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[td][/td] [td]The Queens Boulevard Line was one of the first lines built by the city-owned [[Independent Subway System]] (IND),<ref name="NYTimes-OurGreatSubway-IND2ndSystem-1929">{{cite web|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1929/09/22/91938390.pdf|title=Our Great Subway Network Spreads Wider β New Plans of Board of Transportation Involve the Building of More Than One Hundred Miles of Additional Rapid Transit Routes for New York|date=September 22, 1929|work=[[The New York Times]]|last1=Duffus|first1=R.L.|access-date=August 19, 2015}}</ref><ref name="NYTimes-QBL-AheadSched-1929">{{cite web|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1929/04/07/91772825.pdf|title=Queens Subway Work Ahead of Schedule: Completion Will Lead to Big Apartment Building, Says William C. Speers.|date=April 7, 1929|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 1, 2015}}</ref><ref name="BklynEagle-QnsBestBoro-1929">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/58266784/?terms="178th"+subway+queens|title=Queens Lauded as Best Boro By Chamber Chief|date=September 23, 1929|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|newspaper=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]|page=40|access-date=October 4, 2015}}</ref> and stretches between the [[IND Eighth Avenue Line]] in Manhattan and [[Jamaica β 179th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line)|179th Street and Hillside Avenue]] in [[Jamaica, Queens]].<ref name="NYTimes-OurGreatSubway-IND2ndSystem-1929" /><ref name="BklynEagle-QnsBestBoro-1929" /><ref name="NYTimes-HylanSubway-CulverCrstwnQBL-1925">[[New York Times]], [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1925/03/21/101651400.pdf New Subway Routes in Hylan Program to Cost $186,046,000], March 21, 1925, page 1</ref> One of the proposed stations would have been located at 71st Avenue. During the late 1920s, in anticipation of the arrival of the subway, land was bought by developers and was built up.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yfz7w8mogvEC|title=Forest Hills|last1=Hirshon|first1=Nicholas|last2=Romano|first2=Foreword by Ray|date=January 1, 2013|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9780738597850|language=en}}</ref> Zoning laws were changed to allow fifteen-story apartment buildings to be built,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1930/03/23/113331760.pdf|title=Queens to Have 15-Story House β Tall Structure for New Residential Development in Forest Hills Area β Near Boulevard Subway β Several Blocks Rezoned for High Buildings Between Jamaica and Kew Gardens |date=March 23, 1930|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=April 26, 2016}}</ref> and made the neighborhood of Forest Hills a more desirable place to live, especially as it was an express stop. 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."<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|73}}[/td]
[td]The Queens Boulevard Line was one of the first lines built by the city-owned [[Independent Subway System]] (IND),<ref name="NYTimes-OurGreatSubway-IND2ndSystem-1929">{{cite web|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1929/09/22/91938390.pdf|title=Our Great Subway Network Spreads Wider β New Plans of Board of Transportation Involve the Building of More Than One Hundred Miles of Additional Rapid Transit Routes for New York|date=September 22, 1929|work=[[The New York Times]]|last1=Duffus|first1=R.L.|access-date=August 19, 2015}}</ref><ref name="NYTimes-QBL-AheadSched-1929">{{cite web|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1929/04/07/91772825.pdf|title=Queens Subway Work Ahead of Schedule: Completion Will Lead to Big Apartment Building, Says William C. Speers.|date=April 7, 1929|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 1, 2015}}</ref><ref name="BklynEagle-QnsBestBoro-1929">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/58266784/?terms="178th"+subway+queens|title=Queens Lauded as Best Boro By Chamber Chief|date=September 23, 1929|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|newspaper=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]|page=40|access-date=October 4, 2015}}</ref> and stretches between the [[IND Eighth Avenue Line]] in Manhattan and [[Jamaica β 179th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line)|179th Street and Hillside Avenue]] in [[Jamaica, Queens]].<ref name="NYTimes-OurGreatSubway-IND2ndSystem-1929" /><ref name="BklynEagle-QnsBestBoro-1929" /><ref name="NYTimes-HylanSubway-CulverCrstwnQBL-1925">{{cite news |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1925/03/21/101651400.pdf |title=New Subway Routes in Hylan Program to Cost $186,046,000 |date=March 21, 1925 |page=1}}</ref> One of the proposed stations would have been located at 71st Avenue. During the late 1920s, in anticipation of the arrival of the subway, land was bought by developers and was built up.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yfz7w8mogvEC|title=Forest Hills|last1=Hirshon|first1=Nicholas|last2=Romano|first2=Foreword by Ray|date=January 1, 2013|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9780738597850|language=en}}</ref> Zoning laws were changed to allow fifteen-story apartment buildings to be built,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1930/03/23/113331760.pdf|title=Queens to Have 15-Story House β Tall Structure for New Residential Development in Forest Hills Area β Near Boulevard Subway β Several Blocks Rezoned for High Buildings Between Jamaica and Kew Gardens |date=March 23, 1930|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=April 26, 2016}}</ref> and made the neighborhood of Forest Hills a more desirable place to live, especially as it was an express stop. 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."<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|73}}[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]The first section of the line opened on August 19, 1933 from the connection to the Eighth Avenue Line at [[50th Street station (IND lines)|50th Street]] to [[Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street (New York City Subway)|Roosevelt Avenue]] in [[Jackson Heights, Queens|Jackson Heights]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 19, 1933|title=Two Subway Links Opened In Queens|page=13|work=The New York Times|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1933/08/19/105798178.pdf|access-date=December 11, 2016|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Later that year, a $23 million loan was approved to finance the remainder of the line, along with other IND lines.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper ...ork NY Sun 1933 a - 1882.pdf|title=Unfinished Sections of Subway Lines To Be Completed|date=December 13, 1933|work=[[The Sun (New York)|The New York Sun]]|access-date=July 30, 2016|page=47}}</ref> The remainder of the line was built by the [[Public Works Administration]].<ref name=":42">{{Cite news|url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52667032/?terms=Queens+Boulevard+subway|title=Trains Testing Jamaica Link Of City Subway|date=April 10, 1937|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|access-date=April 24, 2018|page=3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/12/20/...witch-and-signal-equipment-of.html|title=Test Trains Running In Queens Subway; Switch and Signal Equipment of New Independent Line Is Being Checked.|date=December 20, 1936|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 26, 2016|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 1934 and 1935, construction of the extension to Jamaica was suspended for 15 months and was halted by strikes.<ref name="LIDaily-QBLToil-Aug19362">{{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper ... Island Daily Press 1936 - 4852.pdf|title=Men Toil Under Earth to Build Subway|last1=Neufeld|first1=Ernest|date=August 23, 1936|work=Long Island Daily Press|access-date=August 12, 2016|page=2 (Section 2)}}</ref> Construction was further delayed due to a strike in 1935, instigated by electricians opposing wages paid by the [[General Railway Signal|General Railway Signal Company]].<ref>See:[/td]
[td]The first section of the line opened on August 19, 1933 from the connection to the Eighth Avenue Line at [[50th Street station (IND lines)|50th Street]] to [[Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street (New York City Subway)|Roosevelt Avenue]] in [[Jackson Heights, Queens|Jackson Heights]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 19, 1933|title=Two Subway Links Opened In Queens|page=13|work=The New York Times|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1933/08/19/105798178.pdf|access-date=December 11, 2016|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Later that year, a $23 million loan was approved to finance the remainder of the line, along with other IND lines.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper ...ork NY Sun 1933 a - 1882.pdf|title=Unfinished Sections of Subway Lines To Be Completed|date=December 13, 1933|work=[[The Sun (New York)|The New York Sun]]|access-date=July 30, 2016|page=47}}</ref> The remainder of the line was built by the [[Public Works Administration]].<ref name=":42">{{Cite news|url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52667032/?terms=Queens+Boulevard+subway|title=Trains Testing Jamaica Link Of City Subway|date=April 10, 1937|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|access-date=April 24, 2018|page=3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/12/20/...witch-and-signal-equipment-of.html|title=Test Trains Running In Queens Subway; Switch and Signal Equipment of New Independent Line Is Being Checked.|date=December 20, 1936|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 26, 2016|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 1934 and 1935, construction of the extension to Jamaica was suspended for 15 months and was halted by strikes.<ref name="LIDaily-QBLToil-Aug19362">{{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper ... Island Daily Press 1936 - 4852.pdf|title=Men Toil Under Earth to Build Subway|last1=Neufeld|first1=Ernest|date=August 23, 1936|work=Long Island Daily Press|access-date=August 12, 2016|page=2 (Section 2)}}</ref> Construction was further delayed due to a strike in 1935, instigated by electricians opposing wages paid by the [[General Railway Signal|General Railway Signal Company]].<ref>See:[/td] [td]In 1976, weekday N service was extended north over the [[60th Street Tunnel Connection]] to Forest Hillsβ71st Avenue to replace the discontinued [[EE (Broadway Local)|EE]] route, which until then had run from 71st Avenue to [[Whitehall Street (BMT Broadway Line station)|Whitehall Street]] in Manhattan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 1976 |title=Service Adjustment on BMT and IND Lines Effective 1 A.M. Monday, Aug. 30 |url= |access-date=October 23, 2016 |website=Flickr |publisher=New York City Transit Authority}}</ref> In 1987, the N and [[R (New York City Subway service)|R]] routes swapped northern terminals, and the R began running to 71st Avenue.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_5hq0ippLSwC&q=Manhattan+Bridge |title=Annual Report on ... Rapid Routes Schedules and Service Planning |date=1989 |publisher=New York City Transit Authority |page=16 |language=en}}</ref> The Forest Hillsβ71st Avenue station was the northern terminus for all [[G (New York City Subway service)|G]] trains until December 2001, when the [[V (New York City Subway service)|V]] train began running; afterward, the G train only stopped there on weekends and at night.<ref name="MTA-GLineReview-2013">{{cite web|title=Review of the G Line|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/G_LineReview_7_10_13.pdf|date=July 10, 2013|website=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|mta.info]]|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2015022..._LineReview_7_10_13.pdf|archive-date=February 26, 2015|access-date=August 2, 2015}}</ref> Both the G and V trains stopped serving the station in 2010, when the [[M (New York City Subway service)|M]] train began serving the Queens Boulevard Line.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Service Change Details |url=http://www.mta.info/news/2010/06/24/service-change-details |work=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |date=March 18, 2008 |access-date=July 10, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014071...a.info/news/2010/06/24/service-change-details |archive-date=July 14, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Barron |first=James |date=June 28, 2010 |title=City Commuters Press On Despite Transit Cuts |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/nyregion/29transit.html |access-date=June 1, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>[/td]
[td]In 1976, weekday N service was extended north over the [[60th Street Tunnel Connection]] to Forest Hillsβ71st Avenue to replace the discontinued [[EE (Broadway Local)|EE]] route, which until then had run from 71st Avenue to [[Whitehall Street (BMT Broadway Line station)|Whitehall Street]] in Manhattan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 1976 |title=Service Adjustment on BMT and IND Lines Effective 1 A.M. Monday, Aug. 30 |url= |access-date=October 23, 2016 |website=Flickr |publisher=New York City Transit Authority}}</ref> In 1987, the N and [[R (New York City Subway service)|R]] routes swapped northern terminals, and the R began running to 71st Avenue.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_5hq0ippLSwC&q=Manhattan+Bridge |title=Annual Report on ... Rapid Routes Schedules and Service Planning |date=1989 |publisher=New York City Transit Authority |page=16 |language=en}}</ref> The Forest Hillsβ71st Avenue station was the northern terminus for all [[G (New York City Subway service)|G]] trains until December 2001, when the [[V (New York City Subway service)|V]] train began running; afterward, the G train only stopped there on weekends and at night.<ref name="MTA-GLineReview-2013">{{cite web|title=Review of the G Line|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/G_LineReview_7_10_13.pdf|date=July 10, 2013|website=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|mta.info]]|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2015022..._LineReview_7_10_13.pdf|archive-date=February 26, 2015|access-date=August 2, 2015}}</ref> Both the G and V trains stopped serving the station in 2010, when the [[M (New York City Subway service)|M]] train began serving the Queens Boulevard Line.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Service Change Details |url=http://www.mta.info/news/2010/06/24/service-change-details |work=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |date=March 18, 2008 |access-date=July 10, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014071...a.info/news/2010/06/24/service-change-details |archive-date=July 14, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Barron |first=James |date=June 28, 2010 |title=City Commuters Press On Despite Transit Cuts |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/nyregion/29transit.html |access-date=June 1, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]In 2014, the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] built a new signal tower for the Manhattan-bound platform. The agency also upgraded the station to compliance with the 1990 [[Americans With Disabilities Act]]; the upgrade included passenger elevators to serve the street level, mezzanine and platforms. This project was completed by March 2014 after a three-month delay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/201...-project-delayed-by-three-months|title=Forest Hills Subway Station Project Delayed by Three Months|work=DNAinfo New York|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014020...delayed-by-three-months|archive-date=February 9, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/201...tion-be-completed-march-mta-says|title=Forest Hills Subway Station Renovation to End in March, MTA Says|work=DNAinfo New York|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014032...e-completed-march-mta-says|archive-date=March 27, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://queens.brownstoner.com/2014/...forest-hills-will-wrap-this-month/|title=71st Avenue Station Renovation in Forest Hills will Wrap This Month|work=brownstoner.com|date=March 25, 2014 }}</ref> However, a ribbon-cutting for the new elevators was not held until May 15, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/sets/72157644182740468/|title=Forest Hills-71st Av. ADA Elevators|work=Flickr|date=May 9, 2014 }}</ref> The MTA announced in 2024 that it would replace the station's existing [[Turnstile#Waist-high|waist-high turnstiles]] with taller, wide-aisle turnstiles.<ref name="Brachfeld 2024 y467">{{cite web |last=Brachfeld |first=Ben |date=May 22, 2024 |title=MTA will test middle-out turnstiles at 15 subway stops this year |url=https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-test-middle-out-turnstiles-subway/ |access-date=May 23, 2024 |website=amNewYork}}</ref> In April 2025, the MTA announced plans to install taller fare gates with glass panels at 20 stations, including the Forest Hillsβ71st Avenue station. The fare gates would be manufactured by [[Cubic Transportation Systems]], [[Conduent]], [[Scheidt & Bachmann]], and STraffic as part of a pilot program to reduce fare evasion.<ref>{{cite web | title=NYC fare evasion: MTA to test four different modern gates for subway system in New York City | website=ABC7 New York | date=April 28, 2025 | url=https://abc7ny.com/post/mta-testing-fare-evasion-gates-nyc-subway-new-york/16269253/ | access-date=April 28, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Simko-Bednarski | first=Evan | title=NYC to get new subway turnstiles at 20 stations by year's end: MTA | website=New York Daily News | date=April 28, 2025 | url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/04...y-turnstiles-at-20-stations-by-years-end-mta/ | access-date=April 28, 2025}}</ref>[/td]
[td]In 2014, the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] built a new signal tower for the Manhattan-bound platform. The agency also upgraded the station to compliance with the 1990 [[Americans With Disabilities Act]]; the upgrade included passenger elevators to serve the street level, mezzanine and platforms. This project was completed by March 2014 after a three-month delay.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kern-Jedrychowska|first=Ewa|date=December 31, 2013|url=http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/201...-project-delayed-by-three-months|title=Forest Hills Subway Station Project Delayed by Three Months|work=DNAinfo New York|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014020...delayed-by-three-months|archive-date=February 9, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kern-Jedrychowska|first=Ewa|date=March 25, 2014|url=http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/201...tion-be-completed-march-mta-says|title=Forest Hills Subway Station Renovation to End in March, MTA Says|work=DNAinfo New York|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014032...e-completed-march-mta-says|archive-date=March 27, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://queens.brownstoner.com/2014/...forest-hills-will-wrap-this-month/|title=71st Avenue Station Renovation in Forest Hills will Wrap This Month|work=brownstoner.com|date=March 25, 2014 }}</ref> However, a ribbon-cutting for the new elevators was not held until May 15, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/sets/72157644182740468/|title=Forest Hills-71st Av. ADA Elevators|work=Flickr|date=May 9, 2014 }}</ref> The MTA announced in 2024 that it would replace the station's existing [[Turnstile#Waist-high|waist-high turnstiles]] with taller, wide-aisle turnstiles.<ref name="Brachfeld 2024 y467">{{cite web |last=Brachfeld |first=Ben |date=May 22, 2024 |title=MTA will test middle-out turnstiles at 15 subway stops this year |url=https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-test-middle-out-turnstiles-subway/ |access-date=May 23, 2024 |website=amNewYork}}</ref> In April 2025, the MTA announced plans to install taller fare gates with glass panels at 20 stations, including the Forest Hillsβ71st Avenue station. The fare gates would be manufactured by [[Cubic Transportation Systems]], [[Conduent]], [[Scheidt & Bachmann]], and STraffic as part of a pilot program to reduce fare evasion.<ref>{{cite web | title=NYC fare evasion: MTA to test four different modern gates for subway system in New York City | website=ABC7 New York | date=April 28, 2025 | url=https://abc7ny.com/post/mta-testing-fare-evasion-gates-nyc-subway-new-york/16269253/ | access-date=April 28, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Simko-Bednarski | first=Evan | title=NYC to get new subway turnstiles at 20 stations by year's end: MTA | website=New York Daily News | date=April 28, 2025 | url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/04...y-turnstiles-at-20-stations-by-years-end-mta/ | access-date=April 28, 2025}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
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[td][/td] [td]The Queens Boulevard Line was one of the first lines built by the city-owned [[Independent Subway System]] (IND),<ref name="NYTimes-OurGreatSubway-IND2ndSystem-1929">{{cite web|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1929/09/22/91938390.pdf|title=Our Great Subway Network Spreads Wider β New Plans of Board of Transportation Involve the Building of More Than One Hundred Miles of Additional Rapid Transit Routes for New York|date=September 22, 1929|work=[[The New York Times]]|last1=Duffus|first1=R.L.|access-date=August 19, 2015}}</ref><ref name="NYTimes-QBL-AheadSched-1929">{{cite web|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1929/04/07/91772825.pdf|title=Queens Subway Work Ahead of Schedule: Completion Will Lead to Big Apartment Building, Says William C. Speers.|date=April 7, 1929|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 1, 2015}}</ref><ref name="BklynEagle-QnsBestBoro-1929">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/58266784/?terms="178th"+subway+queens|title=Queens Lauded as Best Boro By Chamber Chief|date=September 23, 1929|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|newspaper=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]|page=40|access-date=October 4, 2015}}</ref> and stretches between the [[IND Eighth Avenue Line]] in Manhattan and [[Jamaica β 179th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line)|179th Street and Hillside Avenue]] in [[Jamaica, Queens]].<ref name="NYTimes-OurGreatSubway-IND2ndSystem-1929" /><ref name="BklynEagle-QnsBestBoro-1929" /><ref name="NYTimes-HylanSubway-CulverCrstwnQBL-1925">[[New York Times]], [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1925/03/21/101651400.pdf New Subway Routes in Hylan Program to Cost $186,046,000], March 21, 1925, page 1</ref> One of the proposed stations would have been located at 71st Avenue. During the late 1920s, in anticipation of the arrival of the subway, land was bought by developers and was built up.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yfz7w8mogvEC|title=Forest Hills|last1=Hirshon|first1=Nicholas|last2=Romano|first2=Foreword by Ray|date=January 1, 2013|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9780738597850|language=en}}</ref> Zoning laws were changed to allow fifteen-story apartment buildings to be built,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1930/03/23/113331760.pdf|title=Queens to Have 15-Story House β Tall Structure for New Residential Development in Forest Hills Area β Near Boulevard Subway β Several Blocks Rezoned for High Buildings Between Jamaica and Kew Gardens |date=March 23, 1930|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=April 26, 2016}}</ref> and made the neighborhood of Forest Hills a more desirable place to live, especially as it was an express stop. 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."<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|73}}[/td]
[td]The Queens Boulevard Line was one of the first lines built by the city-owned [[Independent Subway System]] (IND),<ref name="NYTimes-OurGreatSubway-IND2ndSystem-1929">{{cite web|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1929/09/22/91938390.pdf|title=Our Great Subway Network Spreads Wider β New Plans of Board of Transportation Involve the Building of More Than One Hundred Miles of Additional Rapid Transit Routes for New York|date=September 22, 1929|work=[[The New York Times]]|last1=Duffus|first1=R.L.|access-date=August 19, 2015}}</ref><ref name="NYTimes-QBL-AheadSched-1929">{{cite web|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1929/04/07/91772825.pdf|title=Queens Subway Work Ahead of Schedule: Completion Will Lead to Big Apartment Building, Says William C. Speers.|date=April 7, 1929|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 1, 2015}}</ref><ref name="BklynEagle-QnsBestBoro-1929">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/58266784/?terms="178th"+subway+queens|title=Queens Lauded as Best Boro By Chamber Chief|date=September 23, 1929|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|newspaper=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]|page=40|access-date=October 4, 2015}}</ref> and stretches between the [[IND Eighth Avenue Line]] in Manhattan and [[Jamaica β 179th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line)|179th Street and Hillside Avenue]] in [[Jamaica, Queens]].<ref name="NYTimes-OurGreatSubway-IND2ndSystem-1929" /><ref name="BklynEagle-QnsBestBoro-1929" /><ref name="NYTimes-HylanSubway-CulverCrstwnQBL-1925">{{cite news |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1925/03/21/101651400.pdf |title=New Subway Routes in Hylan Program to Cost $186,046,000 |date=March 21, 1925 |page=1}}</ref> One of the proposed stations would have been located at 71st Avenue. During the late 1920s, in anticipation of the arrival of the subway, land was bought by developers and was built up.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yfz7w8mogvEC|title=Forest Hills|last1=Hirshon|first1=Nicholas|last2=Romano|first2=Foreword by Ray|date=January 1, 2013|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9780738597850|language=en}}</ref> Zoning laws were changed to allow fifteen-story apartment buildings to be built,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1930/03/23/113331760.pdf|title=Queens to Have 15-Story House β Tall Structure for New Residential Development in Forest Hills Area β Near Boulevard Subway β Several Blocks Rezoned for High Buildings Between Jamaica and Kew Gardens |date=March 23, 1930|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=April 26, 2016}}</ref> and made the neighborhood of Forest Hills a more desirable place to live, especially as it was an express stop. 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."<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|73}}[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]The first section of the line opened on August 19, 1933 from the connection to the Eighth Avenue Line at [[50th Street station (IND lines)|50th Street]] to [[Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street (New York City Subway)|Roosevelt Avenue]] in [[Jackson Heights, Queens|Jackson Heights]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 19, 1933|title=Two Subway Links Opened In Queens|page=13|work=The New York Times|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1933/08/19/105798178.pdf|access-date=December 11, 2016|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Later that year, a $23 million loan was approved to finance the remainder of the line, along with other IND lines.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper ...ork NY Sun 1933 a - 1882.pdf|title=Unfinished Sections of Subway Lines To Be Completed|date=December 13, 1933|work=[[The Sun (New York)|The New York Sun]]|access-date=July 30, 2016|page=47}}</ref> The remainder of the line was built by the [[Public Works Administration]].<ref name=":42">{{Cite news|url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52667032/?terms=Queens+Boulevard+subway|title=Trains Testing Jamaica Link Of City Subway|date=April 10, 1937|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|access-date=April 24, 2018|page=3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/12/20/...witch-and-signal-equipment-of.html|title=Test Trains Running In Queens Subway; Switch and Signal Equipment of New Independent Line Is Being Checked.|date=December 20, 1936|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 26, 2016|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 1934 and 1935, construction of the extension to Jamaica was suspended for 15 months and was halted by strikes.<ref name="LIDaily-QBLToil-Aug19362">{{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper ... Island Daily Press 1936 - 4852.pdf|title=Men Toil Under Earth to Build Subway|last1=Neufeld|first1=Ernest|date=August 23, 1936|work=Long Island Daily Press|access-date=August 12, 2016|page=2 (Section 2)}}</ref> Construction was further delayed due to a strike in 1935, instigated by electricians opposing wages paid by the [[General Railway Signal|General Railway Signal Company]].<ref>See:[/td]
[td]The first section of the line opened on August 19, 1933 from the connection to the Eighth Avenue Line at [[50th Street station (IND lines)|50th Street]] to [[Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street (New York City Subway)|Roosevelt Avenue]] in [[Jackson Heights, Queens|Jackson Heights]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 19, 1933|title=Two Subway Links Opened In Queens|page=13|work=The New York Times|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1933/08/19/105798178.pdf|access-date=December 11, 2016|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Later that year, a $23 million loan was approved to finance the remainder of the line, along with other IND lines.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper ...ork NY Sun 1933 a - 1882.pdf|title=Unfinished Sections of Subway Lines To Be Completed|date=December 13, 1933|work=[[The Sun (New York)|The New York Sun]]|access-date=July 30, 2016|page=47}}</ref> The remainder of the line was built by the [[Public Works Administration]].<ref name=":42">{{Cite news|url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52667032/?terms=Queens+Boulevard+subway|title=Trains Testing Jamaica Link Of City Subway|date=April 10, 1937|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|access-date=April 24, 2018|page=3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/12/20/...witch-and-signal-equipment-of.html|title=Test Trains Running In Queens Subway; Switch and Signal Equipment of New Independent Line Is Being Checked.|date=December 20, 1936|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 26, 2016|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 1934 and 1935, construction of the extension to Jamaica was suspended for 15 months and was halted by strikes.<ref name="LIDaily-QBLToil-Aug19362">{{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper ... Island Daily Press 1936 - 4852.pdf|title=Men Toil Under Earth to Build Subway|last1=Neufeld|first1=Ernest|date=August 23, 1936|work=Long Island Daily Press|access-date=August 12, 2016|page=2 (Section 2)}}</ref> Construction was further delayed due to a strike in 1935, instigated by electricians opposing wages paid by the [[General Railway Signal|General Railway Signal Company]].<ref>See:[/td] [td]In 1976, weekday N service was extended north over the [[60th Street Tunnel Connection]] to Forest Hillsβ71st Avenue to replace the discontinued [[EE (Broadway Local)|EE]] route, which until then had run from 71st Avenue to [[Whitehall Street (BMT Broadway Line station)|Whitehall Street]] in Manhattan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 1976 |title=Service Adjustment on BMT and IND Lines Effective 1 A.M. Monday, Aug. 30 |url= |access-date=October 23, 2016 |website=Flickr |publisher=New York City Transit Authority}}</ref> In 1987, the N and [[R (New York City Subway service)|R]] routes swapped northern terminals, and the R began running to 71st Avenue.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_5hq0ippLSwC&q=Manhattan+Bridge |title=Annual Report on ... Rapid Routes Schedules and Service Planning |date=1989 |publisher=New York City Transit Authority |page=16 |language=en}}</ref> The Forest Hillsβ71st Avenue station was the northern terminus for all [[G (New York City Subway service)|G]] trains until December 2001, when the [[V (New York City Subway service)|V]] train began running; afterward, the G train only stopped there on weekends and at night.<ref name="MTA-GLineReview-2013">{{cite web|title=Review of the G Line|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/G_LineReview_7_10_13.pdf|date=July 10, 2013|website=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|mta.info]]|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2015022..._LineReview_7_10_13.pdf|archive-date=February 26, 2015|access-date=August 2, 2015}}</ref> Both the G and V trains stopped serving the station in 2010, when the [[M (New York City Subway service)|M]] train began serving the Queens Boulevard Line.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Service Change Details |url=http://www.mta.info/news/2010/06/24/service-change-details |work=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |date=March 18, 2008 |access-date=July 10, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014071...a.info/news/2010/06/24/service-change-details |archive-date=July 14, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Barron |first=James |date=June 28, 2010 |title=City Commuters Press On Despite Transit Cuts |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/nyregion/29transit.html |access-date=June 1, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>[/td]
[td]In 1976, weekday N service was extended north over the [[60th Street Tunnel Connection]] to Forest Hillsβ71st Avenue to replace the discontinued [[EE (Broadway Local)|EE]] route, which until then had run from 71st Avenue to [[Whitehall Street (BMT Broadway Line station)|Whitehall Street]] in Manhattan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 1976 |title=Service Adjustment on BMT and IND Lines Effective 1 A.M. Monday, Aug. 30 |url= |access-date=October 23, 2016 |website=Flickr |publisher=New York City Transit Authority}}</ref> In 1987, the N and [[R (New York City Subway service)|R]] routes swapped northern terminals, and the R began running to 71st Avenue.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_5hq0ippLSwC&q=Manhattan+Bridge |title=Annual Report on ... Rapid Routes Schedules and Service Planning |date=1989 |publisher=New York City Transit Authority |page=16 |language=en}}</ref> The Forest Hillsβ71st Avenue station was the northern terminus for all [[G (New York City Subway service)|G]] trains until December 2001, when the [[V (New York City Subway service)|V]] train began running; afterward, the G train only stopped there on weekends and at night.<ref name="MTA-GLineReview-2013">{{cite web|title=Review of the G Line|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/G_LineReview_7_10_13.pdf|date=July 10, 2013|website=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|mta.info]]|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2015022..._LineReview_7_10_13.pdf|archive-date=February 26, 2015|access-date=August 2, 2015}}</ref> Both the G and V trains stopped serving the station in 2010, when the [[M (New York City Subway service)|M]] train began serving the Queens Boulevard Line.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Service Change Details |url=http://www.mta.info/news/2010/06/24/service-change-details |work=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |date=March 18, 2008 |access-date=July 10, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014071...a.info/news/2010/06/24/service-change-details |archive-date=July 14, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Barron |first=James |date=June 28, 2010 |title=City Commuters Press On Despite Transit Cuts |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/nyregion/29transit.html |access-date=June 1, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]In 2014, the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] built a new signal tower for the Manhattan-bound platform. The agency also upgraded the station to compliance with the 1990 [[Americans With Disabilities Act]]; the upgrade included passenger elevators to serve the street level, mezzanine and platforms. This project was completed by March 2014 after a three-month delay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/201...-project-delayed-by-three-months|title=Forest Hills Subway Station Project Delayed by Three Months|work=DNAinfo New York|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014020...delayed-by-three-months|archive-date=February 9, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/201...tion-be-completed-march-mta-says|title=Forest Hills Subway Station Renovation to End in March, MTA Says|work=DNAinfo New York|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014032...e-completed-march-mta-says|archive-date=March 27, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://queens.brownstoner.com/2014/...forest-hills-will-wrap-this-month/|title=71st Avenue Station Renovation in Forest Hills will Wrap This Month|work=brownstoner.com|date=March 25, 2014 }}</ref> However, a ribbon-cutting for the new elevators was not held until May 15, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/sets/72157644182740468/|title=Forest Hills-71st Av. ADA Elevators|work=Flickr|date=May 9, 2014 }}</ref> The MTA announced in 2024 that it would replace the station's existing [[Turnstile#Waist-high|waist-high turnstiles]] with taller, wide-aisle turnstiles.<ref name="Brachfeld 2024 y467">{{cite web |last=Brachfeld |first=Ben |date=May 22, 2024 |title=MTA will test middle-out turnstiles at 15 subway stops this year |url=https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-test-middle-out-turnstiles-subway/ |access-date=May 23, 2024 |website=amNewYork}}</ref> In April 2025, the MTA announced plans to install taller fare gates with glass panels at 20 stations, including the Forest Hillsβ71st Avenue station. The fare gates would be manufactured by [[Cubic Transportation Systems]], [[Conduent]], [[Scheidt & Bachmann]], and STraffic as part of a pilot program to reduce fare evasion.<ref>{{cite web | title=NYC fare evasion: MTA to test four different modern gates for subway system in New York City | website=ABC7 New York | date=April 28, 2025 | url=https://abc7ny.com/post/mta-testing-fare-evasion-gates-nyc-subway-new-york/16269253/ | access-date=April 28, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Simko-Bednarski | first=Evan | title=NYC to get new subway turnstiles at 20 stations by year's end: MTA | website=New York Daily News | date=April 28, 2025 | url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/04...y-turnstiles-at-20-stations-by-years-end-mta/ | access-date=April 28, 2025}}</ref>[/td]
[td]In 2014, the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] built a new signal tower for the Manhattan-bound platform. The agency also upgraded the station to compliance with the 1990 [[Americans With Disabilities Act]]; the upgrade included passenger elevators to serve the street level, mezzanine and platforms. This project was completed by March 2014 after a three-month delay.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kern-Jedrychowska|first=Ewa|date=December 31, 2013|url=http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/201...-project-delayed-by-three-months|title=Forest Hills Subway Station Project Delayed by Three Months|work=DNAinfo New York|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014020...delayed-by-three-months|archive-date=February 9, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kern-Jedrychowska|first=Ewa|date=March 25, 2014|url=http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/201...tion-be-completed-march-mta-says|title=Forest Hills Subway Station Renovation to End in March, MTA Says|work=DNAinfo New York|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014032...e-completed-march-mta-says|archive-date=March 27, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://queens.brownstoner.com/2014/...forest-hills-will-wrap-this-month/|title=71st Avenue Station Renovation in Forest Hills will Wrap This Month|work=brownstoner.com|date=March 25, 2014 }}</ref> However, a ribbon-cutting for the new elevators was not held until May 15, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/sets/72157644182740468/|title=Forest Hills-71st Av. ADA Elevators|work=Flickr|date=May 9, 2014 }}</ref> The MTA announced in 2024 that it would replace the station's existing [[Turnstile#Waist-high|waist-high turnstiles]] with taller, wide-aisle turnstiles.<ref name="Brachfeld 2024 y467">{{cite web |last=Brachfeld |first=Ben |date=May 22, 2024 |title=MTA will test middle-out turnstiles at 15 subway stops this year |url=https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-test-middle-out-turnstiles-subway/ |access-date=May 23, 2024 |website=amNewYork}}</ref> In April 2025, the MTA announced plans to install taller fare gates with glass panels at 20 stations, including the Forest Hillsβ71st Avenue station. The fare gates would be manufactured by [[Cubic Transportation Systems]], [[Conduent]], [[Scheidt & Bachmann]], and STraffic as part of a pilot program to reduce fare evasion.<ref>{{cite web | title=NYC fare evasion: MTA to test four different modern gates for subway system in New York City | website=ABC7 New York | date=April 28, 2025 | url=https://abc7ny.com/post/mta-testing-fare-evasion-gates-nyc-subway-new-york/16269253/ | access-date=April 28, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Simko-Bednarski | first=Evan | title=NYC to get new subway turnstiles at 20 stations by year's end: MTA | website=New York Daily News | date=April 28, 2025 | url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/04...y-turnstiles-at-20-stations-by-years-end-mta/ | access-date=April 28, 2025}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
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