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Georgia Avenue–Petworth station

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Owned by
  
WMATA

Bicycle facilities
  
12 lockers

Connection
  
Metrobus

Tracks
  
2

Structure type
  
Underground

Opened
  
18 September 1999

Platforms in use
  
1

Georgia Avenue–Petworth station

Location
  
3700 Georgia Avenue NW Washington, DC 20009

Line(s)
  
Green Line Yellow Line

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

Address
  
Washington, DC 20010, United States

Owner
  
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Similar
  
Columbia Heights station, Shaw–Howard University station, Fort Totten station, U Street station, West Hyattsville station

Georgia Avenue-Petworth is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., on the Green Line and Yellow Line.

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Location

Georgia Avenue–Petworth station is located at the border of the neighborhoods of Petworth, Sixteenth Street Heights, and Park View in Northwest.

Transit-oriented development

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

  • 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.
  • 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 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.
  • 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.

    • History

    Georgia Avenue-Petworth opened on September 18, 1999, as part of a connecting extension of the Green Line between 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.

    References

    Georgia Avenue–Petworth station Wikipedia
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