Directions, Parking and Bus: Hospital Campus
Seattle Children's Hospital
Address
4800 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
Mailing Address
PO Box 5371
Seattle, WA 98145-5005
Telephone
Toll Free
866-987-2000 (Toll-Free)
Toll Free
866-583-1527 (No English)
Telephone
206-987-2226 (Driving Directions)
Telephone
206-987-0391 (TTY, for deaf or hard of hearing)
Parking and Entering
Entrance Hours, Services and Parking
- All parking is free.
- There is no self-parking near the Emergency Department. Please use the free valet service.
- Disabled parking:
- River entrance
- Ocean parking lot
- Emergency Department valet
- Bike parking:
- River entrance
- Ocean 7 staff entrance (off of Penny Drive)
- Ocean 8 entrance
- Electric vehicle ChargePoint station: Ocean parking, level 6
- Find entrances and parking lots on the campus map (PDF).
Emergency Department
Emergency Department Free Valet Only
- There is no self-parking at the Emergency Department entrance.
- Valet is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Disabled parking is available through valet.
- All valet service is free and tips are not accepted.
Entrance: Forest, Level 1
- Entrance hours: Open 24 hours
Inpatient Visits
River Parking Lot 1 or 2
- Patients, families and visitors
Entrance: River, Level 3
- Entrance hours: Open 24 hours
Clinic Visits and Urgent Care
Ocean Parking
- Level 6 parking services:
- ChargePoint electric vehicle charger
- Disabled parking
- Level 7 parking services:
- Disabled parking
- Level 8 parking services:
- Free valet parking, 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Disabled parking
Entrance: Ocean, Levels 6 and 8
- Entrance: Ocean, level 6
- Weekdays: 5:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Weekends: Closed
- Services: Disabled parking; ChargePoint electric vehicle charger
- Entrance: Ocean, level 8
- Weekdays: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Weekends: Closed
- Services: Free valet parking 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Disabled parking
- NOTE: Ocean, level 7 entrance is closed
Volunteers and Other Visitors
River Parking Lot 1
Entrance: River
- Entrance hours: Open 24 hours
Driving Directions
I-5 South
- Take I-5 South to Exit 169 for NE 45th Street.
- Turn left onto NE 45th Street.
- Follow NE 45th Street past the University of Washington and down a large hill.
- At the bottom of the hill, turn left at the stoplight and continue on NE 45th Street.
- NE 45th Street will curve to the left and become Sand Point Way NE.
- Turn right onto Penny Drive to enter Seattle Children’s campus.
I-90 West and I-5 North
- Take I-90 West across the Mercer Island Floating Bridge.
- Take I-5 North to Exit 169 for NE 45th Street.
- Stay in the right lane.
- Follow NE 45th Street past the University of Washington and down a large hill.
- At the bottom of the hill, turn left at the stoplight and continue on NE 45th Street.
- NE 45th Street will curve to the left and become Sand Point Way NE.
- Turn right onto Penny Drive to enter Seattle Children’s campus.
I-82 West
From Children’s Village
- Take Kern Road north to 40th Avenue and turn right.
- Take 40th Avenue and merge on to Highway 12 East.
From Yakima/Tri-Cities
- Take I-82 West to I-90 West.
- Follow I-90 West and I-5 North directions above.
WA-520 West
Toll Road: WA-520 bridge charges a toll up to $5 each way. You will get a bill in the mail if you don’t have a Good to Go pass.
- Take WA-520 West over the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge.
- Take the Montlake Boulevard E exit.
- Merge right onto Montlake Boulevard E. This will run into NE 45th Street.
- Continue on NE 45th Street.
- NE 45th Street will curve to the left and become Sand Point Way NE.
- Turn right at Penny Drive to enter Seattle Children’s campus.
Public Transit Options
Bus Information
King County Metro
206-553-3000
