Rhode Island Avenue – Brentwood (WMATA station)

Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood
Station statistics
Address 919 Rhode Island Avenue, Northeast
Washington, D.C. 20018
Lines
Connections WMATA Metrobus
Structure Elevated
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Bicycle facilities 12 racks
Other information
Opened March 27, 1976
Accessible
Code B04
Owned by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Formerly Rhode Island Avenue (1976-2004)
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station
Red Line
toward Glenmont

Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Red Line.

The station is located in Northeast Washington, on an elevated platform crossing Rhode Island Avenue, with its entrance near 5th Street. Service began on March 27, 1976 as one of the first stations in the system. Among the entire Metro system, Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood has the highest elevation for any station.

From the time the station opened in 1976 until late 2004, the station was known simply as Rhode Island Avenue. At that time, the station was renamed Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood in recognition of the Brentwood neighborhood in which the station is located.

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