Forest Hills (LIRR station)

Infobox Station
name=Forest Hills
style=LIRR

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image_size=
image_caption=Looking at Platform B
address=Continental Avenue (71st Avenue) & Austin Street
Forest Hills, New York
line=rail color box|system=LIRR|line=City Main
other=New York City Subway:
NYCS-bull-small|ENYCS-bull-small|FNYCS-bull-small|GNYCS-bull-small|RNYCS-bull-small|V at Forest Hills–71st Avenue
MTA Bus Company: Q23, Q64
platform=2
tracks=
parking=
bicycle=
baggage_check=
passengers=
pass_year=2006
pass_percent=0
pass_system=LIRR
opened=1906
closed=1911
rebuilt=August 5, 1911
electrified=June 16, 1910
ADA=yes
code=
owned=MTA
zone=1
services=
mpassengers=

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. Among this history is the fact that on July 4, 1917, former President Theodore Roosevelt made his "Unification Speech" from the steps of this station. [ [Images of Rail: Long Island Rail Road Stations, by David D. Morrison and Valerie Pakaluk (2003)] ]

Bus and Rail Connections

New York City Subway
*Forest Hills–71st Avenue station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line (NYCS Queens)

MTA Bus
*Q23: Forest Hills-East Elmhurst.
*Q64: Forest Hills-71st Avenue-Electchester.

References

External links

* [http://lirr42.mta.info/stationinfo.asp?station=010 MTA LIRR Forest Hills station]
* [http://subwaynut.com/lirr/foresthills/index.html Forest Hills Station (The SubwayNut)]