U District (Link station)

U District
Future Link light rail station
Looking south at the station construction site, February 2016
Location	Brooklyn Avenue NE & NE 45th Street University District, Seattle, Washington United States
Coordinates	47°39′38″N 122°18′51″W / 47.66056°N 122.31417°W / 47.66056; -122.31417Coordinates: 47°39′38″N 122°18′51″W / 47.66056°N 122.31417°W / 47.66056; -122.31417
Operated by	Sound Transit
Line(s)	Northgate Link extension
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opening	2021
Services
Preceding station     Following station University of Washington Terminus Northgate Link Extension Under Construction Roosevelt toward Northgate

External video

Simulation of construction stages (Sound Transit)

U District (working name Brooklyn) is a future light rail station located in Seattle, Washington. It is situated in the University District neighborhood, near the University of Washington campus, and is being built as part of the Northgate extension of the Link light rail system. The underground station will have two entrances along Brooklyn Avenue NE at NE 43rd and 45th streets.

Construction on the Northgate extension was approved by voters in a 2008 ballot measure and began in 2012. The station is scheduled to be completed in 2021, along with the rest of the Northgate extension. Sound Transit estimates that there will be 12,000 daily boardings at the station in 2030.

U District station is located under the east side of Brooklyn Avenue Northeast between Northeast 43rd and 45th streets, at the heart of the University District urban village in northern Seattle. It is near the area's main commercial corridor, The Ave, which runs a block east on University Way Northeast. To the west of the station is University of Washington Plaza, a high-rise office building used by the University of Washington (UW); adjacent to the station's north entrance is the historic Neptune Theatre.

The University District is served by local bus service from King County Metro, and regional service from Sound Transit Express and Community Transit. Buses stop along NE 45th Street and University Way, each one block from the planned station entrances.

The area surrounding U District station is a walkable neighborhood primarily consisting of commercial space and multi-family residential housing. Within a ¹⁄₂ mile (0.80 km) of the station is one of the densest concentrations of housing and jobs in the region, with nearly 15,000 jobs and over 21,000 residents counted in 2013.