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Seneca Avenue station

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Seneca Avenue
"M" train
MTA NYC logo.svg New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Seneca Avenue - Platform.jpg
Station statistics
AddressSeneca Avenue & Palmetto Street
Queens, NY 11385
BoroughQueens
LocaleRidgewood
Coordinates40°42′10″N 73°54′28″W / 40.702765°N 73.907733°W
DivisionB (BMT)
LineBMT Myrtle Avenue Line
Services M all times (all times)
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: B13, B38, Q58
StructureElevated
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedAugust 9, 1915
ClosedJuly 1, 2017 (temporary line closure)
ReopenedSeptember 1, 2017
Station code111[1]
Opposite-
direction
transfer
Yes
Traffic
20191,080,829[3] Increase 91.1%
Rank348 out of 424[3]
Station succession
Next eastForest Avenue: M all times
Next westMyrtle-Wyckoff Avenues: M all times

Seneca Avenue 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.

Station layout

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

This elevated station, which was opened on August 9, 1915 by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, 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.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. ^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  4. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ridgewood" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

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