Seneca Avenue station

Seneca Avenue
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°42′10″N 73°54′28″W / 40.702765°N 73.907733°W
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
Services	M (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B13, B38
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	August 9, 1915; 108 years ago
Closed	July 1, 2017; 6 years ago (temporary line closure)
Reopened	September 1, 2017; 6 years ago
Opposite-; direction; transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	617,361 16.2%
Rank	357 out of 423
Station succession
Next east	Template:NYCS next
Next west	Template:NYCS next
Location
Street map
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops 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

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, MetroCard machines
Ground	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

Track layout

Legend

					to Forest Av








					to Myrtle–Wyckoff Avs

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

^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ "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

[SASDEIS-DIVISION-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.

[riderref-2] "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[3] "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[maps-4] "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ridgewood" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

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