71st Avenue Subway Station
Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Mass Transportation
Completed: 1936
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Description
The Queens Branch of New York City’s Independent Subway (IND) was extended during the 1930s with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. On December 31, 1936, eight new IND subway stations opened in Queens and the line was extended from its mid-1933 Roosevelt Avenue terminus in Jackson Heights out to Kew Gardens. The Forest Hills – 71st Avenue station was one of the eight to open at this time.
Source notes
"PWA Party Views New Subway Link"; The New York Times, December 30, 1936.
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 27, 2014.
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