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It would be my "home" station were it open now (with proximity being the factor). Earlier, while out and about, I took a photo from the same spot as the original photographer (the corner of Metropolitan Ave and Trotting Course Lane)
The service station in front of eastbound (Rockaway bound) platform stairs was actually still there when I moved into the area in 2012 (though in pretty terrifying shape IIRC), the brick building you see there now is a Petco that opened up about 3-4 years ago. The other side of the tracks (where the station house used to be) is now the site of the Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps headquarters.
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It would be my "home" station were it open now (with proximity being the factor). Earlier, while out and about, I took a photo from the same spot as the original photographer (the corner of Metropolitan Ave and Trotting Course Lane)
The service station in front of eastbound (Rockaway bound) platform stairs was actually still there when I moved into the area in 2012 (though in pretty terrifying shape IIRC), the brick building you see there now is a Petco that opened up about 3-4 years ago. The other side of the tracks (where the station house used to be) is now the site of the Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps headquarters.