Forest Hills–71st Avenue station

Coordinates: 40°43′17″N 73°50′38″W / 40.721404°N 73.844004°W / 40.721404; -73.844004
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For other places with the same name, see Forest Hill station.

 Forest Hills–71 Avenue
 
Forest Hills station
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 island platforms
cross-platform interchange
Tracks4
Other information
OpenedDecember 31, 1936; 87 years ago (1936-12-31)
AccessibleThis station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Former/other names71st–Continental Avenues–Forest Hills
Traffic
20235,509,732[2] Increase 14.9%
Rank42 out of 423[2]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
<F> two rush hour trains, peak direction
westbound
Express 		Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike
E weekdays until 9:00 p.m.
toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer
<F> two rush hour trains, peak direction
toward Jamaica–179th Street
67th Avenue
E late nights ​F late nights ​M weekdays during the day ​R all times except late nights
via Queens Plaza
Local 		Terminus
Location
Forest Hills–71st Avenue station is located in New York City Subway
Forest Hills–71st Avenue station
Forest Hills–71st Avenue station is located in New York City
Forest Hills–71st Avenue station
Forest Hills–71st Avenue station is located in New York
Forest Hills–71st Avenue station
Track layout

Legend
to Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike
to 75th Avenue
to
Jamaica Yard
to 67th Avenue
to
Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Ave
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only (limited service) Stops rush hours in the peak direction only (limited service)
Stops late nights and weekends Stops late nights and weekends

The Forest Hills–71st Avenue station (previously known as 71st–Continental Avenues station) is an express

terminus
for the M and R services.

History

A Manhattan-bound R train arriving at the station

The Queens Boulevard Line was one of the first lines built by the city-owned

179th Street and Hillside Avenue in Jamaica, Queens.[4][6][7] One of the proposed stations would have been located at 71st Avenue. During the late 1920s, in anticipation of the arrival of the subway, land was bought by developers and was built up.[8] Zoning laws were changed to allow fifteen-story apartment buildings to be built,[9] and made the neighborhood of Forest Hills a more desirable place to live, especially as it was an express stop. Queens Borough President George Harvey predicted that the introduction of the subway to Forest Hills would turn Queens Boulevard into the "Park Avenue of Queens."[8]
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The first section of the line opened on August 19, 1933 from the connection to the Eighth Avenue Line at

Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights.[10] Later that year, a $23 million loan was approved to finance the remainder of the line, along with other IND lines.[11] The remainder of the line was built by the Public Works Administration.[12][13] In 1934 and 1935, construction of the extension to Jamaica was suspended for 15 months and was halted by strikes.[14] Construction was further delayed due to a strike in 1935, instigated by electricians opposing wages paid by the General Railway Signal Company.[15] By August 1935, work had resumed on the 71st Avenue station and three other stations on the Queens Boulevard Line.[16] In August 1936, tracks were installed all the way to 178th Street, and the stations to Union Turnpike were completed.[14]

On December 31, 1936, the IND Queens Boulevard Line was extended by eight stops, and 3.5 miles (5.6 km), from its previous terminus at

Roosevelt Avenue to Union Turnpike, and the 71st Avenue station opened as part of this extension.[17][18][19] As a result of the extension, areas in Elmhurst were accessible by subway.[20] The E train, which initially served all stops on the new extension, began making express stops in April 1937,[21] and local GG trains began serving the extension at the time.[22]

The station was proposed as a transfer station between the never-built

Woodside.[23] The bypass station would have had a mezzanine, two platform levels (an upper platform for Jamaica and Southeast Queens-bound trains; a lower platform for Manhattan-bound trains), a new elevator entrance, and an expanded mezzanine, with escalators and stairs connecting the new platform levels to the existing platforms.[23][24] The new station would have been built on the south side of Queens Boulevard, south of the existing station.[23][24]

In 2014, the

Americans With Disabilities Act; the upgrade included passenger elevators to serve the street level, mezzanine and platforms. This project was completed by March 2014 after a three-month delay.[25][26][27] However, a ribbon-cutting for the new elevators was not held until May 15, 2014.[28]

Station layout

Ground Street level Exit/entrance
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent
Disabled access Elevator on south side of Queens Boulevard between 70th Road and 71st Avenue
Platform level Southbound local ← "M" train toward Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue weekdays (67th Avenue)
← "R" train toward Bay Ridge–95th Street (67th Avenue)
← "E" train toward World Trade Center, "F" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue late nights (67th Avenue)
Island platform Disabled access
Southbound express ← "E" train toward World Trade Center (Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue)
← "F" train"F" express train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue)
Northbound express → "E" train toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike weekdays, 75th Avenue evenings/weekends) →
→ "F" train"F" express train toward Jamaica–179th Street (75th Avenue) →
Island platform Disabled access
Northbound local → "M" train "R" train termination track →
→ "E" train toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer, "F" train toward Jamaica–179th Street late nights (75th Avenue) →
Track wall tile band and caption

The station has four tracks and two

Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue for express trains. The next stop to the east (railroad north) is 75th Avenue for local E and F trains and Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike for express E trains.[31]

To the east, the line widens to six tracks, with two tracks starting between the local and express tracks in each direction, then ramping down to a lower level, where they widen to four tracks and run under the

Jamaica Yard. M and R trains discharge their passengers on the northbound platform and proceed to one of the innermost two tracks to relay and return back southbound to recruit their passengers. F trains during the day and E trains on weekdays during the evening and on weekends during the day switch from the express track to the local track east of the station. This station has four punch boxes: two each at the eastern end and western end.[29]

Both outer track walls have a light Fern green tile band with a black border and small "71st AVE" tile captions below them in white lettering on a black background.[32] The tile band is part of a color-coded tile system used throughout the IND.[33] The tile colors were designed to facilitate navigation for travelers going away from Lower Manhattan. As such, a different tile color is used at Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike, the next express station to the east. The green tiles used at the 71st Avenue station were also used at 75th Avenue, the only local station between 71st Avenue and Union Turnpike.[34][35]

New York City designated landmark

The station's I-beam columns are painted emerald green with signs reading "71 - Forest Hills", while older signs on the black columns between the express tracks read "CONTINENTAL AVENUE - Forest Hills" in black lettering on a white background.[36][37]

Exits

There are two

mezzanine above the platforms and tracks. The western section of the mezzanine is bounded on the west by the exit to the western side of 70th Road and the northern side of Queens Boulevard. There used to be a part-time booth at this location. On the east end, the fare control area is sided by a passageway out of fare control connecting the exits between 70th Road and 71st Avenue. There used to be a part-time booth at the northern section of the passageway. An elevator is located at the southern exit between 70th Road and 71st Avenue and makes the station ADA-accessible. The second fare control area is in between the aforementioned fare free passageway and the passageways connecting to the exits at 71st Avenue. At the eastern end of the mezzanine there is a staircase leading to Queens Boulevard between 71st Avenue and 71st Road on the northern side, and a staircase leading to the intersection of 71st Avenue and Queens Boulevard on the south side. There are seven staircases to each platform.[38][39][40]

Signage

On the current MTA map

Forest Hills Gardens) has been included in the name[43] and is used on the rollsigns of older rolling stock such as the R32. As of 2011
, the platform signage reads 71–Continental Av–Forest Hills.

Points of interest

Nearby points of interest include:

References

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