Forest Hills, Queens

Forest Hills is a 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 Meadows–Corona Park and Kew Gardens Hills to the east.Template:Efn

The area was originally referred to as "Whitepot".<ref name="About Forest Hills">About Forest Hills at QueensNewYork.com</ref> The current name comes from the Cord Meyer Development Company, which bought Template:Convert 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 New York City Subway's Queens Boulevard Line. Forest Hills has a longstanding association with tennis: the Forest Hills Stadium hosted the U.S. Open from 1915 through 1977 and the West Side Tennis Club offers grass courts for its members. The area's main commercial street, Austin Street, contains many restaurants and chain stores.

Forest Hills is located in Queens Community District 6 and its ZIP Code is 11375.<ref name="NYCPlanning"/> It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department's 112th Precinct.<ref name="NYPD 112th Precinct"/> Politically, Forest Hills is represented by the New York City Council's 29th District.<ref>Current City Council Districts for Queens County, New York City. Accessed May 5, 2017.</ref> It is located within Template:Ushr.

History

Development

Station sign at Forest Hills station

The development of adjacent Forest Park, a park on the southern end of Forest Hills, began in 1895. Starting in 1896, the landscape architecture firm of Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot was contracted to provide a plan for the park.<ref name=":1" />Template:Rp

In 1906 the Cord Meyer Development Company, headed by Brooklyn attorney Cord Meyer, bought abutting land made up of six farms (those of Ascan Bakus, Casper Joost-Springsteen, Horatio N. Squire, Abram V. S. Lott, Sarah V. Bolmer, and James Van Siclen). The company then renamed the aggregate Template:Convert "Forest Hills", after Forest Park. Single-family homes, designed by architects such as Robert Tappan and William Patterson, were constructed on these 600 acres.<ref name=":1" />Template:Rp The roads of Forest Hills were laid out by 1910.<ref name=":1" />Template:Rp The present-day Ascan Avenue in Forest Hills is named after Ascan Bakus.

Margaret Sage, the founder of the Russell Sage Foundation, bought Template:Convert of land from the Cord Meyer Development Company in 1908. This land was to be used for "Forest Hills Gardens", a development on the southern side of Forest Hills.<ref name=":1" />Template:Rp

Architecture

Homes in Forest Hills Gardens showing typical Tudor Revival architecture

Grosvenor Atterbury, a renowned architect, along with his associate architect and Forest Hills resident, John Almy Tompkins II, was given the commission to design Forest Hills Gardens. 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.

There are many Tudor Revival homes in Forest Hills, often featuring stucco walls and red Ludowici clay tile roofs.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The most expansive buildings are in Forest Hills Gardens, but many are located in the area loosely bounded by 68th Avenue on the north; 72nd Road on the south; 108th Street on the west; and Grand Central Parkway on the east.<ref name=":1" />Template:Rp<ref>* The Garden City Movement Template:Webarchive

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The construction of this area used a prefabricated building technique. Each house was built from approximately 170 standardized precast concrete panels, fabricated off-site and positioned by crane.<ref>Christopher Gray "Designing for High and Low", The New York Times, October 22, 2009. Accessed August 7, 2012.</ref> The houses were mostly constructed between 1910 and 1917.<ref name=":1" />Template:Rp

Growth and expansion

The Long Island Rail Road opened a station in Forest Hills in 1911,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the Queens Boulevard trolley line opened two years later.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The LIRR station was built with a brick courtyard, a clock tower, and arch-filled underpasses, fitting in with the Forest Hills Gardens section of the neighborhood.<ref name=":1" />Template:Rp Since the railroad and trolley both connected to Manhattan, the presence of these two transportation options spurred development in Forest Hills.<ref name=":1" />Template:Rp

In 1914, the West Side Tennis Club moved from Manhattan to Forest Hills Gardens.<ref name=":1" />Template:Rp They constructed the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, a stadium with approximately 13,000 seats, in 1923.<ref name=":1" />Template:Rp<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The U.S. Open and its predecessor national championships were held there until 1978, making Forest Hills synonymous with tennis for generations.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref> and it was open by 1924.<ref name=":1" />Template:Rp However, the club was closed in 1938 so that developers could build housing atop the site of the course.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref>

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Queens Boulevard, looking eastward in 2006

Queens Boulevard was widened in the 1920s.<ref name=":1" />Template:Rp Planning for a Queens Boulevard subway line started around this time. There were proposals for two stations in Forest Hills: an express station serving all trains on 71st Avenue, and a local station at 75th Avenue.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> During the late 1920s, in anticipation of the arrival of the subway, land was bought by developers and was built up.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref> Zoning laws were changed to allow fifteen-story apartment buildings to be built,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and made the neighborhood of Forest Hills a more desirable place to live, especially as it was an express stop. Queens Borough President George Harvey predicted that the introduction of the subway to Forest Hills would turn Queens Boulevard into the "Park Avenue of Queens."<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp Excavation for the line started in 1931,<ref name=":1" />Template:Rp and the two subway stops in Forest Hills opened in 1936 along with six other stations on the Queens Boulevard line.<ref>* Template:Cite news

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The population nearly doubled in the late 1920s, increasing from 9,500 residents in 1927 to 18,207 residents three years later. By 1940, after the subway opened, the population had increased to 32,500 residents.<ref name=":1" />Template:Rp By this time, development had largely stopped due to World War II, and about 25 empty lots in Forest Hills Gardens were developed after the war. At the same time, the single-family houses in Forest Hills were being razed to create new apartment buildings. The land in Forest Hills Gardens was fully developed by the 1960s, but there would still be empty lots in Forest Hills itself until the mid-1990s.<ref name=":1" />Template:Rp

Later history

In 1972 residents protested against Forest Hills Houses, a proposed public housing development with three 24-story buildings at 62nd Drive and 108th Street. It was part of Mayor John Lindsay "scatter-site" plan to construct public housing in neighborhoods that had none (as opposed to concentrating public housing in poor neighborhoods).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> White middle-class residents believed that the public housing would depreciate the community's quality of life because poor residents would move into the housing. Advocates for the project accused residents of racism, since the proposed development's residents would be mostly people of minority races.<ref name=":2">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Lindsay garnered significant opposition due to the controversy surrounding Forest Hills Houses. Mario Cuomo, a lawyer and the future Governor of New York, was assigned to mediate the dispute and succeeded in halving the size of the project. The New York City Housing Authority ultimately implemented a rigorous screening process for prospective residents of Forest Hills Houses, with quotas for elderly and poorer tenants.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" />Template:Rp

During the 1970s and 1980s the neighborhood became more racially diverse. Discriminatory covenants for prospective Forest Hills Gardens residents were lifted, and immigrants from Iran, India, Israel, and the former Soviet Union started residing in Forest Hills.<ref name=":1" />Template:Rp

Demographics

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Post office, which displays a sports theme

Based on data from the 2010 United States census, the population of Forest Hills was 86,364, an increase of 1,318 (1.5%) from the 85,046 counted in 2000. Covering an area of Template:Convert, the neighborhood had a population density of Template:Convert.<ref name=PLP5>Table PL-P5 NTA: Total Population and Persons Per Acre – New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010, Population Division – New York City Department of City Planning, February 2012. Accessed June 14, 2016.</ref>

The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 58.3% (48,822) White, 2.5% (2,086) African American, 0.1% (63) Native American, 24.2% (20,233) Asian, 0.0% (22) Pacific Islander, 0.4% (373) from other races, and 2.1% (1,719) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.4% (10,410) of the population.<ref name="PLP3A">Table PL-P3A NTA: Total Population by Mutually Exclusive Race and Hispanic Origin – New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010, Population Division – New York City Department of City Planning, March 29, 2011. Accessed June 14, 2016.</ref>

The entirety of Community Board 6, which comprises Forest Hills and Rego Park, had 115,119 inhabitants as of NYC Health's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 85.4 years.<ref name="CHP2018">Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Rp This is higher than the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods.<ref name=":21">Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Rp<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The plurality of inhabitants are middle-aged and elderly adults: 31% are between the ages of 25–44, 28% between 45–64, and 19% over 64. The ratio of young and college-aged residents was lower, at 16% and 5% respectively.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp

As of 2017, the median household income in Community Board 4 was $75,447.<ref name="CB6PUMA">Template:Cite web</ref> In 2018, an estimated 16% of Forest Hills and Rego Park residents lived in poverty, compared to 19% in all of Queens and 20% in all of New York City. One in seventeen residents (6%) was unemployed, compared to 8% in Queens and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 50% in Forest Hills and Rego Park, lower than the boroughwide and citywide rates of 53% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, Template:As of, Forest Hills and Rego Park is considered to be high-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp

Land use

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Forest Hills Gardens, part of Forest Hills

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The Church-in-the-Gardens in Forest Hills Gardens

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Grace Baptist with decorative streetlamp in Forest Hills Gardens, Queens

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. South of the Long Island Rail Road, 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,<ref>S. Klaus, A Modern Arcadia, p. 115</ref> effectively excluded "working-class people", as noted by Eric P. Nash in his 2002 New York Times book review of A Modern Arcadia.<ref>Eric P. Nash "Books In Brief: Nonfiction; Ye Olde Borough of Queens", The New York Times, September 1, 2002. Accessed June 1, 2022.</ref> Forest Hills Gardens was named "Best Community" in 2007 by Cottage Living magazine.<ref>Ward, Logan; and Hanson, David. "Our Top 10 Cottage Communities for 2007", Cottage Living. Accessed September 4, 2007.</ref> The adjacent Van Court community also contains a number of detached single-family homes. There are also attached townhouses near the Westside Tennis Center and detached frame houses near Metropolitan Avenue.

The north side of Forest Hills is home to the Cord Meyer community, which contains detached single-family homes. Teardowns and their replacement with larger single family residences has had a significant impact on the architectural integrity of the area.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> However, the 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.<ref name="ql031809">Template:Cite news</ref>

On the northwestern edge of Forest Hills, on 62nd Drive and 108th Street immediately adjacent to the Long Island Expressway, is the Forest Hills Co-op Houses, a New York City Housing Authority low-income housing project. Its construction provoked controversy<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> among the residents in the more prestigious areas of Forest Hills when it was constructed in the early 1970s.<ref name=":2"/>

The southeastern portion of Forest Hills contains Forest Hills South, 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. This enclave was designed by Philip Birnbaum.<ref>Template:Cite aia5</ref><ref name="Perlman Springer 2015 p. 27">Template:Cite book</ref>

Philip Birnbaum and Alfred Kaskel also designed and constructed numerous apartment buildings scattered throughout Forest Hills.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> These include the Grover Cleveland, the Van Buren Apartments, the Thomas Jefferson, the Maplewood, the Richard Apartments, the Stephen Apartments, the James Madison, the Cedar Apartments, the Howard Apartments, the James Monroe, the Nathan Hale, the St. Regis, the Roanoke, and the Kennedy House. Birnbaum and Kaskel's buildings largely remain standing, and are distinguished by their spacious lobbies, interior courtyards with fountains, curved brick corner terraces, and sunlit exposures.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Perlman Springer 2015 p. 27"/> Other notable high-rise 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.

Points of interest

Austin Street is a busy, modern street with shops, cafes, restaurants, and other stores that function as the center of Forest Hills. It has become a place people visit from other neighborhoods because of its charm.

Two monuments were erected in Forest Hills Gardens: one is a tribute to the victims of World War I and the other is the mast of the Columbia, the winner of the America's Cup yacht races in both 1899 and 1901.Template:Citation needed

The Church-in-the-Gardens, St. Luke's Episcopal Church, and United States Post Office are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="nris">Template:NRISref</ref>

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Panoramic view of Station Square, 2016

Police and crime

Forest Hills and Rego Park are patrolled by the 112th Precinct of the NYPD, located at 68-40 Austin Street.<ref name="NYPD 112th Precinct">Template:Cite web</ref> The 112th Precinct ranked 6th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. The area's low crime rate is attributed to its seclusion and reputation as a "suburb within the city".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:As of, with a non-fatal assault rate of 14 per 100,000 people, Forest Hills and Rego Park's rate of violent crimes per capita is less than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 102 per 100,000 people is lower than that of the city as a whole.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp

The 112th Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 91.5% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported 0 murders, 18 rapes, 41 robberies, 53 felony assaults, 69 burglaries, 403 grand larcenies, and 37 grand larcenies auto in 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Fire safety

Forest Hills contains a New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire station, Engine Co. 305/Ladder Co. 151, at 111-02 Queens Boulevard.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite FDNY locations</ref>

Health

Template:As of, preterm births and births to teenage mothers are less common in Forest Hills and Rego Park than in other places citywide. In Forest Hills and Rego Park, there were 66 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 4.6 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide).<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp Forest Hills and Rego Park have a low population of residents who are uninsured. In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 11%, slightly lower than the citywide rate of 12%.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp

The concentration of fine particulate matter, the deadliest type of air pollutant, in Forest Hills and Rego Park is Template:Convert, equal to the city average.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp Ten percent of Forest Hills and Rego Park residents are smokers, which is lower than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp In Forest Hills and Rego Park, 19% of residents are obese, 7% are diabetic, and 20% have high blood pressure—compared to the citywide averages of 20%, 14%, and 24% respectively.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp In addition, 11% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp

Ninety-three percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which is higher than the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 82% of residents described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", higher than the city's average of 78%.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp For every supermarket in Forest Hills and Rego Park, there are 5 bodegas.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp

Long Island Jewish Forest Hills is located in Forest Hills.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Post office and ZIP Code

Forest Hills is covered by ZIP Code 11375.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The United States Post Office operates the Forest Hills Station at 106-28 Queens Boulevard<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the Parkside Station at 10119 Metropolitan Avenue.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on November 17, 1988. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Education

Forest Hills and Rego Park generally have a higher percentage of college-educated residents than the rest of the city Template:As of. The majority of residents (62%) have a college education or higher, while 8% have less than a high school education and 30% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 39% of Queens residents and 43% of city residents have a college education or higher.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp The percentage of Forest Hills and Rego Park students excelling in math rose from 42% in 2000 to 61% in 2011, and reading achievement rose from 48% to 49% during the same time period.<ref name=":17">Template:Cite web</ref>

Forest Hills and Rego Park's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is less than the rest of New York City. In Forest Hills and Rego Park, 10% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year, lower than the citywide average of 20%.<ref name=":21" />Template:Rp<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp Additionally, 91% of high school students in Forest Hills and Rego Park graduate on time, more than the citywide average of 75%.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp

Queens Community House provides free English classes to immigrants.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

K–12 schools

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Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Roman Catholic Church

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Forest Hills High School

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Russell Sage Junior High School

Public schools

Forest Hills contains the following public elementary schools which serve grades PK–5 unless otherwise indicated:

• PS 101 School In The Gardens<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• PS 144 Col. Jeromus Remsen School<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• PS 174 William Sidney Mount<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• PS 175 Lynn Gross Discovery School<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• PS 196 Grand Central Parkway<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• PS 220 Edward Mandel<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• PS 303 The Academy for Excellence through the Arts (grades PK–5)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The following public middle schools serve Forest Hills:

• JHS 157 Stephen A. Halsey (grades 6–8)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• MS 167 Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School (grades 6–12)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• JHS 190 Russell Sage (grades 6–8)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

There are no zoned high schools in New York City. The following high schools in Forest Hills serve grades 9–12:

• Forest Hills High School<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Queens Metropolitan High School<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Private schools

Private schools in Forest Hills include two Catholic schools (Our Lady of Mercy and Our Lady Queen of Martyrs) and The Kew-Forest School, an independent school.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Also located in Forest Hills is Yeshiva Gedolah Lubavitch, an ultra orthodox Chabad high school and branch of Tomchei Temimim.<ref>About Us, Yeshiva Gedolah Lubavitch. Accessed June 14, 2017.</ref>

Colleges

Bramson ORT College was an undergraduate college operated by the American branch of the Jewish charity World ORT. Its main campus was in Forest Hills, with a satellite campus in Brooklyn. It closed in February 2017 after failing to meet standards set by the New York State Education Department Board of Regents and losing its accreditation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Touro College/NYSCAS has a branch location in Forest Hills. Plaza College, a small regionally-accredited college offering associates and bachelors degrees, is also located in Forest Hills.

Libraries

The Queens Public Library operates two branches in Forest Hills. The Forest Hills branch is located at 108-19 71st Avenue,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> while the North Forest Park branch is located at 98-27 Metropolitan Avenue.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Transportation

Public transportation

The following MTA Regional Bus Operations bus routes serve Forest Hills:<ref name=busqns>Template:Cite NYC bus map</ref>

• Template:NYC bus link: to Elmhurst or Old Howard Beach or Hamilton Beach (via Woodhaven Boulevard)<ref>Template:Cite NYC bus</ref>
• Template:NYC bus link: to East Elmhurst (via 108th Street and 69th Avenue)<ref>Template:Cite NYC bus</ref>
• Template:NYC bus link: to Maspeth (via 62nd Drive (to Maspeth), 63rd Road (to Forest Hills), 63rd Drive)<ref>Template:Cite NYC bus</ref>
• Template:NYC bus link: to Elmhurst or Arverne (via Woodhaven/Cross Bay Boulevard)<ref>Template:Cite NYC bus</ref>
• Template:NYC bus link: to Woodside or Rockaway Park (via Woodhaven/Cross Bay Boulevard)
• Template:NYC bus link: to Jamaica, Queens or Williamsburg, Brooklyn (via Metropolitan Avenue)<ref>Template:Cite NYC bus</ref>
• Template:NYC bus link: to South Jamaica, Queens or East Midtown, Manhattan (via Queens Boulevard)<ref>Template:Cite NYC bus</ref>
• Template:NYC bus link: to Electchester (via 69th Road/Jewel Avenue)<ref>Template:Cite NYC bus</ref>
• Template:NYC bus link: to Queensborough Community College (via 69th Road/Jewel Avenue)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Template:NYC bus link: to Elmhurst or Queens Village (via Horace Harding Expressway)<ref>Template:Cite NYC bus</ref>
• Template:NYC bus link: to Ridgewood or Flushing (via Horace Harding Expressway)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Template:NYC bus link: express to Midtown Manhattan (via 69th Road/Jewel Avenue, Sixth Avenue)<ref>Template:Cite NYC bus</ref>
• Template:NYC bus link: express to Midtown Manhattan (via LeFrak City, Sixth Avenue)<ref>Template:Cite NYC bus</ref>
• Template:NYC bus link: express to Lower Manhattan (via Queens Boulevard, LeFrak City, Water Street, Church Street)
• Template:NYC bus link: express to Midtown Manhattan (via Yellowstone Boulevard, Sixth Avenue)<ref>Template:Cite NYC bus</ref>
• Template:NYC bus link: express to Midtown Manhattan (via Woodhaven Boulevard, Sixth Avenue)<ref>Template:Cite NYC bus</ref>
• Template:NYC bus link: express to Midtown Manhattan (via Queens Boulevard, Sixth Avenue)<ref>Template:Cite NYC bus</ref>
• Template:NYC bus link: express to Midtown Manhattan (via LeFrak City, Third Avenue)
• Template:NYC bus link: express to Midtown Manhattan (via Yellowstone Boulevard, Third Avenue)
• Template:NYC bus link: express to Midtown Manhattan (via 69th Road/Jewel Avenue, Third Avenue)
• Template:NYC bus link: express to Midtown Manhattan (via Woodhaven Boulevard, Madison Avenue)<ref>Template:Cite NYC bus</ref>

The following New York City Subway stations serve Forest Hills:<ref>Template:NYCS const</ref>

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The neighborhood also has a Long Island Rail Road commuter rail station: the Forest Hills station. The southern part of the neighborhood is also close to the Kew Gardens station in neighboring Kew Gardens.<ref name=neigh-map>Template:Cite NYC neighborhood map
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Road

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JetBlue's former headquarters on Queens Boulevard

The main thoroughfare is Queens Boulevard. The street's width and complexity have led to a large number of pedestrian deaths, earning it the moniker "Boulevard of Death".<ref>Gartland, Michael. "City to spend $100M on 'Boulevard of Death' road revamp", New York Post, July 24, 2015. Accessed July 5, 2016.</ref> Metropolitan Avenue is known for its antique shops. The commercial heart of Forest Hills is a mile-long stretch of Austin Street between Yellowstone Boulevard and Ascan Avenue: the latter thoroughfare was named in 1909 by developer Frederick Backus for his own father, Ascan Backus II.<ref>Marzlock, Ron. "The Backus clan, who named Ascan Ave.", Queens Chronicle, October 25, 2012. Accessed July 5, 2016. "Frederick had a son, Ascan II, born in 1878 and named in honor of his immigrant grandfather. In 1909, when Frederick Backus cut a road from Queens Boulevard to Metropolitan Avenue, he named it Ascan Avenue, also in memory of his father the farming king."</ref>

Parks and recreation

Forest Hills is bordered by two of the largest parks in Queens managed by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation: the Template:Convert Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, which is the site of two World's Fairs (in 1939 and 1964) and the iconic Unisphere;<ref>"Flushing Meadows Corona Park". Retrieved September 29, 2014.</ref> as well as the Template:Convert Forest Park.<ref>"Forest Park". Retrieved September 29, 2014.</ref> Within Forest Hills, parks and playgrounds include the Yellowstone Municipal Park – Katzman Playground (located on Yellowstone Boulevard, between 68th Avenue and 68th Road);<ref>"Yellowstone Park". Retrieved September 29, 2014.</ref> the Annadale Playground (located on Yellowstone Boulevard, between 64th Road and 65th Avenue);<ref>"Annadale Playground". Retrieved September 29, 2014.</ref> the Willow Lake Playground (located off the Grand Central Parkway, between 71st and 72nd Avenues);<ref>"Willow Lake Playground". Retrieved September 29, 2014.</ref> the Ehrenreich-Austin Playground (located on Austin Street, between 76th Avenue and 76th Drive);<ref>"Ehrenreich-Austin Playground". Retrieved September 29, 2014.</ref> and the Russell Sage Playground (located on 68th Avenue, between Booth and Austin Streets).<ref>"Russell Sage Playground", New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Accessed September 29, 2014.</ref>

Access to Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is restricted due to the fact that the Grand Central Parkway bisects the neighborhood and the park proper. Pedestrian access exists over the Grand Central Parkway at the Horace Harding Expressway, 64th Avenue, Jewel Avenue, and 72nd Road. A shuttered entrance at 78th Avenue, which previously lead to Willow Lake and provided pedestrian access to the rest of the park as well as neighboring Kew Gardens Hills, has been closed since 2001. The ballfields and the playground that once surrounded the lake have long been abandoned and neglected by the Parks Department.

In popular culture

Sports

The U.S. Open tennis tournament was first held at the West Side Tennis Club from 1915 until 1977, when it was relocated to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park, about Template:Convert away.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> When the Open was played at the tennis stadium, the tournament was commonly referred to merely as Forest Hills, just as All-England Lawn Tennis Association Championships are referred to simply as Wimbledon.Template:Citation needed

Film

A pivotal scene in Alfred Hitchcock's 1951 film Strangers on a Train, in which Farley Granger's character is a professional tennis player, features a lengthy championship game at the West Side Tennis Club.Template:Citation needed

In the 2001 movie The Royal Tenenbaums, Luke Wilson's character plays a tennis match at the club.Template:Citation needed

Literature

Forest Hills was featured as the home setting for the comic book superhero Spider-Man, where under the alias Peter Parker he grew up at 20 Ingram Street (Template:Coord). In the comics the home was depicted as a modest, two-story boarding house run by his Aunt May.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=kempton>Kempton, Sally. "Spiderman's [sic] Dilemma: Super-Anti-Hero in Forest Hills", The Village Voice, April 1, 1965.</ref><ref>Glaser, Brian. "Q+A: Joe Quesada". Visual Arts Journal. School of Visual Arts. Fall 2011. pp. 50–55.</ref>

Music

The Ramones were formed in Forest Hills. The band was recognized with the designation in 2017 of Ramones Way at 67th Avenue and 110th Street, in front of Forest Hills High School.<ref>Reszutek, Dana. "Ramones Way coming to Forest Hills, Queens", AM New York, October 4, 2016. Accessed June 21, 2017. "The Ramones will be honored in their hometown of Forest Hills, Queens, with a street of their own, the band announced on its official website. Ramones Way will be located in front of Forest Hills High School, the alma mater of original band members Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee and Tommy."</ref>

Simon and Garfunkel both graduated from Forest Hills High School in 1958. The duo performed at Forest Hills Stadium in 1966, 1967, 1968, and two nights in 1970. Paul Simon returned once again to Forest Hills Stadium in 2016 during his Homeward Bound farewell tour.<ref>Perlman, Michael (October 3, 2018 ). "Simon & Garfunkel's strong ties to Forest Hills" Template:Webarchive. Forest Hills Times.</ref>

Billy Eichner wrote the parody song "Forest Hills State of Mind" about the neighborhood.<ref>Nolan, Hamilton. "'Forest Hills State of Mind'" Template:Webarchive, Gawker, January 18, 2010. Accessed December 8, 2021.</ref>

Video Games

The 2008 Rockstar Games open-world action-adventure/crime game Grand Theft Auto IV, which is set in a highly accurate parody of New York City called Liberty City, features a parody of Forest Hills called Meadow Hills, located in the borough of Dukes, the GTA equivalent of Queens. It also prominently features a parody of the Forest Hills Station called Lynch Street Station, though in the game it's utilized as a station for the Liberty City Subway system (based on the New York City Subway system) rather than its real-life usage as a Long Island Rail Road station.<ref>ForestHillsRealEstate.com "DID YOU KNOW THAT FOREST HILLS IS FEATURED IN THE VIDEO GAME GRAND THEFT AUTO?"</ref>

Notable people

• Jacob Arabo (born 1965), jewelry and watch designer who founded Jacob & Co.<ref>Sales, Nancy Jo. "Is Hip-Hop's Jeweler on the Rocks?", Vanity Fair, October 17, 2006. Accessed July 5, 2016. "Their driver, Alex, pulled out of the driveway of their multi-million-dollar brick Colonial in leafy Forest Hills, Queens, 20 minutes from Manhattan."</ref>
• Awkwafina (born 1988), rapper and actress<ref>Truong, Peggy. "Awkwafina Cherishes Buffalo Wild Wings and Other Forest Hills Chains", Vice, December 15, 2015. Accessed July 5, 2016. "If you ever run into Nora Lum—better known as the rapper and comedian Awkwafina—don't assume she's from Flushing. She gets that a lot. Instead, ask if she has time to hit up the Buffalo Wild Wings or one of the other chains in Forest Hills, where she grew up and where her folks still live."</ref>
• Hank Azaria (born 1964), actor and voice artist<ref>Schillinger, Liesl.

"Be It a Cabin, High-Rise or Ranch, There's No Place Like It", The New York Times, December 24, 2006. Accessed October 24, 2007. "For the actor Hank Azaria, the home was a three-bedroom apartment on the 14th floor of a towering complex in Forest Hills."</ref>

• David Baltimore (born 1938), Nobel Prize-winning virologist<ref>Lippincott, Sara. "Interview with David Baltimore", Caltech Oral Histories, October – November 2009. Accessed August 19, 2017. "Baltimore: We did not move to Great Neck until the early forties. I was born in New York City [Manhattan], but I was brought up in Queens—in Rego Park and Forest Hills."</ref>
• Remy Banks (born ?), rapper
• Walter Becker (1950-2017), half of the musical duo Steely Dan<ref>Sweet, Brian. "Steely Dan", p. 11. Omnibus Press, 2000. Template:ISBN; accessed June 18, 2009. "Walter Becker was born on Monday, February 20, 1950, in the Forest Hills area of Queens in New York."</ref>
• Andrew Bergman (born 1945), screenwriter (Blazing Saddles, The In-Laws), writer/director (The Freshman, Honeymoon In Vegas), novelist (Jack LeVine mystery series) and playwright (Social Security, Honeymoon In Vegas).Template:Citation needed
• Jimmy Breslin (1929-2017), journalist<ref>Breslin, Jimmy. The World of Jimmy Breslin, p. 440. Open Road Media, 2012. Template:ISBN. Accessed July 5, 2016. "Breslin writing at home in Forest Hills, Queens."</ref>
• Joseph Bowler (1928–2016), artist and illustrator<ref>"Biography for Joseph Bowler", AskART. Accessed June 18, 2009.</ref>
• Daniel Bukantz (1917–2008), Olympic fencer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Michael A. Burstein (born 1970), science fiction writer<ref>Staff. "Michael A. Burstein running for Brookline, Massachusetts office" Template:Webarchive, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, May 11, 2004. Accessed June 18, 2009. "Burstein was born in New York City and grew up in the neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, where his mother still lives."</ref>
• Dale Carnegie (1888–1955), self-improvement lecturer and author of How to Win Friends and Influence People<ref>Staff. "Josephine Carnegie Wed; She Becomes Bride of Gerard B. Nolan at Forest Hills", The New York Times, May 30, 1937. Accessed June 2, 2022. "The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. P. Holland at the home of the bride's uncle, Dale Carnegie, author, in Forest Hills, Queens."</ref> lived at 27 Wendover Rd in Forest Hills.
• David Caruso (born 1956), actor in CSI: Miami, and NYPD Blue<ref>"In Step With David Caruso" Template:Webarchive, Parade, March 6, 2005; accessed June 2, 2009. "The redheaded David Caruso grew up in Forest Hills, N.Y. He was drawn to movies like The Godfather and went to work early."</ref>
• Candy Darling (1944–1974), Warhol superstar who appeared in a number of his films<ref>Bell, Arthur. "Darling Candy, where were you the night Jean Harlow died?", The Village Voice, May 18, 1972. Accessed June 18, 2009. "The young boy from Forest Hills had to have it for himself. He became Candy Darling."</ref>
• John R. Dilworth (born 1963), animator and creator of Cartoon Network's Courage the Cowardly Dog<ref>Lenburg, Jeff. Who's who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film & Television's Award-winning and Legendary Animators, p. 64. Hal Leonard Corporation, 2006. Template:ISBN. Accessed April 28, 2017. "One of four children, including three sisters, Dilworth was raised in Forest Hills and Queens, New York, and educated in private schools in Queens."</ref>
• Sergei Dovlatov (1941–1990), Russian short–story writer and novelist; in 2014, the corner of 63rd Drive and 108th Street was given an honorary designation in his name.<ref>Staff. "Forest Hills corner to be renamed Sunday", Queens Chronicle, September 4, 2014. Accessed July 5, 2016. "The corner of 108th Street and 63rd Drive in Forest Hills will be renamed on Sunday at 10 a.m. for Sergei Dovlatov, a Russian writer and journalist who emigrated to the United States, specifically Forest Hills, to escape harassment from authorities in 1979."</ref>
• Walter Egan (born 1948), singer-songwriter ("Magnet and Steel")<ref>"Walter Egan: Staying Young At Heart Through Music", 9 Years of Rock, March 23, 2015. Accessed June 1, 2022. "Egan grew up in Forest Hills in Queens (New York) on the same block that Joey Ramone ended up growing up on."</ref>
• Billy Eichner (born 1978), comedian, actor, and host of Billy on the Street<ref>Zinoman, Jason. "Chase a Stranger, Then Make a Scene; Billy Eichner Scours the Sidewalks for Comedy", The New York Times, March 7, 2014> Accessed September 26, 2014. "The same could be said of the career of Mr. Eichner, a ferociously funny comic who started as a child actor and was raised in a supportive middle-class household in Forest Hills, Queens."</ref>
• Geraldine Ferraro (1935–2011), member of U.S. House of Representatives, television personality<ref name=Ferraro>Clines, Francis X. "In Training for a Run on the Political Stage", The New York Times, February 19, 1997. Accessed July 5, 2016. "She commutes here on alternate weeks for five nights of shows, traveling from Forest Hills, Queens, where she lives with her husband, John A. Zaccaro."</ref>
• Art Garfunkel (born 1941), singer-songwriter<ref>Art Garfunkel, Jewish Virtual Library. Accessed December 11, 2006</ref><ref name=SimonAndGarfunkel>Martin, Douglas. "About New York; Just Simon in the Park, to Garfunkel's Disappointment", The New York Times, August 14, 1991; accessed June 2, 2009. "Soon, he and Paul Simon, two sons of Forest Hills, Queens, who became bards of the 60's, would stride to the shimmering center of a vast Central Park stage, and a generation growing overweight and apart would for a few fleeting hours feel forever young."</ref>
• Ernie Grunfeld (born 1955), former player and general manager of the Washington Wizards<ref>Brown, Clifton. "Basketball; Grunfeld Is a Candidate for Bucks' Post", The New York Times, May 21, 1992; accessed June 18, 2009. "Grunfeld, who is 37 years old and grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, still has two years remaining on his Knick contract."</ref>
• Alan Hevesi (1940–2023), disgraced former Comptroller of New York<ref>Navarro, Mireya. "A Comptroller Candidate Fights for Recognition", The New York Times, July 5, 2016. Accessed October 8, 2007. "A native New Yorker, Mr. Hevesi lives in Forest Hills with his wife, Carol."</ref>
• Steve Hofstetter (born 1979), comedian/radio personality<ref>Silverberg, Alex. "Comic Thanks His Queens Upbringing" Template:Webarchive, copy of article from The Queens Tribune, July 6, 2007. Accessed October 18, 2007. "Hofstetter has been all around Queens. He spent his younger years in Briarwood before moving on to Forest Hills, and finally settling down in Rego Park for the duration of his teen years."</ref>
• John V. Hogan (1890–1960), radio pioneer<ref>Staff. "John Hogan, Radio Expert, Dies; Co-Founder of WQXR Was 71; Developed High-Fidelity Aids and Facsimile Transmission – Worked With de Forest", The New York Times, December 30, 1960. Accessed July 5, 2016. "John Vincent Lawless Hogan, who invented single–dial radio tuning and was co-founder of radio station WQXR, died yesterday at his home, 239 Greenway South, Forest Hills, Queens, after a long illness."</ref>
• John Francis Hylan (1848–1936), Mayor of New York City (1918–1925)<ref>Staff. "Ex-Mayor Hylan Dies Suddenly Of Heart Attack; Stricken After Retiring in His Forest Hills Home, Succumbs Within a Few Minutes. Mayor From 1918 TO 1925 An Up-State Farm Boy With Little Schooling, He Studied Law While Working", The New York Times, January 12, 1936. Accessed July 5, 2016. "Former Mayor John F. Hylan died of a heart attack about 1:15 o'clock this morning in his residence at 2 Olive Place, Forest Hills, Queens."</ref>
• Ethel D. Jacobs (1910–2001), thoroughbred horse owner and breeder, wife of Hirsch Jacobs<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Hirsch Jacobs (1904–1970), thoroughbred jockey, husband of Ethel D. Jacobs<ref>Staff. "Hirsch Jacobs, Leading Trainer, Is Dead; Had More Winners Than Anyone Saddled Stymie", The New York Times, February 14, 1970. Accessed July 5, 2016. "Jacobs went through life with a gentle tolerance of other views: letting his children be brought up as Roman Catholics (though he retained his Jewish faith); equipping his home in Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, with ashtrays and a lavish bar (though he didn't smoke or drink) and greeting everybody with a smiling 'Hi‐ya.'"</ref>
• Donna Karan (born 1948), fashion designer<ref>Li, Kenneth. "Making A Fashionable Exit Donna Karan Resigns As CEO" Template:Webarchive, New York Daily News, July 29, 1997. Accessed June 17, 2009. "The move follows months of turmoil for the Forest Hills, Queens-born designer, who has become one of the world's best-known brands by creating sophisticated yet comfortable clothing that women cherish as both casual and evening wear."</ref>
• Helen Keller (1880–1968), lecturer, author, fundraiser, activist<ref>Whitman, Alden. "Triumph Out of Tragedy; Helen Keller, Blind and Deaf Writer, Traveler and Humanitarian, Is Dead at 87", The New York Times, June 2, 1968. Accessed June 1, 2022. "In the twenties, Miss Keller, Miss Sullivan and her husband and Miss Thomson (who had joined the household in 1914) moved from Wrentham, Mass., to Forest Hills, Queens, in New York. Miss Keller used this home as a base for her extensive fund-raising tours for the American Foundation for the Blind, of which she was counselor until her death."</ref>
• Alan King (1927–2004), actor/comedian<ref>Ho, Janie. "Alan King, Comic, Actor Dies at 76", CBS News, May 9, 2004; accessed June 18, 2009. "King, who until then had been using worn–out one-liners, found his new material at home. His wife had persuaded the New Yorker to forsake Manhattan for suburban Forest Hills, Queens, believing it would provide a better environment for their children."</ref>
• Andrea King (1919–2003), actress<ref>Schneider, Paul Miles. Biography, the official Andrea King website. Accessed June 18, 2009. "A few years later, after settling in New York, Belle consented to marry Douglas McKee, the Vice President of the Title Guarantee & Trust Company, and the threesome moved into a large house in Forest Hills, Long Island."</ref>
• Israel Knox (1904–1986), American philosophy professor
• David Krumholtz (born 1978), actor<ref name="j1">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Gary Kurfirst (1947–2009), concert promoter and record producer<ref>Bowman, David. "This Must Be the Place", HarperCollins, 2002, p. 109. Template:ISBN. Accessed June 18, 2009. "The man was Gary Kurfirst. He was born in Forest Hills, Queens, in 1947. He was a manager."</ref>
• Michael Landon (1936–1991), actor known for his roles on Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie<ref>Flint, Peter B. "Michael Landon, 54, Little Joe On 'Bonanza' for 14 Years, Dies", The New York Times, July 2, 1991; accessed June 18, 2009. "Mr. Landon, whose name was originally Eugene Maurice Orowitz, was born on Oct. 31, 1936, in Forest Hills, Queens, to Eli Maurice Orowitz, a movie theater manager, and the former Peggy O'Neill, an actress."</ref>
• Harvey J. Levin (1924–1992), internationally recognized pioneer of communications economics, holder of Long Island's first professorial chair<ref>Hamilton College Class of 1944 50th Reunion Yearbook, Spring 1994</ref><ref>Hamilton College Alumni Review, Vol. 57, No. 2, Fall-Winter 1992–93</ref>
• Jack Lew (born 1955), United States Secretary of the Treasury from 2013 to 2017<ref>Gannon, Michael. "Obama nominates Forest Hills native Jack Lew for treasury secretary", Queens Chronicle, January 10, 2013. Accessed July 5, 2016.</ref>
• Trygve Lie (1896–1968), first Secretary-General of the United Nations, serving from 1946 to 1952<ref>Staff. "United Nations: We Are Determined", Time, July 3, 1950. Accessed July 5, 2016. "At 3 a.m. last Sunday, the telephone rang in the Forest Hills, N.Y. home of U.N. Secretary–General Trygve Lie."</ref>
• Carol Lynley (1942–2019), actress best known for her role in The Poseidon Adventure<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Jack McAuliffe (1866–1937), world lightweight boxing champion<ref>Staff. "Jack M'auliffe, 71, Ex-Ring Champion; Retired Undefeated in 1896 After Holding Lightweight Crown for 12 Years", The New York Times, November 5, 1937. Accessed June 18, 2009. "Jack McAuliffe, who retired in 1896 as the undefeated professional lightweight-boxing champion of the world after holding the title for twelve years, died yesterday at his home, 73-20 Austin Street, Forest Hills."</ref>
• Chieli Minucci (born 1958), jazz musician<ref>Hirshon, Nicholas. "Jazz star rose & remains in Forest Hills", New York Daily News, April 5, 2007. Accessed July 5, 2016. "Jazz guitarist Chieli Minucci of Special EFX, who recently received his eighth Emmy nomination for his music for Guiding Light, has called Forest Hills home since he was 8."</ref>
• Min Xiao-Fen (born 1961), pipa player and vocalist<ref>Horowitz, Joseph. "The Musical Odyssey of Min Xiao-Fen", The New York Times, March 3, 2005. Accessed June 1, 2022. "Ms. Min moved to New York in 1996. (She now lives in Forest Hills.)"</ref>
• Michele "Big Mike" Miranda (1896–1973), consigliere of the Genovese crime family and one of the most powerful New York gangsters in the 1950s and 1960s<ref>Feinberg, Alexander. "Miranda Balks At Gang Inquiry; Auto Dealer Questioned in Anastasia Slaying Is One of 7 to Refuse Answers", The New York Times, December 15, 1957. Accessed July 5, 2016. "Miranda, who lives in Forest Hills, Queens, and has an automobile agency in Manhattan, took the Fifth Amendment thirty-two times as a witness before the Joint Legislative Committee on Government Operations, the so-called watchdog committee."</ref>
• Lore Noto (1923–2002), Off-Broadway producer<ref>Goldman, Ari L. "Lore Noto, Producer of The Fantasticks, 79, Is Dead", The New York Times, July 10, 2002. Accessed July 5, 2016. "Lore Noto, the theatrical producer who nurtured a little show called The Fantasticks and turned it into the world's longest-running musical, died on Monday at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx. He was 79 and lived in Forest Hills, Queens."</ref>
• Carroll O'Connor (1924–2001), actor, best known for his role as Archie Bunker on All in the Family<ref>Severo, Richard. "Carroll O'Connor, Embodiment of Social Tumult as Archie Bunker, Dies at 76", The New York Times, June 22, 2001. Accessed July 5, 2016. "The O'Connors lived well, at first in the Bronx, later in a larger apartment in Elmhurst, Queens, and finally in a nice single-family home in Forest Hills, Queens, then an enclave for people of means."</ref>
• Marco Oppedisano (born 1971), composer and guitarist<ref>Spotlight: Marco Oppedisano"Oppedisano's complex, highly textured works are not meant to be performed live, though Oppedisano has been known to play out with backing tracks or in improvisatory solo and duo situations. His meticulously edited work can be enjoyed on his records, celebrating the myriad, evocative tonal possibilities contained in this instrument we love."</ref>
• Rick Overton (born 1954), actor and comedian<ref>Mikael J. "DCC4N's Rick Overton Interview", DC Comedy: 4 Now blog, May 12, 2009; accessed June 18, 2009. "I Grew up in Forest Hills until 1966, at which point we moved to Englewood NJ because Dizzy Gillespie found us a house near him!"</ref>
• Susan Polgar (born 1969), chess grandmaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• The Ramones, seminal punk rock band:
  • Dee Dee Ramone (1951–2002), bassist and songwriter of the Ramones<ref>Pareles, Jon. "Dee Dee Ramone, Pioneer Punk Rocker, Dies at 50", The New York Times, June 7, 2002. Accessed June 17, 2009.

"Tony Colvin moved her children to New York in the late 1960s. They settled in Forest Hills, Queens, where Douglas met the future members of the Ramones, described in Lobotomy as 'the obvious creeps of the neighborhood.'"</ref>

• • Joey Ramone (1951–2001), lead singer and songwriter of the Ramones<ref>Powers, Ann. "Joey Ramone, Punk's Influential Yelper, Dies at 49", The New York Times, April 16, 2001. Accessed June 2, 2009. "Born Jeffrey Hyman in Forest Hills, Queens, Mr. Ramone grew up a sensitive outcast in a bohemian family."</ref>
  • Johnny Ramone (1948–2004), guitarist of the Ramones<ref>Silverman, Stephen M. "Punk Rock Legend Johnny Ramone Dies at 55", People, September 16, 2004; accessed June 2, 2009. "Johnny Ramone, 55, was born John Cummings and grew up in Forest Hills, N.Y., soaking up Rock in the '60s but then moving to an edgier sound."</ref>
  • Tommy Ramone (1952–2014), drummer and record producer of the Ramones<ref>Coleman, Miriam. "Tommy Ramone Dead at 65Drummer was last surviving original member of the Ramones", Rolling Stone, July 12, 2014. Accessed February 8, 2018. "Born Erdelyi Tamas in Budapest in 1949, Ramone emigrated to America in 1957. He grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, where he began playing music with John Cummings (a.k.a. Johnny Ramone) while he was in high school, In 1974, Erdelyi and Cummings joined together with two fellow Forest Hills compatriots, singer Jeffrey Hyman (Joey) and bassist Douglas Colvin (Dee Dee), and began playing simple, rapid-fire punk under a common surname."</ref>
• Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957), psychiatrist known for his theories of Orgone energy<ref>Elkind, David. "Wilhelm Reich – The Psychoanalyst as Revolutionary; Wilhelm Reich", The New York Times, April 18, 1971. Accessed July 5, 2016. "soon after his arrival in 1939, Reich rented a house in Forest Hills, where he quickly resumed the pattern of activities he had followed in Oslo, Berlin and Vienna.</ref>
• Renée Richards (born 1934), tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Branch Rickey (1881–1965), Major League Baseball executive<ref>Frommer, Harvey. Rickey and Robinson: The Men Who Broke Baseball's Color Barrier, p. 130. Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. Template:ISBN. Accessed July 5, 2016. "The final decision to sign major-league baseball's first black player was made at a secret meeting at Branch Rickey's Forest Hills, Queens, home just hours after Durocher was suspended."</ref>
• Thelma Ritter (1902–1969), actress<ref>Thelma Ritter Profile, Turner Classic Movies. Accessed July 5, 2016. "When not acting, Ritter lived with her family in Forest Hills, New York, which she described later in an interview, 'We're only a block and a half from the subway. We came here in 1937 to see the tennis matches and decided that it was a nice place to live. We moved here and haven't been to the matches since.'"</ref>
• Ray Romano (born 1957), actor-comedian, best known for Everybody Loves Raymond<ref>Strickland, Carol. "Can Sitcom Make It With L.I. Setting?", The New York Times, December 1, 1996. Accessed July 5, 2016. "For Everybody Loves Raymond, the route to Hollywood Hills began in Forest Hills, where Ray Romano, a standup comedian and the star of the show, grew up."</ref>
• Dave Rubinstein (1964–1993), punk rock musician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Chris Rush (1946–2018), stand-up comedian<ref>Milking the Rhino: Dangerously Funny Lists Template:Webarchive at Andrews McMeel Publishing</ref>
• Renato Russo (1960–1996), Brazilian bandleaderTemplate:Citation needed
• Joan Shawlee (née Fulton; 1926–1987), actress<ref>Heffernan, Harold. "12 New Film Beauties Selected For Musical", Toledo Blade, November 9, 1950; accessed June 18, 2009.</ref>
• Michael Simanowitz (1971–2017), member of the New York State Assembly.<ref>McShane, Larry. "N.Y. Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz, lauded as a tremendous voice for the Jewish community, dead at 45", New York Daily News, September 3, 2017. Accessed September 5, 2017. "Well-regarded State Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz, a devoted father and longtime public servant, died Saturday after battling an undisclosed illness. He was 45. The Queens native was first elected to state office in 2011, representing a wide area in the center of his home borough — including his old neighborhood of Forest Hills."</ref>
• Todd Strauss-Schulson (born 1980), film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, and cinematographer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Debbie Wasserman Schultz (born 1966), member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Template:Ushr.<ref>"Debbie Wasserman Schultz", The Washington Post. Accessed June 18, 2009.</ref>
• Paul Simon (born 1941), singer-songwriter<ref name=SimonAndGarfunkel/>
• Fred Stone (1873–1959), actor<ref>Noles, Randy. "Final Bow For A Trouper", Winter Park Magazine, July 14, 2021. Accessed June 1, 2022. "He married actress Allene Crater, who had a minor role in Wizard, and eventually the couple had three daughters, all of whom became performers and often shared the stage with their legendary father. The family lived comfortably in Forest Hills, New York, where Stone bought property northwest of his home and built two cottages, a stable, a riding track and a polo field"</ref>
• Tatiana Troyanos (1938–1993), mezzo-soprano known for her work at the Metropolitan Opera<ref>Kozinn, Allan. "Tatiana Troyanos Is Dead at 54; Mezzo Star of Diverse Repertory", The New York Times, August 23, 1993; accessed June 18, 2009. "Tatiana Troyanos was born in New York on September 12, 1938, and grew up in Forest Hills."</ref>
• Bob Tufts (1955-2019), Major League Baseball pitcher<ref>Tufts, Bob. Template:Usurped, Black Athlete Sports Network, January 12, 2008; accessed June 18, 2009. "Bob Tufts is a former Major League pitcher who pitched for the San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Royals from 1981–83. He now resides in Forest Hills, New York".</ref>
• Jeff Wayne (born 1943), musician known for his musical version of The War of the Worlds<ref>Jeff Wayne Template:Webarchive, Sony Music. Accessed June 18, 2009. "Jeff Wayne was born in Forest Hills, New York and discovered early in his life two passions that have remained with him — music and tennis."</ref>
• Katharine Weber (born 1955), novelist, author of five novels, including Triangle and True Confections.<ref>Fine, Mary Jane. "Connecticut Novelist's Still Life With Monkey Explores Challenges Of Severe Disability", Hartford Courant, December 27, 2018. Accessed April 24, 2022. "As a child of 5 or 6 growing up in the Forest Hills section of New York City, Katharine Weber pecked out stories, 'typing very slowly, very laboriously, on an old Underwood typewriter — you know, the kind with the silver-circled keys.'"</ref>
• Leslie West (1945–2020), of the hard rock band Mountain<ref>Fischler, Marcelle S. "Nascent Hall of Fame to Welcome First Honorees", The New York Times, October 15, 2006. Accessed April 24, 2022. "Dee Snider of Stony Brook, the shock-rocker from the 1980s heavy metal band Twisted Sister, known for his defiant metal anthem We're Not Gonna Take It, and Leslie West of the band Mountain, who grew up in East Meadow, Lawrence and Forest Hills, are also being inducted"</ref>
• Anthony Weiner (born 1964), politician<ref>Barkan, Ross. "Anthony Weiner Does a Homecoming Tour in Forest Hills", New York Observer, June 15, 2013. Accessed April 24, 2022. "Anthony Weiner has traveled across the city's five boroughs since he announced his mayoral campaign last month, but only today did he visit his old Queens neighborhood of Forest Hills that he fled in the aftermath of his Twitter scandal two years ago."</ref>
• Adolph Alexander Weinman (1870–1952), sculptor<ref>Adolph A. Weinman papers, 1890-1959, Archives of American Art. Accessed April 24, 2022. "In 1923, he moved his studio to Forest Hills, New York, where he lived until his death."</ref>
• Henry Willson (1911–1978), Hollywood agent<ref>Ferber, Lawrence. "Oh, Henry Oh, Henry" Template:Cite web, Gay and Lesbian Times, no. 934, November 17, 2005. Accessed June 18, 2009. "During his youth in Forest Hills, N.Y., Willson was close to his father, a man who both enabled his showbiz obsession and hindered his personal development."</ref>
• Jack Wyatt (1917–2008), host of ABC's Confession; Episcopalian priest<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Gideon Yago (born 1978), journalist, former correspondent at MTV and CBS News<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Manuel Ycaza (1938–2018), jockey inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame<ref>Staff. "Manuel Ycaza" Template:Webarchive, National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Accessed June 18, 2009. "But trips out to Shea Stadium are nothing new for Deycaza, a resident of Forest Hills, N.Y."</ref>
• Pia Zadora (born 1954), actress<ref>Mitchell, Henry. "Pia", The Washington Post, March 26, 1983. Accessed April 24, 2022. "'My mother was wardrobe mistress for the New York City Opera, and what with my father a musician too, I was surrounded by classical music through my childhood in Forest Hills and I was supposed to be preparing for a career in opera.'"</ref>

External links

• Forest Hills Neighborhood Profile Template:Webarchive, About.com