Seneca Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)

 Seneca Avenue
 "M" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address Seneca Avenue & Palmetto Street
Queens, NY 11385
Borough Queens
Locale Ridgewood
Coordinates 40°42′10″N 73°54′28″W / 40.702765°N 73.907733°W / 40.702765; -73.907733Coordinates: 40°42′10″N 73°54′28″W / 40.702765°N 73.907733°W / 40.702765; -73.907733
Division B (BMT)
Line BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
Services       M  (all times)
Transit connections New York City Bus: B13, B38
Structure Elevated
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened August 9, 1915 (August 9, 1915)
Closed July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) (temporary line closure)
Reopened September 1, 2017 (2017-09-01)
Station code 111[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 454,373[2] Decrease 46.8%
Rank 409 out of 425
Station succession
Next east Forest Avenue: M 
Next west Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues: M 

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

Track layout
to Forest Av
to Myrtle–Wyckoff Avs
NE corner entrance
P
Platform level		 Westbound ← "M" train toward Forest Hills weekdays, Essex Street weekends,
→ "M" train Myrtle Avenue nights (Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound → "M" train toward Middle Village (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.

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.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  3. ↑ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ridgewood" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
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