Seneca Avenue station

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.

 Seneca Avenue
 "M" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
AddressSeneca Avenue & Palmetto Street
Queens, NY 11385
BoroughQueens
LocaleRidgewood
Coordinates40.702765°N 73.907733°W / 40.702765; -73.907733
DivisionB (BMT)[1]
LineBMT Myrtle Avenue Line
Services   M all times (all times)
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: B13, B38, Q58
StructureElevated
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedFebruary 22, 1915 (February 22, 1915)
ClosedJuly 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) (temporary line closure)
ReopenedSeptember 1, 2017 (2017-09-01)
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20191,080,829[2] Increase 91.1%
Rank348 out of 424[2]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues
toward 57th Street
 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

to Forest Avenue
to Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues
Street map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times

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 57th Street 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. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. Roess, Roger P.; Sansone, Gene (August 23, 2012). The Wheels That Drove New York: A History of the New York City Transit System. Springer Science & Business Media. 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.
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