Rhode Island Avenue Brentwood
Rhode Island Avenue station platform in February 2003 with the United States Capitol in the distance
General information
Location	919Rhode Island Avenue NE Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38°55′15″N76°59′46″W / 38.920741°N 76.995984°W /38.920741; -76.995984
Owned by	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Platforms	1island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Metrobus: D32, D36, D74,P10, P1X,P40 Metropolitan Branch Trail
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	221 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Capital Bikeshare, 12 racks
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	B04
History
Opened	March 27, 1976; 49 years ago (March 27, 1976)
Previous names	Rhode Island Avenue (1976–2004)
Passengers
2023	2,915 daily[1]
Rank	32 out of 98
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station NoMa–Gallaudet U towardShady Grove Red Line Brookland–CUA towardGlenmont
Former Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station Union Station towardFarragut North Green Line Commuter Shortcut Brookland-CUA towardGreenbelt
Route map Brookland-CUA NoMa–Gallaudet U
Location

Rhode Island Avenue station (also known asRhode Island Avenue–Brentwood) is aWashington Metrostation inWashington, D.C., on theRed Line. The station is located in theBrentwood neighborhood ofNortheast, on an elevated platform crossingRhode Island Avenue NE (U.S. Route 1)

The station was built on land formerly part of the African-AmericanColumbian Harmony Cemetery. When the station was constructed in 1976, workers discovered that not all the bodies had been moved. At least five coffins were unearthed, and numerous bones.^[2] A plaque was affixed to a column near one of the station's entrances to commemorate the former cemetery.^[3] When a parking lot at the site was renovated in 1979, more bones and bits of cloth and coffins were unearthed.^[2]

Service began on March 27, 1976, as one of the first stations in the system, opening as the eastern terminus of the Red Line.^[4] It was replaced as the eastern terminus bySilver Spring on February 6, 1978.^[5]

From the time the station opened on March 27, 1976, all the way up until November 20, 2004, the station was originally just named, "Rhode Island Avenue". However; on November 20, 2004, during exactly the same time WMATA opened its brand new "New York Avenue - Florida Avenue - Galludet University" Metrorail Station in between the Rhode Island Avenue Metro Station & Union Station, the "Rhode Island Avenue" Metro Station, was officially renamed, "Rhode Island Avenue - Brentwood" in recognition of theBrentwood neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., which the station is located in. However; this particular name change of the Rhode Island Avenue Metro Station, was only initially reflected on WMATA's Metrorail Rider Guides, System Maps, and on most of WMATA's newer/updated Metrobus Schedules for each of the Metrobus Routes that served the Rhode Island Avenue Metro Station. The pylons and station signage, on the other hand, did not officially reflect the new name change of the station, until they were eventually replaced with brand new pylons and station signage during July/August, 2005.

In the summer of 2018 from July 21 to September 3, the station was shut down for platform repairs due to settling of the platform and decaying concrete caused by salty de-icer used in the winter.^[6]

In May 2018, Metro announced an extensive renovation of platforms at twenty stations across the system. The platforms at the Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood station would be rebuilt starting in September 2020.^[7]

The station's main entrance is located just south of Rhode Island Avenue on Washington Street N.E. The station'sisland platform is stated to have the highest elevation of any Metro station in the system.^{[citation needed]}

• WMATA's Brentwood Rail Yard
• USPS Washington Main Office
• Edgewood Terrace Apartment Complex
• Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Building

• Media related toRhode Island Avenue – Brentwood (WMATA station) at Wikimedia Commons

• WMATA Rhode Island Avenue station page

• The Schumin Web Transit Center:Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood Station
• Rhode Island Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View

• Stations on the Red Line (Washington Metro)
• Washington Metro stations in Washington, D.C.
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1976
• 1976 establishments in Washington, D.C.
• African-American history of Washington, D.C.

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