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An Interesting History ( Was: Re: 71st Ave-Continental-Forest Hills question |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Mon Apr 28 11:39:21 2008, in response to Re: 71st Ave-Continental-Forest Hills question, posted by G1Ravage on Mon Apr 28 03:06:22 2008. You're almost correct.71st Avenue in Forest Hills runs from the Grand Central Parkway service road in the east to approximately Metropolitan Avenue on the west. It is bisected by Queens Boulevard. The western portion of the roadway, the one that runs from QB to Metropolitan Avenue is the portion relevant to the subway station. At one time, the entire roadway from QB to Metropolitan was called Continental Avenue. The roadway was later changed to 71st Avenue to connect with the newer, more easterly portion of the roadway on the other side of QB. However, the residents of Forest Hills Gardens, an upscale, privately owned community that stretches from Station Square (where the Forest Hills LIRR station is to approximately Juno or Kessel Street) opted to keep the old name, Continental Avenue, because the name sounds fancier, in keeping with the flavor of the area. Thus, when you drive west from QB toward Metropolitan, the roadway goes from 71st Avenue-Continental Avenue, to just Continental Avenue, and then just to 71st Avenue. Forest Hills Gardens has a lot of interior streets that do not border on any "city-owned" roadways, such as Bow Street, Tennis Place and Greenway North. You correctly state that the names of many Queens streets were changed from words to numbers around the time the IND QB line was being built. Hence, the station had both names, so that people still using the old name at the time would not be confused. Other stations on the QB line built around the same time also have two names for the same reason. These include 23rd Street-Ely Avenue, 75th Avenue-Puritan Avenue and to a lesser extent, Grand Avenue-Newtown and Woodhaven Boulevard-Slattery Plaza, a former park now occupied by the Queens Center Mall. |
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