Georgia Avenue–Petworth station

The station has an island platform located below New Hampshire Avenue, with street-level access from the intersection with Georgia Avenue. It also features the "Arch II" design found at Columbia Heights, Congress Heights, Glenmont, and Mount Vernon Square.

File:Yellow line georgia ave.jpg

It opened on September 18, 1999, part of an extension of the Green Line that connected {{wmata|U Street}} and {{wmata|Fort Totten}}, allowing trains to travel between {{wmata|Anacostia}} and {{wmata|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.{{Cite press release |title=Georgia Ave-Petworth rail station west entrance to close for construction |date=December 7, 2006 |publisher=WMATA |url=http://www.wmata.com/about/MET_NEWS/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1457 |access-date=December 25, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070110051937/http://www.wmata.com/about/met_news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1457 |archive-date=January 10, 2007 |url-status=dead }}

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 {{convert|50|ft|m|0|adj=on}} height limit to infill residential or four- to six-story mixed-use development.{{Cite web |url=https://planning.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/op/publication/attachments/gap_plan_full.pdf.pdf |title=Georgia Avenue–Petworth Metro Station Area and Corridor Plan |publisher=DC Office of Planning |access-date=March 27, 2018}}{{rp|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.{{rp|36–37,44}}
• Petworth-Metro. To the north, this is the largest neighborhood by sites available and height, with a restriction of {{convert|65|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}. 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 {{convert|17000|sqft|m2|0|abbr=on}} of street-level retail space.{{rp|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.{{rp|30–31,40}}

On May 7, 2023, the northeastern terminus of the Yellow Line was truncated from {{wmata|Greenbelt}} to {{wmata|Mount Vernon Square}}, following its reopening after a nearly eight-month-long major rehabilitation project on its bridge over the Potomac River and its tunnel leading into {{wmata|L'Enfant Plaza}}. Thus, it no longer services this station.{{cite news |title=Metro's Yellow Line reopens Sunday with controversial turnback |url=https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-metro-yellow-line-reopens-sunday-schedule-times-trains-stations-change-huntington-fairfax-county-greenbelt-maryland-mount-vernon-square-washington-dc-turnback-wmata-gm-randy-clarke-riders-upset-potomac-river-lenfant-plaza |access-date=May 7, 2023 |work=WJLA-TV |publisher=Sinclair Broadcast Group |date=May 7, 2023}} Half of Yellow Line service is expected to be re-extended to Greenbelt in December 2025.{{cite press release |title=Metro Board of Directors approves $4.957 billion FY2026 budget that improves service without raising fares |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/Metro-Board-of-Directors-approves-FY2026-budget.cfm |publisher=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |date=April 10, 2025}}

{{Reflist}}

{{commons category inline}}

{{WMATA links}}

• [https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=38.936797,-77.024299&spn=0.003972,0.013443&z=17&layer=c&cbll=38.936861,-77.023967&panoid=fi_W6FmgOCnGW9kBHLUw1w&cbp=12,293.76,,0,2.56 Georgia Avenue and New Hampshire Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View]
• [https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9372606,-77.0243904,3a,75y,265.19h,91.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sibHosKI3QZzCygmRN87qzQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en West side of Georgia Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View]

{{Washington Metro stations navbox}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:Stations on the Green Line (Washington Metro)

Category:Washington Metro stations in Washington, D.C.

Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1999

Category:1991 establishments in Washington, D.C.

Category:Petworth (Washington, D.C.)

Category:Railway stations located underground in Washington, D.C.