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[[Image:Wit_Stwosz_Matejko.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Veit Stoss painted by [[Jan Matejko]]]]

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'''Veit Stoss''' ([[Polish language|Polish]]: '''Wit Stwosz''') (ca. 1445-50 in [[Horb am Neckar]] (Horb at [[Neckar]]) - [[20 September]] [[1533]] in [[Nuremberg]]) was a famous German [[sculptor]] who came to [[Kraków]], [[Poland]] from [[Nuremberg]] in [[1477]].

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|opened = [[December 28]], [[1991]]

|platform = Center platform

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|line info = {{WMATA line|previous=[[Anacostia (Washington Metro)|Anacostia]]|line=Green|next=[[Waterfront-SEU (Washington Metro)|Waterfront-SEU]]}}

|}}'''Navy Yard''' is a [[Washington Metro]] station in [[Washington, DC]] on the [[Green Line (Washington Metro)|Green Line]]. The station is located in [[Washington DC (southeast)|Southeast Washington]], with entrances on M Street at Half Street and New Jersey Avenue.

The station is named for the nearby [[Washington Navy Yard]]. The industrial neighborhood is a focus for redevelopment; the Arthur Capper and Carrollsburg Dwellings, nearby [[public housing]] projects, are scheduled for demolition. The Southeast Federal Center, a U.S. government office complex built on the former Navy Yard Annex, opened in [[2000]]; the station serves many commuters to the new headquarters of the [[United States Department of Transportation]] and other agencies. The main tourist attraction is the [[Navy Museum]], on the grounds of the Navy Yard.

He carved a magnificent wooden [[altar]] in [[St. Mary's Church, Kraków|St Mary's Church in Kraków]]. Among his important works are the tomb of [[Polish king]] [[Casimir_IV_of_Poland|Casimir IV the Jagiellonian]] in the [[Cracow Cathedral]], the [[Altar from Bamberg]] and some other sculptures in [[Nuremberg]], including the Annunciation and Tobias and the Angel.

Plans for a [[Washington Nationals#The_Ballpark_Controversy|new baseball stadium]] for the [[Washington Nationals]] also call for expansion of the station to serve game-day crowds.

Currently, there is a 1/3rd scale replica of the Alter in St. Mary's Church in Kraków in St. John Cantius, located in [[Chicago]], IL

==History==

[[Image:Gothic altar veit stoss.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[Veit Stoss Altar]], [[St. Mary's Church, Kraków]]]]

A station serving the Navy Yard area existed in original plans for Metro; however, the routing of the Green Line below proved controversial. In [[1976]] the original routing was rejected as too costly and disruptive. A new study proposed a more westerly path which would move the Anacostia station west, replace the Good Hope Road station with one at [[Congress Heights (Washington Metro)|Congress Heights]], and terminate at Brinkley instead of [[Branch Ave (Washington Metro)|Branch Ave]]. In December [[1977]] public hearings this route was criticized as disserving poorer landowners in the area, but WMATA approved the western route in [[1980]], scheduled to open in [[1986]]. Supporters of the Branch Avenue route then took the case to the [[U.S. District Court]].

The court ruled in February [[1981]] that the 1977 hearings were invalid, as insufficient public notice had been given, and issued an injunction halting construction below the [[Waterfront-SEU (Washington Metro)|Waterfront station]]. New hearings were held in June [[1982]], but the court again ruled against WMATA in October [[1983]]. A third set of hearings in July [[1984]] finally selected the present route, allowing constructon to commence.[http://www.roadstothefuture.com/Metro_Branch_Ave_Opening.html]

==External links==

* [http://gallery.euroweb.hu/html/s/stoss/ Gallery of Works]

* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14310a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia]

Navy Yard is the last station prior to crossing the [[Anacostia River]]; the tunnel below the Anacostia was the first drilled with a [[tunnel boring machine]] in the United States. Service to the station finally began on [[December 28]], [[1991]] with the extension of the Green Line to [[Anacostia (Washington Metro)|Anacostia]].

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==References==

[[Category:15th century births]]

* RoadstotheFuture.com: "[http://www.roadstothefuture.com/Metro_Branch_Ave_Opening.html Metrorail Branch Avenue Route Completion]"

[[Category:1533 deaths|Stoss, Veit]]

==External links==

* WMATA: [http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/Stations/station.cfm?station=84 Navy Yard Station]

* Stationmasters.com: [http://www.stationmasters.com/System_Map/NAVYYARD/navyyard.html Navy Yard Station]

* world.nycsubway.org: [http://world.nycsubway.org/us/washdc/green/wmata-green-navy.html Navy Yard Station]

* The Schumin Web Transit Center: [http://transit.schuminweb.com/rail/washington/stations/green/navy-yard.asp Navy Yard Station]

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