Forest Hills (LIRR station)

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Forest Hills

Image:Forest Hills LIRR Station.jpg

Looking at Platform B

Station statistics

Address

Continental Avenue (71st Avenue) & Austin Street
Forest Hills, New York

Lines

Main Line
(City Terminal Zone)

Connections

New York City Subway:
Image:NYCS-bull-trans-E.svg Image:NYCS-bull-trans-F.svg Image:NYCS-bull-trans-G.svg Image:NYCS-bull-trans-R.svg Image:NYCS-bull-trans-V.svg at Forest Hills–71st Avenue
MTA Bus Company: Q23, Q64

Platforms

Other information

Opened

1906

Closed

1911

Rebuilt

August 5, 1911

Electrified

June 16, 1910

Accessible

Image:Wheelchair symbol.svg

Owned by

MTA

Fare zone

Services

Preceding station		Long Island Rail Road		Following station
Woodside toward Penn Station		Main Line (City Terminal Zone)		Kew Gardens toward Long Island

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 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.

The station is located at Austin Street and Continental Avenue (71st Avenue), just south of Queens Boulevard. Passengers can connect to the Q23 and Q64 buses as well as the Forest Hills–71st Avenue subway station (E F G R V)