Seneca Avenue station

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.

Seneca Avenue
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
Address	Seneca Avenue & Palmetto Street Queens, NY 11385
Borough	Queens
Locale	Ridgewood
Coordinates	40.702765°N 73.907733°W
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
Services	M  (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B13, B38, Q58
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	August 9, 1915
Closed	July 1, 2017 (temporary line closure)
Reopened	September 1, 2017
Station code	111[1]
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2019	1,080,829[2]  91.1%
Rank	348 out of 424[2]
Station succession
Next east	Forest Avenue: M
Next west	Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues: M
Location
Track layout to Forest Av to Myrtle–Wyckoff Avs
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

Station layout

P Platform level	Westbound	← toward Forest Hills weekdays, Essex Street weekends, Myrtle Avenue late nights (Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues)
	Island platform
	Eastbound	→ 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.[3]

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. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ridgewood" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 20 July 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