| Seneca Avenue | |
| Address: | Seneca Avenue & Palmetto Street Queens, New York |
| Borough: | Queens |
| Locale: | Ridgewood |
| Coordinates: | 40.7028°N -73.9077°W |
| Division: | BMT |
| Line: | BMT Myrtle Avenue Line |
| Service: | Myrtle north |
| Connection: | NYCT Bus: |
| Platforms: | 1 island platform |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Structure: | Elevated |
| Close Date: | (temporary line closure) |
| Rebuilt Type: | Reopened |
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.
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.[1] [2] [3]
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.
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]