Forest Hills (LIRR station)
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Address | Continental Avenue (71st Avenue) & Austin Street Forest Hills, New York |
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Connections | New York City Subway: at Forest Hills–71st Avenue MTA Bus Company: Q23, Q64 |
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Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1906 | ||||||||||
Closed | 1911 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | August 5, 1911 | ||||||||||
Electrified | June 16, 1910 | ||||||||||
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Owned by | MTA | ||||||||||
Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
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Forest Hills is a wheelchair accessible station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road. It serves the residents of Forest Hills, Queens and is located The station is located at Austin Street and Continental Avenue (71st Avenue), just south of Queens Boulevard, within the City Terminal Zone. There are two side platforms, which can hold a 4-car train. The station is located within Fare Zone 1, and is in the CityTicket program. The station is located in an area of Forest Hills known as Station Square. Built in 1906 and rebuilt in 1911, the station is the only one in the system not to have standard blue and white signage. Instead, there are plaques and historic style signage within and around the station, complementing to the architecture to the stationhouse, and the surrounding area.
[edit] Bus and Rail Connections
- Forest Hills–71st Avenue station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line (E F G R V)
[edit] External links
- Forest Hills (LIRR station) is at coordinates Coordinates: