U District station  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 UW Tower, 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 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. The station is designed to support up to of transit-oriented development on top of the entrances and station box. The city of Seattle began developing a comprehensive rezoning of the neighborhood to allow for taller buildings in 2013, proposing a maximum height limit of along NE 45th Street and in other parts of the neighborhood. The rezoning proposal ran into opposition from locals who filed an appeal to halt planning, citing a need for affordable housing and open space. A revised plan unveiled in September 2016 by Mayor Ed Murray requires new developments in the neighborhood to include rent-restricted affordable housing or pay a fine. The rezone was approved in March 2017, taking effect shortly thereafter, allowing a maximum height of for residential use and for offices. , there are 12 high-rise buildings under development in the University District, including several above 20 stories in height. The University of Washington showed interest in developing an office tower over the station box, whose development rights were acquired by the university in 2013.