Madison Valley is a neighborhood in Seattle located east of Capitol Hill

Capitol Hill, Seattle, Washington

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; west of Washington Park

Washington Park, Seattle, Washington

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; south of Montlake

Montlake, Seattle, Washington

Montlake is an affluent residential neighborhood in central Seattle. It is bounded to the north by Portage Bay and the Montlake Cut section of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, to the east by the Washington Park Arboretum, and to the south and west by Interlaken Park. Capitol Hill is on its south and...

; and north of the Central District

Central District, Seattle, Washington

The Central District is a mostly residential district in Seattle located east of Cherry Hill, west of Madrona and Leschi, south of Capitol Hill, and north of Rainier Valley...

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The valley is centered on the corner of E. Madison Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way E., its main thoroughfares (northeast- and southwest-bound and north- and southbound, respectively).

Members of the Greater Madison Valley Community Council maintain a community web site at http://www.madisonvalley.org. The web site offers information on upcoming council meetings, past issues of the Valley View newsletter, photos of community events, and a contact page.

Madison Valley is known for its French restaurants

French cuisine

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