Forest Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)

Forest Avenue
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; 101 years ago (1915-08-09)
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,317,289  6.6%
Rank	325 out of 425
Station succession
Preceding station   New York City Subway   Following station Seneca Avenue toward Myrtle Avenue, Essex Street, or 71st Avenue BMT Myrtle Avenue Line M  Fresh Pond Road toward Metropolitan Avenue
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
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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.

Forest Avenue has two tracks and an island platform. The canopy is metal while the mezzanine under the station is wood. West of the station, there is space for a center track.

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.

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.

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