Forest Avenue station

Forest Avenue
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
Division	B (BMT)
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	August 9, 1915; 109 years ago
Closed	July 1, 2017; 7 years ago (temporary line closure)
Reopened	September 1, 2017; 6 years ago
Opposite-; direction; transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	923,548 7.2%
Rank	307 out of 423
Station succession
Next east	Template:NYCS next
Next west	Template:NYCS next
Location
Track layout
	Legend
Street map
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times

Forest Avenue 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.

Station layout

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

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

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.

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.^[4] There was also an exit at the west end that led to Woodward Avenue.

References

^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ridgewood" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

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
Platform from Google Maps Street View

[SASDEIS-DIVISION-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.

[riderref-2] "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[3] "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[maps-4] "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ridgewood" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

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