Forest Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)

 Forest Avenue
 "M" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
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; -73.901982Coordinates: 40°42′17″N 73°54′07″W / 40.704619°N 73.901982°W / 40.704619; -73.901982
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
Other information
Opened August 9, 1915 (1915-08-09)
Closed July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) (temporary line closure)
Reopened September 1, 2017 (2017-09-01)
Station code 110[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 796,742[2] Decrease 12.9%
Rank 381 out of 425
Station succession
Next east Fresh Pond Road: M 
Next west Seneca Avenue: M 

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

Track layout
to Fresh Pond Rd
to Seneca Av
Northwestern stairs
P
Platform level		 Westbound ← "M" train toward Forest Hills weekdays, Essex Street weekends,
→ "M" train Myrtle Avenue nights (Seneca Avenue)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound → "M" train toward Middle Village (Fresh Pond Road) →
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G 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.[3] There was also an exit at the west end that led to Woodward Avenue.

References

  1. ↑ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  3. ↑ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ridgewood" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
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