Georgia Avenue–Petworth station

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

Georgia Avenue–Petworth
rapid transit station
Location3700 Georgia Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.
Owned byWMATA
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections Metrobus: 60, 62, 63, 64, 70, 79, H8
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Bicycle facilities12 lockers
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeE05
History
OpenedSeptember 18, 1999 (September 18, 1999)
Passengers
20185,889 daily[1]  1.69%
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station
Columbia Heights
toward Branch Avenue
 Green Line Fort Totten
toward Greenbelt
Columbia Heights
toward Huntington
 Yellow Line

History

It opened on September 18, 1999, part of an extension of the Green Line that connected U Street and Fort Totten, allowing trains to travel between Anacostia and Greenbelt.

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 50-foot (15 m) height limit to infill residential or four- to six-story mixed-use development.[3]:34–35,43
  • 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.[3]:36–37,44
  • Petworth-Metro. To the north, this is the largest neighborhood by sites available and height, with a restriction of 65 ft (20 m). 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 17,000 sq ft (1,579 m2) of street-level retail space.[3]:32–33,41–42
  • 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.[3]:30–31,40

Station layout

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

G Street level Exit/entrance, buses
M Mezzanine Fare gates, ticket machines, station agent
P
Platform level		 Southbound ← toward Branch Avenue (Columbia Heights)
← toward Huntington (Columbia Heights)
Island platform
Northbound ←   toward Greenbelt (Fort Totten) →

References
  1. "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  2. "Georgia Ave-Petworth rail station west entrance to close for construction" (Press release). WMATA. December 7, 2006. Archived from the original on January 10, 2007. Retrieved December 25, 2006.
  3. "Georgia Avenue–Petworth Metro Station Area and Corridor Plan" (PDF). DC Office of Planning. Retrieved March 27, 2018.

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