The Metro Board of Directors voted to rename the Prince George’s Plaza Metro station “Hyattsville Crossing.”

Still, it will take a few months before Metro riders see the change. New signs and maps won’t appear until July, when they are updated for the opening of the Silver Line.

The name change comes as Hyattsville has sought to shift perceptions of the area away from the nearby Mall at Prince George’s and toward the newer apartments, row homes and restaurants in the surrounding area.

A survey with more than 5,500 responses taken before the board meeting showed that people preferred Prince George’s Plaza to Hyattsville Crossing, 51 to 33 percent. Respondents were particularly concerned that the station could be confused with others and the name doesn’t describe the location well.

But planners noted that the rail station was named after the mall, which changed its name in 2004, and that current plans for the area call for a more walkable, transit-oriented community. Plus, they noted that only 51 percent of respondents liked the name Prince George’s Plaza.

“In approving the County’s request, the Board would be supporting its effort to rebrand the area, promote transit-oriented development and create a transit district where people want to live, work, visit, and shop,” they wrote. “The weak support for the existing station name suggests that riders will eventually embrace the new station name as it become identifiable.”

The new name came from a community planning effort in 2017.