Madison Park is an 8.3 acre (34,000 m2)
park in the
Madison Parkneighborhood of
Seattle, Washington, located between the western shore of
Lake Washington on the east, 42nd Avenue E. on the west, E. Madison Street on the north, and E. Blaine Street on the south. 43rd Avenue E. divides it into two sections; the east is a swimming beach and public dock, and the west is a playground, playfield, and tennis courts. Next to the beach is Madison Park Co-op, a community playhouse for toddlers and children.
For the first 19 years of its existence, the Madison Street
Cable Railway ran on Madison Street from
Elliott Bay to the park.[1] Service was cut back to 21st Avenue in 1910. There was also
ferry service on Lake Washington from the early 1880s to August 31, 1950 from Madison Park across the lake to
Kirkland. (The construction of the
Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge in 1940 had greatly reduced demand and the continued existence of the run could no longer be justified after
tolls were removed in 1949.)