Meadowbrook Community Center

I am so glad I started coming back here to go swimming. It has been a live changer for me. Their work out classes are so fun and the teacher is really passionate to see that you’re getting a good work out. It also helps with my posture; being a hairdresser can really strain your back and mine hasn’t hurt in 4 weeks.
They also have a good schedule for lap swims.
And the bathroom still creeps me out a little but that;s just cause I’m a germaphob: P wear your flip flops!

Wow. I can only speak for the toddler gym here, but can I have my $ 3 back please? This place is pretty bleak! I can count 7 ride-​on toys and four balls. I can hardly contain myself ;) staff is nice, place is clean… I think that equals two stars!

The chlorine overwhelms the moment you open the door to the lobby. The people at the desk range from friendly to «why does the city employ me?» but the pool is ok. The Tues/​Thurs evening swim is the most doable of adult swim times. The lap lanes are full but manageable. The open swim area isn’t like Saturdays, where it’s populated by socially broken elders who don’t like newcomers. «Have I seen you here before?» is not a greeting but a warning that you’re taking up space. Locker room is old but clean and minus the busybodies at the Helene Madison pool who will tell you where to sit when you’re getting dressed (!)

Way, way too much chlorine! I ruined a bathing suit this week – a solid color that ended up looking like tie-​dye. We’ve gone here for a few years and this was not the first time that happened.

Great utilitarian pool. No fancy rivers here my friend. Parking lot designed by very narrow minded person.

POOL
Beautiful, great locker room, you can get a prepaid card with your photo on it so no worries about scrounging up petty cash for admission.
WEIGHT ROOM
Ellipse machines, bikes, treadmills, and a rowing machine. Standard free weights and a few weight machines too. The front desk will offer you a complementary towel. $ 20 unlimited per month is a steal. Even after high school gets out in the afternoon, the room is usually empty.
NATHAN HALE TRACK
Perfect and a comfortable running surface.

Six LIGHTED tennis courts, one with a wooden PRACTICE WALL. Well maintained courts with pristine nets. Beautiful place to hit the ball around on a nice Seattle day. Big field for running your pooch around too.
Located on 30^th Ave NE, around the block from the community center entrance on 35^th and behind Meadow Brook Park. Open courts when there are no classes. Check the schedule.

This review is just for the pool, as I have yet to use the rest of the facilities.
The Meadowbrook pool is okay compared the other ones around Seattle. First off, it’s indoors, which means swimming all year round. It’s huge, has diving boards, a few bleachers to sit, and is freaking cold.
Sign up early for lessons and classes. Always call ahead to check for closures due to cleaning and maintenance.
These people really need to heat their pool better. Especially for all the kids swimming in it. We’ve done the baby class here and it’s terrible for children and infants to have to brave cold water. I’ve seen plenty of people having to leave early because their infant can’t handle the cold. I know they’ve been informed of the problem, but they don’t seem to care. And honestly, it is a tad cold even for me and I’m a god damn Polar Bear Plunge member! I love to cold water swim but not when I’m in a pool.
The locker rooms are decent. Clean. Enough benches, only one changing table though. Plenty of hooks, lockers, showers and toilets. Even some crazy-​spiny-​dry-​your-​wet-​stuff thing.
Strangely enough, Seattle sure has some body issues. It’s just silly to see grown women nervously and dangerously stumbling under a towel so no one can see their «goodies» while trying to carol their children. Maybe I’ve just been in the medical world too long or I just have no shame. Either way, prepare to get looked at like a leper if you get naked without reservation.
The parking is ample, though you get plenty of Lake City spill off and slack-​jawed yokel teens running around. So watch your belongings and lock the doors. Vandalism and break-​ins are normal.
And it is so close to the beautiful Meadowbrook Pond. A great excuse to explore that area.

I really like this community center and it’s very convenient to a lot of neighborhoods, not just the Meadowbrook area. They have a well-​respected day care center and my kids have enjoyed their swimming lessons there very much. I’m looking forward to getting one of my kids into the guitar lessons soon.

I’ve only been to the Community Center here a few times, but it’s a very nice building and they have a lot of activities offered. I took one NIA class here (see my review of Dance Underground for a description), and the room looked almost brand new, with wood floors, mirrors, lots of light. The surrounding park has a great sports field for baseball and soccer, with tennis courts. But my favorite part is the higher park area above the fields, and the trail winding around Thorton Creek. Some very peaceful spots where you can rest mostly by yourself.

It’s my local community center so I’m loyal, but I think I’m unbiased in saying their offerings are varied, diverse and well run. My kids learned to swim in the huge pool, I’ve taken deep water aerobics, my kids were on the track team sponsored here, we’ve been to birthday parties, walked the little bridge over Thornton Creek, played in the fields and I’ve used the gym. Next is guitar lessons. There’s so much offered that we haven’t done that there just has to be something for everyone. Facilities are clean, the building looks nice, plenty of parking.