 project is entering its final construction phase, with crews completing sidewalk repairs, landscaping, pavement markings, and other finishing work in Ballard, Fremont, Westlake, and North Seattle. Some overnight pavement marking work is expected on NW Market St and Leary Ave.
The Ballard Independent apartment building has sold for $152 million, less than two years after opening on the site redeveloped following the 2019 Market Street fire.