Forest Avenue station

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 Forest Avenue
 "M" train
MTA NYC logo.svg New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Forest Avenue - Platform.jpg
Station statistics
AddressForest Avenue & Putnam Avenue
Queens, NY 11385
BoroughQueens
LocaleRidgewood
Coordinates40°42′17″N 73°54′07″W / 40.704619°N 73.901982°W / 40.704619; -73.901982Coordinates: 40°42′17″N 73°54′07″W / 40.704619°N 73.901982°W / 40.704619; -73.901982
DivisionB (BMT)[1]
LineBMT Myrtle Avenue Line
Services   M all times (all times)
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: B13, B20, Q58
Bus transport MTA Bus: Q39
StructureElevated
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedFebruary 22, 1915; 106 years ago (1915-02-22)
ClosedJuly 1, 2017; 4 years ago (2017-07-01) (temporary line closure)
ReopenedSeptember 1, 2017; 4 years ago (2017-09-01)
Station code110[2]
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20191,310,163[4] Increase 41.2%
Rank323 out of 424[4]
Station succession
Next eastFresh Pond Road: M all times
Next westSeneca Avenue: M all times
Location
Forest Avenue station is located in New York City Subway
Forest Avenue station
Track layout

Legend
to Fresh Pond Rd
to Seneca Av
Street map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times

The Forest Avenue station is a station on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located on a private right-of-way in Ridgewood, Queens, the station is served by the M train at all times. The station opened in 1915 as part of the Dual Contracts.

History[]

This station opened on February 22, 1915 by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company as part of a project to elevate a portion of the Myrtle Avenue Line, which had run at street level. This work was completed as part of the Dual Contracts.[5][6][7] The Myrtle Avenue Elevated line was already extended to Middle Village nine years earlier. The station was acquired by Brooklyn Manhattan Transit Company in 1923, and later by the New York City Board of Transportation in 1940.

Station layout[]

P
Platform level 		Westbound ← "M" train toward Forest Hills weekdays, Essex Street weekends, Myrtle Avenue late nights (Seneca Avenue)
Island platform
Eastbound → "M" train toward Metropolitan Avenue (Fresh Pond Road) →
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G Street level Exit/entrance

This elevated station has two tracks and an island platform. The canopy is metal while the mezzanine under the station is wood.

Exits[]

The only open exit is at the east end of the station. Stairs from the platform lead down to a mezzanine below the tracks, from which two stairs lead to the western side of Forest Avenue on opposite sides of the intersection of Fairview and Putnam Avenues.[8] There was also an exit at the west end that led to Woodward Avenue.

References[]

  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. ^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  5. ^ Roess, Roger P.; Sansone, Gene (August 23, 2012). The Wheels That Drove New York: A History of the New York City Transit System. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783642304842.
  6. ^ "Article 11 -- No Title" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  7. ^ Senate, New York (State) Legislature (1916). Documents of the Senate of the State of New York. E. Croswell.
  8. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ridgewood" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

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