Seneca Avenue station

Coordinates: 40°42′10″N 73°54′28″W / 40.702765°N 73.907733°W / 40.702765; -73.907733
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 Seneca Avenue
 
B13, B38, Q58
StructureElevated
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedFebruary 22, 1915; 109 years ago (February 22, 1915)
ClosedJuly 1, 2017; 6 years ago (2017-07-01) (temporary line closure)
ReopenedSeptember 1, 2017; 6 years ago (2017-09-01)
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
2023617,361[2] Increase 16.2%
Rank357 out of 423[2]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues
toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue
 Forest Avenue
toward Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue
Location
Seneca Avenue station is located in New York City Subway
Seneca Avenue station
Seneca Avenue station is located in New York City
Seneca Avenue station
Seneca Avenue station is located in New York
Seneca Avenue station
Track layout

Legend
to Forest Avenue
to
Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times

The Seneca Avenue station is a station on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Palmetto Street and Seneca Avenue in Ridgewood, Queens, it is served by the M train at all times. The station opened in 1915 as part of the Dual Contracts.

History

This station opened on February 22, 1915, by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company as part of a project to elevate a portion of the Myrtle Avenue Line, which had run at street level. This work was completed as part of the Dual Contracts.[3][4][5]

Station layout

Platform level Westbound ← "M" train toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue weekdays, Essex Street weekends, Myrtle Avenue late nights (Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues)
Island platform
Eastbound → "M" train toward Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue (Forest Avenue) →
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Ground Street level Exit/entrance

This elevated station has two tracks and an island platform. The platform has a steel canopy supported by black and green columns in the center.

NE corner entrance

To the northeast (

railroad south) of the station, the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line curves east to leave the street grid and continue as an elevated structure over the former grade level steam dummy
Lutheran Cemetery Line. Southwest of the station, there is space for a center track.

Exits

The station's only entrance/exit is an elevated wooden

mezzanine beneath the tracks. It has two staircases to the platform with doors on the landings, turnstile bank, token booth, and two street stairs to the southwest and northeast corners of Palmetto Street and Seneca Avenue.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. ISBN 9783642304842
    .
  4. ^ "Article 11 -- No Title" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  5. ^ Senate, New York (State) Legislature (1916). Documents of the Senate of the State of New York. E. Croswell.
  6. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ridgewood" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2016.

External links

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