- State:New YorkCounty:Queens CountyCity:Forest HillsCounty FIPS:36081Coordinates:40°42′54″N 73°50′42″WArea total:7 km² (2.6 sq mi)Area land:6 km² (2.4 sq mi)Area water:0.5 km² (0.2 sq mi)
- Latitude:40,7232Longitude:-73,8455Dman name cbsa:New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PATimezone:Eastern Standard Time (EST) UTC-5:00; Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) UTC-4:00ZIP codes:11375GMAP:
Forest Hills, Queens County, New York, United States
- Population:13,942Population density:13,470/km 2 (34,886 residents per square mile of area)
Forest Hills is a mostly residential neighborhood in the central portion of the borough of Queens in New York City. It is adjacent to Corona to the north, Rego Park and Glendale to the west, Forest Park to the south, Kew Gardens to the southeast, and Flushing MeadowsCoronaPark to the east. The area's main commercial street, Austin Street, contains many restaurants and chain stores. Forest Hills has a longstanding association with tennis: the Forest Hills Stadium hosted the U.S. Open until 1978 and the West Side Tennis Club offers grass courts for its members. The current name comes from the Cord Meyer Development Company, which bought 660 acres (270 ha) in central Queens in 1906 and renamed it after Forest Park. Further development came in the 1920s and 1930s with the widening of Queens Boulevard through the neighborhood, as well as the opening of the Queens Boulevard Line. The neighborhood was planned on the model of the garden communities of England, with its own inn, garage, and post office. It also included narrow, winding roads to limit through traffic. As a result, there are many Tudor-style homes in Forest Hills, but most are located in the section loosely bounded by 68th Avenue on the north; 72nd Road on the south; 108th Street on the west; and Grand Central Parkway on theEast. The Long Island Rail Road opened a station on Forest Hills in 1911. The LIRR station was built with a brick courtyard, a clock tower, and arch-filled underpasses, fitting in with Forest Hills Gardens section of the neighborhood.
History
Forest Hills is the primary city name, but also Flushing are acceptable city names or spellings, Forest Hls, Parkside, Queens on the other hand no longer accepted or obsolete and are no longer used as a designation. The development of adjacent Forest Park, a park on the southern end of Forest Hills, began in 1895. In 1906, the Cord Meyer Development Company bought abutting land made up of six farms. The company then renamed the aggregate 600 acres (240 ha) "Forest Hills", after Forest Park. Single-family homes, designed by architects such as Robert Tappan and William Patterson, were constructed on these 600 acres. The Long Island Rail Road opened a station in Forest Hills in 1911, and the Queens Boulevard trolley line opened two years later. In 1914, the West Side Tennis Club moved from Manhattan to Forest Hills Gardens. They constructed the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, a stadium with approximately 13,000 seats, in 1923. The U.S. Open and its predecessor national championships were held there until 1978. Forest Hills also had a golfing presence for a short time. The Queens Valley Golf Club started constructing a golf course in the neighborhood in 1922 and it was open by 1924. However, the club was closed in 1938 so that developers could build housing atop the site of the course. In 1972, residents protested against a proposed public housing development with three-story buildings at 62nd Drive and 108th Street. It was part of John Lindsay's "scatter-site" plan to construct public housing in public neighborhoods. In the mid-1990s, Forest Hills was fully developed by John Lindsay, but there would still be empty lots in the area until the mid 1990s.
Demographics
The population of Forest Hills and Rego Park was 86,364 as of the 2010 U.S. Census. The neighborhood had a population density of 63.0 inhabitants per acre (40,300/sq mi; 15,600/km²) Most inhabitants are middle-aged and elderly adults: 31% are between the ages of 2544, 28% between 4564, and 19% over 64. As of 2017, the median household income in Community Board 4 was $75,447. In 2018, an estimated 26% of Forest Hill residents lived in poverty, compared to 19% in all of Queens and 20% in New York City. One in seventeen residents (6%) was unemployed, compared with 8% in Queens and 9% in the rest of the city. Based on this calculation, as of 2018, Forest Hills is considered to be high-income relative to the city and not gentrifying.:7 The entirety of Community Board 6 had 115,119 inhabitants as of NYC Health's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 85.4 years.:2,20 This is higher than the median life expectancy. of 81.2 for all New York city neighborhoods.:53 (PDF p. 84) The median income for Forest Hills residents is $75.447, while the citywide average is $50,000. The median home value is $60,000, and the average household income is $55,000.:7. The average age of a Forest Hills resident is 2544.
Land use
The southern part of Forest Hills contains a particularly diverse mixture of upscale housing, ranging from single-family houses, attached townhouses, and both low-rise and high-rise apartment buildings. The Forest Hills Gardens area is a private community that features some of the most expensive residential properties in Queens County. Until the 1970s, it was subject to restrictive covenants which, while containing no explicit economic, social or racial restrictions, effectively excluded "working-class people" Forest Hills South is a complex of 7 Georgian apartment buildings centered around a private English garden, which was formerly a mapped portion of 113th Street prior to the complex's construction in 1939. The Cord Meyer community, which contains detached single- family homes, was named "Best Community" in 2007 by Cottage Living magazine. Forest Hills Co-op Houses, a New York City Housing Authority low-income housing project, was constructed in the early 1970s and provoked controversy among the residents in the more prestigious areas. Other notable high-rises apartment buildings include the Continental (on 108th Street), the Pinnacle, Parker Towers, the Windsor and a 17-story luxury condo building completed in 2014, the Aston. The area is home to a Bukharian Jewish community, whose members have settled in the area in large numbers since the late 1990s, advocating the changes say the bigger homes are needed for their large extended families. This enclave was designed by Philip Birnbaum and Alfred Kaskel, and is distinguished by their spacious lobbies, interior courtyards with fountains, curved brick corner terraces, and sunlit exposures.
Points of interest
The U.S. Open tennis tournament was once held at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills. A pivotal scene in Alfred Hitchcock's 1951 film Strangers on a Train features a lengthy championship game at the Club. The Tennis Stadium, which hosted numerous music concerts including The Beatles, resumed hosting music concerts during the summer of 2013 when the British rock band Mumford & Sons played there to an overflowing crowd. Two monuments are erected in the Forest Hills Gardens: a tribute to the victims of World War I, the "Great War"; and the mast of the Columbia, the winner of the America's Cup yacht races in both 1899 and 1901. The Church-in-the-Gardens, St. Luke's Episcopal Church, and United States Post Office are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.Austin Street is a busy, modern street with shops, cafes, restaurants, and other stores that acts as the center of Forest Hills and has become a place people visit from other neighborhoods because of its charm. It is located about 4 miles (6.4 km) away from Flushing Meadows Park, the site of the U.N. World Cup and other major sporting events, such as the Olympics and the World Series of Poker. It was once the home of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, where the Open was played until it moved to the Tennis Stadium in 1998. The tennis tournament is now played at the US Tennis Center in New York City's Queens.
Police and crime
Forest Hills and Rego Park are patrolled by the 112th Precinct of the NYPD, located at 68-40 Austin Street. The area's low crime rate is attributed to its seclusion and reputation as a "suburb within the city" The precinct reported 0 murders, 18 rapes, 41 robberies, 53 felony assaults, 69 burglaries, 403 grand larcenies, and 37 grand larsenies auto in 2018. The incarceration rate of 102 per 100,000 people is lower than that of the city as a whole.:8. The precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 91.5% between 1990 and 2018. It ranked 6th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. As of 2018, with a non-fatal assault rate of 14 per 100, 000 people, Forest Hills andRego Park's rate of violent crimes per capita is less than that. of the City as a Whole.:8.:8:8:7:6:3:2:2. The Precinct has a crime rate of 0 murders and 18 rapes. It has a rate of 41 robberies and 53 felony. assaults. It reported 0 robberies and 41 felony assaults in 2018, as well as 0 burglaries and 69 burglings. It also reported 0 rapes and 41 robberies in 2018; it had a crime-free year in 2013. It is located in the borough of Queens, which has a high crime rate.
Fire safety
Forest Hills contains a New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire station, Engine Co. 305/Ladder Co. 151. The station is located at 111-02 Queens Boulevard. Forest Hills is located on the East River in Queens, New York. The FDNY has a fire station in Forest Hills. The fire station is on the east river side of Queens Boulevard and the West River side of the Queens Boulevard area. It is located in the Forest Hills section of Queens, Queens, about a mile west of the city's main intersection of Queens Avenue and West 57th Street. For confidential support call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or visit http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/. For support on suicide matters call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90 or visit a local Samaritans branch, see www.samaritans.org for details. For support in the U.S., call theNational Suicide Prevention Line on 1- 800-273 8255. For help in the Philippines, call the Salvation Army on 08255 90 90 95 or visit http:// www.s Samaritans. org.
Health
As of 2018, preterm births and births to teenage mothers are less common in Forest Hills and Rego Park than in other places citywide. In 2018, 82% of residents described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", higher than the city's average of 78%. There are 5 bodegas for every supermarket in the city. Long Island Jewish Forest Hills is located in the area. The concentration of fine particulate matter, the deadliest type of air pollutant, is 0.0075 milligrams per cubic metre (7.5×109 oz/cu ft), equal to the city average. In Forest Hills, 11% of children are obese, compared with the citywide average of 20%. In 2018 there were 66 pre term births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1, 000 citywide), and 4.6 births to. teenage mothers per 1k live births. There are 11 residents who are uninsured, which is slightly lower than citywide rate of 12%. The population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 11% in 2018, slightly higher than city's 12%. In the city, 7% are diabetic, and 20% have high blood pressure, compared to citywide averages of 20%, 14%, and 24% respectively.:16 In addition, 11 per cent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, higher than average of 87%. The city has a low rate of smokers, with 14% of its residents being smokers.
Post office and ZIP Code
The United States Post Office operates the Forest Hills Station at 106-28 Queens Boulevard and the Parkside Station at 10119 Metropolitan Avenue. Forest Hills is covered by ZIP Code 11375. The post office is open seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days per week. For confidential support call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch, or see www.samaritans.org for details. In the U.S. call the National Suicide Prevention Line on 1-800-273-8255. For support in the UK, call the Salvation Army at 08457 909090.
Education
Forest Hills and Rego Park generally have a higher percentage of college-educated residents than the rest of New York City. Public schools in Forest Hills serve grades PK5 to 912. Private schools include two Catholic schools (Our Lady of Mercy and Our Lady Queen of Martyrs) and The Kew-Forest School. Yeshiva Gedolah Lubavitch is an ultra orthodox Chabad high school and branch of Tomchei Temimim. Plaza College, a small regionally-accredited college offering associates and bachelors degrees, is also located in forest Hills. The Queens Public Library operates two branches in the area. The Forest Hills branch is located at 108-19 71st Avenue, while the North Forest Park branch is Located at 98-27 Metropolitan Avenue. There are no zoned high schools in New York city. The following public middle schools serve Forest Hills: Stephen A. Halsey (grades 69) and Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School (grades 612) Forest Hills High School serves grades 912 and 913. The public high school serves grades 612 to 914 and grades 915 to 916. The school district operates two elementary schools: Forest Hills Elementary School and Forest Hills Middle School. It also operates two private schools: Our Lady Of Mercy and TheKew- Forest School. The elementary school's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is less than the citywide average of 20%. In Forest Hills, 10% of students missed 20 or more days per school year.
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Forest Hills's population in Queens County, New York of 5,919 residents in 1900 has increased 2,36-fold to 13,942 residents after 120 years, according to the official 2020 census.