Frink Park is a 17.2 acre (70,000 m²) park in the Leschi neighborhood of

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. It is a heavily wooded hillside and ravine through which flows Frink Creek. Most of the park is bounded by 31st Avenue S. in the west, 34th Avenue S. in the east, and the rights-of-way of S. Main Street in the north and S. King Street in the south.

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S. and S. Frink Place are recreational drives within the park. Frink Park borders

Leschi Park Leschi Park is an park in the Leschi neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, named after Chief Leschi of the Nisqually tribe. The majority of the park is a grassy hillside that lies west of Lakeside Avenue S. and features tennis courts, picnic ...

in its northwest corner.

History

The land for the park was donated to the city in 1906 by parks commissioner John M. Frink. The

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firm designed and planned the park. The wooded hillsides are steep and can be hazardous. It was listed on the

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in 2019.

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