Forest Avenue station

New York City Subway station in Queens

New York City Subway station in Queens, New York

Forest Avenue

New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
Address| Forest Avenue & Putnam Avenue
Queens, NY 11385
Borough| Queens
Locale| Ridgewood
Coordinates| 40°42′17″N 73°54′07″W﻿ / ﻿40.704619°N 73.901982°W﻿ / 40.704619; -73.901982
Division| B (BMT)[1]
Line| BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
Services|  M (all times)
Transit|

* NYCT Bus: B13, B20, Q58
* MTA Bus: Q39

Structure| Elevated
Platforms| 1 island platform
Tracks| 2
Other information
Opened| February 22, 1915; 108 years ago (1915-02-22)
Closed| July 1, 2017; 6 years ago (2017-07-01) (temporary line closure)
Reopened| September 1, 2017; 6 years ago (2017-09-01)
Opposite-
direction
transfer| Yes
Traffic
2022| 861,278[3] 24.9%
Rank| 308 out of 423[3]
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toward 57th Street

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toward Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue

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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[edit]

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.[4][5][6] 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[edit]

Platform level | Westbound | ←  toward 57th Street weekdays, Essex Street weekends, Myrtle Avenue late nights (Seneca Avenue)

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Island platform
Eastbound | → toward Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue (Fresh Pond Road) →
Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard 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[edit]

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

## References[edit]

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. ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2017–2022)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
3. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2017–2022)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ "Article 11 -- No Title" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
6. ^ Senate, New York (State) Legislature (1916). Documents of the Senate of the State of New York. E. Croswell.
7. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ridgewood" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

## External links[edit]

* nycsubway.org – BMT Myrtle Avenue Line: Seneca Avenue
* Station Reporter — M Train
* The Subway Nut — Forest Avenue Pictures Archived 2018-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
* Putnam Avenue entrance (near Forest Avenue) from Google Maps Street View
* Platform from Google Maps Street View

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* Fresh Pond Road
* Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue

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Myrtle Ave. Line

* Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue
* Fresh Pond Road
* Forest Avenue
* Seneca Avenue
* Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues
* Knickerbocker Avenue
* Central Avenue
* [to Myrtle Avenue, Jamaica Line →]
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* Sumner Avenue
* Tompkins Avenue
* Nostrand Avenue
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* Washington Avenue
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