75th Avenue

75th Avenue is a local station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 75th Avenue and Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills, Queens, it is served by the ' train at all times, and the ' train at all times except weekday rush hours and middays.The station opened on December 31, 1936 as a station along the Independent Subway System's Queens Boulevard Line. The opening of the station brought significant growth to the adjacent community of Forest Hills, transforming them from quiet residential communities to active population centers.HistoryThe Queens Boulevard Line, one of the first built by the city-owned Independent Subway System (IND), opened on August 19, 1933. The eastern terminus was at Roosevelt Avenue, in Jackson Heights. A 3.5mi extension from Roosevelt Avenue to Kew Gardens opened on December 31, 1936. The extension added eight new stations, including one at 75th Avenue.Early planning documents called for a station at "Queens Boulevard–Puritan Avenue"; Puritan Avenue was the name for 75th Road in Forest Hills Gardens. For the first few years of operation the station was referred to as Puritan Avenue. The design called for a small mezzanine but 75th Avenue was built with a full one as it was cheaper than filling in the excavation.