Lake City is a neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, located between Interstate 5 and Lake Washington about 7-8 miles northeast of downtown, east of the Northgate neighborhood. It stretches from NE 85th Street to the Seattle city limit at NE 145th Street, predominately along its self-titled thoroughfare, Lake City Way.

The area was dubbed Lake City by D.H. Lee and R.H. Lee in 1906 after they purchased and platted the land Lake City lies on today. With the advent of the automobile, the area developed around major roads rather than developing around trolley stops like older Seattle neighborhoods.

Lake City incorporated as a township in 1949 with more than 40,000 residents, the neighborhood's rapid growth a product of a massive influx of young families after World War II. The City of Seattle annexed Lake City and other nearby communities in 1954 when the city limits expanded from NE 85th Street to NE 145th Street.

Lake City relies heavily on retail commerce, and business in the area has risen and fallen based on highway expansion in the Seattle area. Aurora Avenue's expansion to Everett cut into business in the 1920s, but Lake City revived after NE 130th Street was paved. The Northgate Shopping Center's opening in 1950 killed business in Lake City, and the area took another hit after the construction of Interstate 5 in the 1960s. Renovation of Lake City's center, along Lake City Way at NE 125th Street, helped revive Lake City's economy in the late 1970s.