Seneca Avenue station

Seneca Avenue
Station statistics
Address	Seneca Avenue & Palmetto Street Queens, New York
Borough	Queens
Locale	Ridgewood
Coordinates	40°42′10″N73°54′28″W / 40.702765°N 73.907733°W / 40.702765; -73.907733
Division	B (BMT) [1]
Line	BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
Services	M   (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B13, B38, Q58, Q98
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	February 22, 1915;110 years ago (February 22, 1915)
Closed	July 1, 2017;8 years ago (2017-07-01) (temporary line closure)
Reopened	September 1, 2017;8 years ago (2017-09-01)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2024	655,571 [2]   6.2%
Rank	353 out of 423 [2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue Forest Avenue toward Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to Forest Avenue center trackway starts to Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description 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	← toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue weekdays, Essex Street weekends, Myrtle Avenue late nights (Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues)
	Island platform
	Eastbound	→ toward Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue (Forest Avenue) →
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent, OMNY 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. "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
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. "New B. R. T. Line Ready" (PDF). The New York Times. February 21, 1915. 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

• Media related to Seneca Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line) at Wikimedia Commons
• nycsubway.org – BMT Myrtle Avenue Line: Seneca Avenue
• Station Reporter — M Train
• The Subway Nut — Seneca Avenue Pictures
• Seneca Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platform from Google Maps Street View