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Nov 22 2024
Forest Hills Station
Photos © by Will T Rogers, Queens NY
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Eastbound diesel train from Manhattan nears Forest Hills on way to Long Island
Station sign
View of Station Square from eastbound platform
Looking east, showing trains due for Babylon and Penn Station
Bridges once let passengers onto eastbound platform at left
Westbound platform to Manhattan, front-six cars open doors here (used to be four)
Street lamp
Blue bird turns to hear train to Montauk
Steeple
Stereo wall artwork in road tunnel beneath tracks; with spirits in center?
Forward section of platform
Third-rail powered eastbound train approaches Forest Hills
Stairs to westbound platform
Waiting room (lights out)
Once part of the Forest Hills Inn, now apartments
Long-ago Forest Hills Gardens map; Brentwood, Puritan, Roman no longer pass under the tracks
Wall art in tunnel under tracks (Continental Avenue)
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Eastbound platform waiting area; closed-off bridge to waiting area
Utility steps eastbound platform, for railway workers only
Eastbound rail
Kiosks in plaza (Do they lead to an underworld?) :)
V-shaped ramp from platform to Burns Street
Plaza sidewalk
Google map-cars in car park; hundreds of cars are used worldwide
Platform roof edge, heritage gooseneck lamp, building next to station (on Austin street)
Railway stations used to need clocks
Building in a frame
See brief history of Station Square, by Friends of Station Square, founded 1992
‣ See brief history of Station Square, by Friends of Station Square, founded 1992