Roosevelt station (Sound Transit)

Roosevelt
Future Link light rail station
Under construction in February 2018
Location	12th Avenue NE & NE 65th Street Roosevelt, Seattle, Washington United States
Coordinates	47°40′36″N 122°18′56″W / 47.67667°N 122.31556°W / 47.67667; -122.31556Coordinates: 47°40′36″N 122°18′56″W / 47.67667°N 122.31556°W / 47.67667; -122.31556
Operated by	Sound Transit
Line(s)	Northgate Link Extension
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	King County Metro
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opening	2021
Services
Preceding station     Following station   Future service   Northgate Terminus Central Link Northgate Extension (2021) U District toward Angle Lake

Roosevelt is a future light rail station located in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is situated in the Roosevelt neighborhood in North Seattle and is being built as part of the Northgate extension of the Link light rail system, operated by Sound Transit, and will open in 2021. The underground station will consist of a single island platform connected to the surface via a mezzanine and two entrances along 12th Avenue Northeast at Northeast 65th and 67th streets.

Construction on the Northgate extension was approved by voters in a 2008 ballot measure and began in 2012. Two tunnel boring machines used to build the light rail tunnels arrived at Roosevelt station in 2015, on their way between Northgate and the University District.

Roosevelt station is located on the west side of 12th Avenue Northeast between Northeast 65th Street and Northeast 67th Street, at the heart of the Roosevelt urban village in northern Seattle. It is adjacent to the Roosevelt Square shopping center and Roosevelt High School, with the immediate area constituting the commercial and retail core of the neighborhood. The station is also located near Ravenna Park and Green Lake, two of the largest parks in North Seattle.

The Roosevelt area is served by King County Metro bus service on local streets, with major routes intersecting at Roosevelt Way NE and NE 65th Street. Metro plans to operate bus rapid transit service between Northgate and Downtown Seattle on Roosevelt Way and 12th Avenue, with a stop in the vicinity of Roosevelt station. Northeast 66th Street, which will run between the station's two planned entrances, will be rebuilt as a "green street" with traffic calming pedestrian-friendly features. A set of protected bike lanes on Roosevelt Way and 12th Avenue NE between NE 65 Street and the University Bridge were built in 2016.