Passenger Trains > LIRR Forest Hills Station

I visited Forest Hills, Queens, New York today with the intention of walking around the unique neighborhood for the first time. I did not know they had a bustling LIRR station too, but I was happy to stop and shoot some trains coming in and out of the city. The station and neighborhood is very nice, and it feels like you're in a wealthy European neighborhood rather than NYC. Here are some shots:

1 - Station front
2 - Outbound train with a nice set of old signals
3 - Inbound to Penn Station

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4 - View of the town square with a passing LIRR train up above

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Thank you, very much, for posting these photos.  Next time I am in New York City, I ride the Long Island Railroad to check out this station.

Through internet research I learned that Grosvenor Atterbury was the architect and Frederic Law Olmstead designed the landscaping for the station.  Teddy Roosevelt gave one of his last speeches at this station.

Here is a link to a website with more information:

https://www.friendsofstationsquare.org/history

Thanks for posting your excellent photos.  The Forest Hills Station is a superb complex.
ALLEN

Although the usual media narrative is a dystopian hell hole, there are many lovely neighborhoods in NYC.

Douglaston, Bay Ridge, Todt Hill etc would be on anyone's list.

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Easy enough to get there on LIRR, though the subway is 2 blocks north. 

https://new.mta.info/document/105271
http://lirr42.mta.info/stationInfo.php?id=10
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Hills_station_(LIRR)

The enclosed pedestrian bridge from the eastbound platform to an apartment building has been sealed off for several decades.

Very nice! Forest Hills is a nice station to railfan at. It's great that you are able to view a diversity of equipment passing through and stopping there.