Nightwatch Shelter

How to access food and shelter at Operation Nightwatch

Photo of Nightwatch building at nightHours for potential shelter placement: 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm nightly.

Hours for inside meal service 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm nightly.

Each night, we have a limited number of off-site shelter beds available for our guests. There is no guarantee that shelter will be available on any given night.

To qualify for an overnight shelter bed at our partner organization, Bread of Life, you must show up in person at our Shelter Dispatch Center and provide the following:

  • Valid state photo ID (any state)

To qualify for a bed at a Nightwatch church-based shelter you must show up in person at our Shelter Dispatch Center and provide the following:

  • Valid state photo ID (any state)

Our homeless guests are encouraged to “travel light.” There is no room at Nightwatch shelters to store belongings.

Currently we have no shelter options for women.


Our Shelter Dispatch Center location:

206-329-2099
302 14th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144

Transit connections
The building is served by a number of Metro routes (depending on how far you care to walk) and by the streetcar line which connects Pioneer Square with Broadway and First Hill.

  • Route 14: On Jackson, one block south.
  • Route 7: 12th Ave S. and S. Jackson, three blocks away.
  • Route 27: 14th Ave. and Yesler, three blocks to the north.
  • Route 36: 12th Ave. S. and S. Jackson, three blocks away.
  • Street Car: Stops on 14th Ave S, just a block north of the building.
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