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The Forest Hills station is a station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), located in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens in New York City.It is lightly used compared to other stations in the city, with 2,408 daily riders in 2023; [3] many residents opt for the subway because of its more frequent service, cheaper fares, and direct express trains to Midtown Manhattan.
Schematic diagram of Long Island Rail Road services and stations. The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is a commuter railway system serving all four counties of Long Island, with two stations in the Manhattan borough of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. Its operator is the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York.
Forest Hills LIRR station, located in Station Square in Forest Hills Gardens at Burns Street. [43] [44] Ridgewood Savings Bank, Forest Hills Branch, designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission since 2000. [48] West Side Tennis Club, containing Forest Hills Stadium, which hosted the US Open tennis tournament ...
On March 17, 1936, at a hearing of the New York State Transit Commission and the New York State Public Service Commission, the LIRR said that it would seek permission in 1937 to abandon the three stations along the Main Line between Jamaica and Pennsylvania Station—Kew Gardens, Forest Hills, and Woodside. The LIRR had said that it anticipated ...
It is the first new station built by the LIRR in nearly 50 years; the last new station added was the former Southampton College station on the Montauk Branch, which opened in 1976 and closed in 1998, due to low ridership and the high cost of installing high-level platforms for the then-new C3 railcars. [165]
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New York City Bus: B62 MTA Bus: Q67 Woodside, Queens: Woodside: Long Island Rail Road: Port Washington Branch New York City Subway: 7 and <7> at (61st Street–Woodside) New York City Bus: Q32 MTA Bus: Q18, Q53 SBS, Q70 SBS Forest Hills, Queens: Forest Hills: New York City Subway: E, F, <F>, M, and R (at Forest Hills–71st Avenue)
Stations Subway transfers Connections and notes Queens: Queens Boulevard Line: Forest Hills–71st Avenue [a] E F G R: LIRR Main Line at Forest Hills: 67th Avenue: G R: 63rd Drive–Rego Park: G R: Q72 to LaGuardia Airport: Woodhaven Boulevard: G R: Grand Avenue–Newtown: G R: Elmhurst Avenue: G R: Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue: E F G R 7 ...