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Seneca Avenue station

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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.

AddressSeneca Avenue & Palmetto Street
Queens, New York
BoroughQueens
LocaleRidgewood
Coordinates40.702765°N 73.907733°W / 40.702765; -73.907733
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AddressSeneca Avenue & Palmetto Street
Queens, New York
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, Q98
StructureElevated
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedFebruary 22, 1915; 111 years ago (February 22, 1915)
ClosedJuly 1, 2017; 9 years ago (2017-07-01) (temporary line closure)
ReopenedSeptember 1, 2017; 9 years ago (2017-09-01)
Traffic
2024655,571[2] Increase 6.2%
Rank354 out of 423[2]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues Forest Avenue
Location
Seneca Avenue station is located in New York City Subway
Seneca Avenue station
Location within New York City Subway
Seneca Avenue station is located in New York City
Seneca Avenue station
Location within New York City
Seneca Avenue station is located in New York
Seneca Avenue station
Location within New York
Track layout

center trackway starts
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Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times
Close

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, 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.

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.

NE corner entrance

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]

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