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Forest Avenue
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
Address	Forest Avenue & Putnam Avenue Queens, New York
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)
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; 109 years ago (1915-02-22)
Closed	July 1, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-07-01) (temporary line closure)
Reopened	September 1, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-09-01)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	923,548  7.2%
Rank	307 out of 423
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Seneca Avenuetoward Forest Hills–71st Avenue Fresh Pond Roadtoward Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue
Location Show map of New York City SubwayShow map of New York CityShow map of New York
Track layout Legend to Fresh Pond Road to Seneca Avenue
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

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

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. 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

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

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

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

References

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 (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
3. 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.
4. "Article 11 -- No Title" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
5. Senate, New York (State) Legislature (1916). Documents of the Senate of the State of New York. E. Croswell.
6. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ridgewood" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2016.

External links

• 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

v t e Stations of the New York City Subway, by service
Queens Boulevard/  Sixth Avenue Local	Forest Hills–71st Avenue 67th Avenue 63rd Drive–Rego Park Woodhaven Boulevard Grand Avenue–Newtown Elmhurst Avenue Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue 65th Street Northern Boulevard 46th Street Steinway Street 36th Street Queens Plaza Court Square–23rd Street Lexington Avenue–53rd Street Fifth Avenue/53rd Street 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center 42nd Street–Bryant Park 34th Street–Herald Square 23rd Street 14th Street West Fourth Street–Washington Square Broadway–Lafayette Street Essex Street Marcy Avenue Hewes Street Lorimer Street Flushing Avenue Myrtle Avenue Central Avenue Knickerbocker Avenue Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues Seneca Avenue Forest Avenue Fresh Pond Road Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Note: Service variations, station closures, and reroutes are not reflected here. Stations with asterisks have no regular peak, reverse peak, or midday service on that route. See linked articles for more information.

v t e Stations of the New York City Subway, by line (physical trackage)
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 →] Broadway Demolished stations Sumner Avenue Tompkins Avenue Nostrand Avenue Franklin Avenue Grand Avenue Washington Avenue Vanderbilt Avenue Navy Street Bridge–Jay Streets Adams Street Sands Street
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Stations and line segments in italics are closed, demolished, or planned (temporary closures are marked with asterisks). Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. Struck through passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.

• BMT Myrtle Avenue Line stations
• New York City Subway stations in Queens, New York
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1915
• 1915 establishments in New York City
• Ridgewood, Queens