Forest Hills–71st Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line)

Forest Hills–71st Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Manhattan bound platform
Station statistics
Address	71st Avenue & Queens Boulevard Queens, NY 11375
Borough	Queens
Locale	Forest Hills
Coordinates	40°43′17″N 73°50′38″W / 40.721404°N 73.844004°W / 40.721404; -73.844004Coordinates: 40°43′17″N 73°50′38″W / 40.721404°N 73.844004°W / 40.721404; -73.844004
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Queens Boulevard Line
Services	E  (all times)       F  (all times)       M  (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.)       R  (all hours except late nights)
Transit connections	MTA Bus: Q23, Q60, Q64, QM11, QM12, QM18 LIRR: City Terminal Zone (at Forest Hills)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	December 31, 1936; 80 years ago (1936-12-31)
Accessible
Wireless service
Former/other names	71st–Continental Avenues–Forest Hills
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	8,654,547  0.8%
Rank	41 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike (express): E  75th Avenue (local): E  F  (Terminal): M  R  World's Fair (IND World's Fair Line; demolished)
Next south	67th Avenue (local): E  M  R  Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue (express): E  F
Next north	Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike: E  F
Next south	Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue: E  F  M  R
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only Stops weekdays only
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Forest Hills–71st Avenue (previously known as 71st–Continental Avenues) 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. It is served by the E and F trains at all times, the R train at all times except late nights, and the M train on weekdays except late nights. It serves as the terminus for the latter two services.

The Queens Boulevard Line was one of the first lines built by the city-owned Independent Subway System (IND), and stretches between the IND Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan and 179th Street and Hillside Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. The Queens Boulevard Line was in part financed by a Public Works Administration (PWA) loan and grant of $25,000,000. One of the proposed stations would have been located at 71st Avenue. In the late 1920s, with the news of the subway extension, real estate prices soared, and older buildings were demolished in order to make way for new development. In 1930, in anticipation of growth due to the building of the Queens Boulevard Line, several blocks of land along Queens Boulevard were rezoned so that fifteen-story apartment buildings could be built.

Queens Borough President George Harvey predicted that the introduction of the subway to Forest Hills would turn Queens Boulevard into the "Park Avenue of Queens". The construction of the subway encouraged the development of apartments, which after the line's completion would lure residents from Midtown Manhattan. There was even more development at the location surrounding this station location because it offered an affordable express route to Manhattan, making Forest Hills a more desirable place to live.