BURIEN BOUND: Discovering Culture, Connection, and Community
Burien’s central hub location offers a thriving center for arts, culture and recreation with a diverse array of restaurants, bars, boutique retail, services, parks and beaches while also serving as a seamless connector to Downtown Seattle, SeaTac, Tacoma and the Eastside’s employment centers.
Enjoy living in one of the State’s top three most walkable cities (rated by WalkScore.com), where a stroll through the Old Town may include sips at the neighborhood brewery, layer upon buttery layer of croissants from the highly touted French bakery, slices of savory pizza noted by the Seattle Times as the “best new pizza in Seattle,” and fresh local produce from the weekly farmer’s market. Duck into specialty stores and international markets serving an astonishing melting pot population that speaks more than 50 languages. Discover Highline Heritage Museum and explore acres of greenspace in one of Burien’s 14 parks, including forest, wetlands, streams and close to a mile of shoreline at Seahurst Park, originally frequented by Native Peoples when fishing and gathering clams.
When duty calls, Burien easily connects commuters to jobs in every direction via SR 509, SR 518, I-5, I-405. Burien Transit Center bus hub and Sound Transit’s light rail stations at Angle Lake, Tukwila Blvd and SeaTac/Airport offer nearby car-free commutes. A funded planning study is currently investigating the feasibility of a Link light rail station in Burien, with connections to West Seattle and downtown Seattle.
Just a 7-minute drive away is Sea-Tac International Airport, the ninth busiest airport in the US. Drive to Downtown Seattle in as little as 12 minutes and travel south to Tacoma in less than half an hour. The Port of Seattle and Port of Tacoma together comprise the fourth-largest container gateway in North America employing thousands. Head east to Bellevue and Redmond in just 30-40 minutes. Burien’s easy access to everywhere also comes in handy for shopping, entertainment, sporting events and seamless connection to the rest of the region and the world.
