Georgia Avenue–Petworth station explained

Georgia Avenue–Petworth

Style:

WMATA

Symbol:

green

Symbol Location:

washington

Address:

3700 Georgia Avenue NW

Borough:

Washington, D.C.

Connections:

Metrobus: 60, 62, 63, 64, 70, 79, H8

Platform:

1 island platform

Tracks:

Structure:

Underground

Bicycle:

Capital Bikeshare, 12 lockers

Passengers:

2,855 daily^[1]

Pass Year:

2023

Pass Rank:

35 out of 98

Accessible:

Yes

Code:

E05

Owned:

WMATA

Other Services Header:

Former services

Mapframe:

yes

Mapframe-Custom:

Shape:	none
Line:	none
Marker:	rail-metro
Marker-Color:	000
Zoom:	15

Georgia Avenue–Petworth station is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., on the Green Line. It is located at the border of the neighborhoods of Petworth, Sixteenth Street Heights, and Park View in Northwest.

History

It opened on September 18, 1999, part of an extension of the Green Line that connected and, allowing trains to travel between and .

The station's west entrance closed on December 11, 2006, to accommodate construction of a mixed-use development. Bus stops, bike racks, and lockers were moved, and the entrance remained closed until 2009, a year later than planned.^[2]

Like many other Metro stations, Georgia Avenue–Petworth has catalyzed nearby development. The District of Columbia Office of Planning has divided development proposals near the station into four localities:

Park View. Composed of three blocks along Georgia Avenue south of the station—3200 West, 3400 East, and 3500 East—Park View development is mainly limited by a 500NaN0 height limit to infill residential or four- to six-story mixed-use development.^[3]
Pleasant Plains. Further south, sites at 2700 West and 2900 West on Georgia Avenue are also subject to the low height restriction but with more emphasis on apartments and row houses.
Petworth-Metro. To the north, this is the largest neighborhood by sites available and height, with a restriction of 650NaN0. It contains a series of blocks on Georgia Avenue from Princeton Place to Shepherd Street, with the 3700 West block already developed as Park Place, containing 148 condos and 170000NaN0 of street-level retail space.
Upshur. The northernmost of the four regions, it is centered on Upshur Street near Kansas Avenue. As with Pleasant Plains, the Planning Office has focused on residential development for Upshur.

Since May 7, 2023, the northeastern terminus of the Yellow Line was truncated from Greenbelt to, following its reopening after a nearly eight-month-long major rehabilitation project on its bridge over the Potomac River and its tunnel leading into . Thus, it no longer services this station.^[4]

Station layout

The station has an island platform located below New Hampshire Avenue, with street-level access from the intersection with Georgia Avenue.

External links

The Schumin Web Transit Center: Georgia Ave-Petworth Station
Georgia Avenue and New Hampshire Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
West side of Georgia Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View

Notes and References

Web site: Metrorail Ridership Summary . Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority . February 8, 2024.
Georgia Ave-Petworth rail station west entrance to close for construction . December 7, 2006 . . December 25, 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070110051937/http://www.wmata.com/about/met_news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1457 . January 10, 2007 . dead .
Web site: Georgia Avenue–Petworth Metro Station Area and Corridor Plan . DC Office of Planning . March 27, 2018.
News: Metro's Yellow Line reopens Sunday with controversial turnback . May 7, 2023 . . . May 7, 2023.