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Forest Avenue station

Coordinates: 40°42′17″N 73°54′07″W / 40.704619°N 73.901982°W / 40.704619; -73.901982
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 Forest Avenue
 "M" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
AddressForest Avenue & Putnam Avenue
Queens, New York
BoroughQueens
LocaleRidgewood
Coordinates40°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)
Transit
StructureElevated
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedFebruary 22, 1915; 109 years ago (1915-02-22)
ClosedJuly 1, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-07-01) (temporary line closure)
ReopenedSeptember 1, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-09-01)
Opposite-
direction
transfer
Yes
Traffic
2023923,548[2]Increase 7.2%
Rank307 out of 423[2]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Seneca Avenue Fresh Pond Road
Location
Forest Avenue station is located in New York City Subway
Forest Avenue station
Forest Avenue station is located in New York City
Forest Avenue station
Forest Avenue station is located in New York
Forest Avenue station
Track layout

Street map

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

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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.[3][4][5] 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

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Platform level Westbound "M" train toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue weekdays, Essex Street weekends, Myrtle Avenue late nights (Seneca Avenue)
Island platform
Eastbound "M" train toward Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue (Fresh Pond Road)
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines
Ground 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

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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.[6] There was also an exit at the west end that led to Woodward Avenue.

References

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  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. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Article 11 -- No Title" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  5. ^ Senate, New York (State) Legislature (1916). Documents of the Senate of the State of New York. E. Croswell.
  6. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ridgewood" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
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