Prince George's County Planning Department


Metro Area Stations

West Hyattsville Metrorail Station

Station Area Vision

The General Plan designates this station area as a Community Center. Community Centers are concentrations of activities, services and land uses that serve the immediate community. These typically include a variety of public facilities and services—integrated commercial, office and residential development—and can include mixed-use and higher intensity redevelopment. The most intensive development should occur in close proximity to the Metro station, with less intensive development radiating out to the edges.

West Hyattsville Metrorail Station

  • Located near Queens Chapel and Ager Roads.
  • There is a 100-year floodplain on a portion of the station site and on the majority of the surrounding area.
  • The nearest communities are City of Hyattsville, City of Mount Rainier, and the Chillum neighborhood.
  • The General Plan places this station in the Developed Tier and classifies it as a Community Center.
  • Access is via Ager Road and Jamestown Road.
Summary of Allowable Uses

The land uses planned within one-half mile of the Metro station are singlefamily and multifamily residential, office, service and retail commercial, mixed-use, public recreation, and open space. The West Hyattsville Transit District Development Plan (1998) is the applicable sector plan for this Metro station area.

Sites in Public Ownership

WMATA owns 27.5 acres including the station and parking area.

map_Branch_Avenue_Metro_small Quick Facts (WMATA Data 2010)

Transit Ridership:3,784 entries
3,566 exits
Transit:8 Metrobus routes
1 THE BUS route
2 MTA commuter bus routes
Parking:3,072-space surface lot
150-space metered surface lot
Bike Parking:There are 50 bike racks and 26 lockers available at this station
Car Sharing:Available at this station. (Read More)


The West Hyattsville site is located in Hyattsville, Prince George’s County, Maryland northwest of Queens Chapel Road, between Ager Road and Chillum Road at the intersection of Agar Road and Hamilton Street Immediate access to the site is provided by Ager Road, a four-lane north-south road. It extends from Queens Chapel Road to Route 410/East-West Highway which, in turn, connects the site to employment and retail centers in Silver Spring, Bethesda and other Montgomery County locations. Queens Chapel Road, which forms the site’s southern boundary, connects the site to the District of Columbia to the southwest. With close proximity to the University of Maryland to the northeast and Catholic University and Howard University to the southwest, the site has the potential to become an academic and bohemian Mecca. Hyattsville received a $70-million Gateway Arts District grant which stimulated the development of art studios, galleries, and subsidized housing for artists.
Approved Transit District Development Plan and Transit District Overlay Zoning Map Amendment for the West Hyattsville Transit District Overlay Zone (July 2006)

This document contains text and maps of the Approved Transit District Development Plan and Transit District Overlay Zoning Map Amendment for the West Hyattsville Transit District Overlay Zone. This plan will amend the 1998 West Hyattsville Approved Transit District Development Plan for the Transit District Overlay Zone and portions of the 1994 Planning Area 68 Master Plan. Developed by the Commission with the assistance of the community, this plan contains a comprehensive development vision, development review process requirements, and form-based development standards and guidelines. Together, these elements comprise the amended West Hyattsville Transit District Development Plan (TDDP). It controls and guides the use and development of all land within the amended Transit District Overlay Zone (TDOZ) from the initial submittal of plans to the issuance of permits. Together, the TDOZ and TDDP are intended to foster transit-oriented development that increases the use of public transit, maximizes return on investment in transit facilities and services, encourages appropriate development near transit stations with coordinated urban design elements, and increases local tax revenues.

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