Forest Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)
Forest Avenue | |||||||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||||
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| 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°WCoordinates: 40°42′17″N 73°54′07″W / 40.704619°N 73.901982°W | ||||||||||
| Division | B (BMT) | ||||||||||
| Line | BMT Myrtle Avenue Line | ||||||||||
| Services |
M  (all times) | ||||||||||
| Transit connections |
 New York City Bus: B13, B20, Q58 MTA Bus: Q39, QM24, QM25 | ||||||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | August 9, 1915 | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2015) |
1,317,289[1]  6.6% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 325 out of 422 | ||||||||||
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Forest Avenue is a station on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. The station is served by the M train at all times.
Station layout
| P Platform level |
Westbound | ← toward 71st Avenue (weekdays), Essex Street (weekends), Myrtle Avenue (late nights) (Seneca Avenue) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Eastbound | → toward Metropolitan Avenue (Fresh Pond Road) → | |
| M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent |
| G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
Forest Avenue has two tracks and an island platform. The exit is at the east end of the station and leads to Forest Avenue. There was also an exit at the west end that lead to Woodward Avenue. The canopy is metal while the mezzanine is wood. West of the station, there is space for a center track.
Forest Avenue Station was originally built in 1915 by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, along with two other nearby stations. 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.
References
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
External links
- nycsubway.org—BMT Myrtle Avenue Line: Seneca Avenue
- Station Reporter — M Train
- The Subway Nut — Forest Avenue Pictures
- Putnam Avenue entrance (near Forest Avenue) from Google Maps Street View
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