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Seneca Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)
Encyclopedia
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.
This elevated station, opened on August 9, 1915, has two tracks and an island platform
. The platform has a steel canopy supported by black and green columns in the center.
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.
North of the station, the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line curves to leave the street grid and continue as an elevated structure over the former grade level Steam dummy
Lutheran Cemetery Line.
Metro station
A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....
on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
The Myrtle Avenue Line, also called the Myrtle Avenue Elevated, is a fully elevated line of the New York City Subway as part of the BMT division. The extant line is the final remnant of one of the original Brooklyn elevated railroads...
of the New York City Subway
New York City Subway
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit...
. Located at the intersection of Palmetto Street and Seneca Avenue in Ridgewood, Queens
Ridgewood, Queens
Ridgewood is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It borders the neighborhoods of Maspeth, Middle Village and Glendale, as well as the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bushwick. Historically, the neighborhood straddled the Queens-Brooklyn boundary. The neighborhood is part of Queens...
, it is served by the M
M (New York City Subway service)
The M Sixth Avenue Local is a rapid transit service of the B Division of the New York City Subway. It is colored orange on route signs, station signs, and the official subway map, since it runs on the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan....
train at all times.
This elevated station, opened on August 9, 1915, has two tracks and an island platform
Island platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
. The platform has a steel canopy supported by black and green columns in the center.
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.
North of the station, the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line curves to leave the street grid and continue as an elevated structure over the former grade level Steam dummy
Steam dummy
A steam dummy or dummy engine, in the United States of America and Canada, was a steam engine enclosed in a wooden box structure made to resemble a railroad passenger coach....
Lutheran Cemetery Line.
External links
- Station Reporter — M Train
- The Subway Nut — Seneca Avenue Pictures
- Seneca Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View