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The Forest Hills–71st Avenue station (previously known as the 71st–Continental Avenues station) is an express station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway, located on Queens Boulevard at 71st (Continental) Avenue in Forest Hills, Queens.
The station building was constructed in the same Tudor style as the building known as the "Forest Hills Inn" located across Station Square. [5] The station is also just east of the West Side Tennis Club. Two blocks to the north along 71st Avenue is the Forest Hills–71st Avenue subway station, one of the busiest in Queens.
The M operates via Sixth Avenue and 53rd Street to Queens Plaza before making local stops to Forest Hills–71st Avenue on weekdays. [12] The R enters Queens Boulevard from the Broadway Line and the 60th Street Tunnel before making local stops to Forest Hills–71st Avenue at all times except late nights. [ 12 ]
Forest Avenue: B Myrtle Avenue Line M February 22, 1915 [28] Forest Hills–71st Avenue**† B Queens Boulevard Line E F <F> M R December 31, 1936 [29] Fresh Pond Road: B Myrtle Avenue Line M February 22, 1915 [28] Grand Avenue–Newtown: B Queens Boulevard Line E F M
At 104th Street, it turns right, then the Q23 turns left again at 43rd Avenue and right at 108th Street, following the path of the northbound route until 69th Avenue in Forest Hills. [5] The Q23 turns left onto Loubet Street, then makes a right onto 71st Avenue, since Kessel Street is one-way northwest-bound.
The V ceased operation on Friday, June 25, 2010, with the last train bound for Forest Hills–71st Avenue leaving Lower East Side–Second Avenue at 11:33 p.m. [22] Official M service via the Chrystie Street Connection began on Monday, June 28, 2010.
The following New York City Subway stations serve Forest Hills: [85] 67th Avenue (M and R trains) Forest Hills–71st Avenue (E, F, <F>, M, and R trains) 75th Avenue (E, F, and <F> trains) Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike (E, F, and <F> trains) The neighborhood also has a Long Island Rail Road commuter rail station: the Forest Hills station.
As such, the blue tiles used at the Woodhaven Boulevard station are also used at Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue, the next express station to the west, while a different tile color is used at Forest Hills–71st Avenue, the next express station to the east. Blue tiles are similarly used at the other local stations between Roosevelt Avenue ...