My pediatrician ran a practice out of there. Forest Hills was a magical place and still is. It should be the model for every suburb. Walkable, close to transit and green
I found this gem on Instagram and the last time I visited NYC, we made a point of going here to explore. It took us less than 15 min from Penn Station on th LIRR. Such a stunning neighborhood!
Sunnyside in Queens is also a lovely old planned community worth a visit with lots of charming bungalows with shared yards and footpaths and filled with big old trees. I never made it out to Forest Hills when I lived there but next time I’m in NY I’ll have to make the trip.
as a teen living in kew gardens we used to go to forrest hills gardens to smoke weed becuase there were no regular cops there just private security that would run you off but not arrest you.
@@MegaJmerk yeah but it was more fun when it was illegal. We used to sit in our friends car and smoke spliffs in front of Geraldine Ferraro's house in FH Gardens.
@@chiriforever6535 Not quite true, as you can be arrested if you smoke weed on federal property within NYS/NYC, such as the portions of Gateway National Park in Staten Island. I don't smoke weed (have always disliked it), so I have no knowledge of whether this jurisdictional issue has led to actual arrests in New York, but I recall some folks being prosecuted for smoking weed on federal land in New Jersey in the not too distant past. Plus you can't smoke weed *anywhere* in New York (such as in subway cars, stations, most restaurants, etc.), but only where you can smoke cigarettes, but folks generally know this.
I live in Nassau County and once took the LIRR to Forest Hills specifically to take a walk through the area. It was an afternoon in early autumn and the golden light only enhanced the beauty of these streets. It was a magical world. You have to see it yourself to believe it!
@@cheyennethomas5101 But don't drive. Take the subway. Or walk. Parking becomes a nightmare for those who live in the neighborhood when there are events there.
Great video! I used to live nearby in Kew Gardens as a kid, but I always enjoyed going through that area. One fact you forgot to mention is that one of the most famous natives of Forest Hills is The Amazing Spider Man! They even shot some scenes in Forest Hills for the original movie.
I lived right next to FH, in Kew Gardens late 70s- early 80s. Loved it. I remember seeing Star Wars at the Forest Hills theater in July 1977. Great memories of going to the Tennis Stadium and seeing the Kennedys play there for charity.
Jamaica Estates is also a nice part of Queens. Used to park there then walk down to the subway on 179th street to get to work when I worked at the Queens Center Mall from 1977 to 1982.
I miss NYC 😢, I recently moved yesterday. I hate suburban car dependent soul crushing suburb. I miss walking & using my scooter in NYC and everything is so convenient.
Been here many times. I live in Jackson Heights and when I'm around there, it feels like another country 😅😅😅 Beautiful streets and houses. I wish the rest of New York City was as well thought of and executed 👏👏👏
The fact that it's PRECAST CONCRETE aka PLATTENBAU architecture to our German architecture fans yet it looks like that says that you can have both efficient, quality construction and a spectacular looking development rich in details... There's no excuse for crappy, slapdash designs without proper decoration when Forest Hills looks like this!
I grew up n FH. Austin street was very cool, bohemian, and a trendy hangout, like a street somewhere in London back in the 60’s-70’s. The US Open Tennis Tournament was held there at the stadium along with great concerts. They had really cool boutiques: Ronnie’s, Genesis, Revelation, The Village Set (which later moved to Rego Park) and others.
Boy did you bring back memories. I lived in FH for a several years. Austin Street was where I ended up a lot of the time, and The Village Set was a great place to shop. I remember when the Beatles came to the FH stadium-the screams were deafening, even in FH Gardens. But, the most beautiful moments were during Christmas when the streets took on a magical, back-in-time, enchanted feeling. I later moved CA, but am now back on the east coast (or as we sometimes say: the right coast-meaning correct). 😆
@@Mrsplanetmaster9 Ha, wait till you hear this one! My father was a booking agent and talent promoter. He gave Sid Bernstein his first job! Years later, Sid offered my father tickets to a Beatles concert. Without even asking me-my father turned him down! My father didn't think I'd be interested, because HE had no idea who the Beatles were. 🙃🤪🤣
@@Cre-Art Love your response, sad about the turn down.. Here's more. .. my Dad was a VP/Pan American Airways, so thru his travels met Claudette Colbert, who sent him to the Plaza. Brian Epstein was most cordial and accommodating, and he met the fab 4. Besides Forest Hills produced fabulous musicians, Leslie West/Weinstein, Walter Becker Steely Dan, the Ramones, Simon and Garfunkel etc. .As we share AND smile 😁
Forest Hills and Forest Hills Gardens are two totally different creatures for sure. Very pretty. Very strict rules to keep it that way. The Gardens also have original street lamp type things to keep the vibe going, which are cool looking. But it means some of those paths can get pretty dark at night if you're walking through there at 11 at night to get home, which can be almost a mile from Continental Ave if your house is one of the ones closer to Metropolitan Ave.
Maybe today. But that same developer and her HOA enforced a covenant preventing Jews and Blacks from buying there. An elementary school classmate of mine was in the first Jewish family allowed in after the Supreme Court voided all such covenants in the late '60s.
You say that... would you still say that if one of your windows breaks in the middle of a horribly cold winter and you can't get it fixed until you petition the Gardens Corp and have to wait weeks for them to contact you back to agree to let you fix it?
Hey Scott. Forest Hills was within NYC as of 1898 when all of Queens County was incorporated into what was then called Greater NY because the city boundaries were extended far beyond Manhattan/old NYC to include the other 4 boroughs. I am disappointed you got this basic NYC history wrong at the outset of your video.
*Forest Hills Gardens* not Forest Hills . The streets of Forest Hills Gardens are privately owned and not own by the city. *"Son of Sam"* killed one of his victims there back in the 70's
Once you crossed over the overhead bridge and walk further down the street, you’ll notice the noise from the street have died down. When you look around your surroundings, you noticed that you are no longer in nyc. Everything around you looks like the countryside. You envy the ones who live there.
Oakenshawe, Guilford, Tuscany-Canterbury, Roland Park, Keswick, Homeland, and Original Northwood most of these neighborhoods in Baltimore border the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus and look like what you showed in the Forest Hills Village video.
I’ve been there and it’s absolutely beautiful, it’s a rarity that you’ll see a for sale sign on the homes in that area😢 but who can blame them for not wanting to sale. This video doesn’t do that area justice, you have to take a visit and see it to believe it. It’s a community there and it feels as though you’re transported.
They don't build them like this anymore, which is a crying shame. These places are paradise compared to the austere offerings on display in both cities and suburbs...
Thanks for sharing your appreciation for my beloved home. As someone who grew up in Forest Hills, what would I be called? A Forest Hillsian? A Forest Hillsman? A Forest Hillser...?
@@ScottDaileyTH-camI remember walking into that neighborhood accidentally and being absolutely gobsmacked at how cool the houses and streets were. A beautiful place
The Beatles performed on the Forest Hills Tennis (West Side) Club grounds. I think they arrived by helicopter, according to John Norwood, former President of the Club.
@@hewitc I was there, lived 2 blocks from stadium, dad had a business membership (VP Pan American Airways).. but the Tix were ED SULLIVAN'S box seats, he was in Europe... I miss you Daddy for so much more than concert Tix... 💚💙🇺🇲🎾
I thought you were going to talk about Fairyland, which was an amusement park in the early 1960s that was on the property where Queens Center Mall is now.
@@cheyennethomas5101 Yes, for anyone who lives outside of Forest Hills & Querns (like me who grew up in southern Westchester county)(& don’t you dare call that upstate, because I only lived 8 miles ftom the Bronx) - The only thing (if at all) anyone hears the words Forest Hills, that is the “US Tennis Open stadium - & it wasn’t until 2016 (and still only a very small amount of uneducated people know) the D. Tramp (#45) grew up there.
@@MikeCee7 I think #45 is from Jamaica Estates, but I could be wrong. There used to be a few senior nursing homes established by him and his name has recently been torn off them lol
@@cheyennethomas5101 I did not google research it, but I just remember tramp associated with being from Forest Hills. & even remember seeing his childhood home is on Airbnb, and is rather popular with the with the people that are one shade away from being pink-necks.
I go there almost every week. “Small bar, big drinks” is their motto. Unfortunately, the HOA is no longer allowing them to have outdoor seating in the Summer and they have not been able to get a permit to install a new flue so their legendary burgers have been off the menu for months and that has hurt their business. It’s one of the great “dive bars” in New York City.
i grew up here in the seventies and eighties. my family's decision to move from it to a small apartment in manhattan was the dumbest thing they ever did.
very nice video, but you can't do a FHG retrospective without mentioning and showing the amazing the tennis stadium, its past glory (US tennis open host until 79, Sinatra and the Beatles played there) and its current rebirth. for another project try nearby sunnyside gardens. same garden repose in the big city concept but smaller scale, mews, not tudor revival
I remember searching for homes in this part of Queens when I was young. I always dreamt of owning a home here and living a happy life. What a life it would've been.
“What’s Stopping it?” All the the land in the NYC metro area is already been developed in the past 100+. Maybe you can duplicate something like this in the Catskills or the Adirondacks.
@@MikeCee7 You don't even need to go that far. Anywhere in suburbia with any proximity to N.Y., N.Y is experiencing a large influx of hard working people who want to have homes and children. There's building going on in every last inch of open/available space. Where are the developers, architects and designers of such quality of life projects that will be just as desirable in another 100 years and not only more low quality over priced ever changing landfill ? 🤔
@@petemavus2948 Ok, show me where place in NYC metro area that has as much empty undeveloped lane as Forest Hills had (in 1906? This isn’t the 1930s anymore. Yeah there’s new construction of high-rises. There’s no where a Forest Hills like community of 2,000 acres of empty land to build on in NYC metro area. Unless you go 70 to 80 miles outside of NYC.
@@MikeCee7 As far as completely virgin, unspoiled blank canvas land you may be correct. Yet there are many failing or already abandoned sprawling industrial, commercial and other properties which if combined could have an equally as good amount of acreage and effect if cooperatively worked toward by many sectors. It would have to be integrated just like this community was from it's inception. There are pockets like this in most all boroughs and counties if you look closely yet probably the zoning/local red tape and bureaucracy is what prohibits cost effectiveness or doesn't encourage it. I'm theoretically against taking more natural land when we're already wasting what we have with poor planning and lack of recycling/up cycling efforts or systems at odds with each other.
Thank you for this but FH gardens had retained its beauty because it’s privately owned. The rest of Forest Hills .. the beautiful pre war Tudor’s or colonial homes have been torn down for mega mansion boxes and it’s heartbreaking.
The neighborhood is gorgeous. But the people are soooooooo weird and there’s suuucchhh a sketchy element to it. The rich property owners seem stuck in the 50s, and then everyone else is like criminal trash. Some of the craziest stories of violence I have witnessed, experienced or even heard of have taken place in Forrest Hills.
Sorry, but you start off this video with a major error. The neighborhood isn't called "Forest HIlls." It's called "Forest Hills Gardens." The broader area in which Forest Hills Gardens is located is called "Forest Hills."
Yeah but I can get to midtown Manhattan in 20 minutes on the subway or LIRR from Forest Hills, can get to two airports in 20 minutes and have tremendous restaurants within walking distance.
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I been here this area is so beautiful & special! Love it
My pediatrician ran a practice out of there. Forest Hills was a magical place and still is. It should be the model for every suburb. Walkable, close to transit and green
Yes, all of these suburban faux town centers could learn a few things from studying Forest Hills.
@@duanerackham9567 Dr Lavy. That was my pediatrician.
I found this gem on Instagram and the last time I visited NYC, we made a point of going here to explore. It took us less than 15 min from Penn Station on th LIRR. Such a stunning neighborhood!
Such fascinating and interesting architecture. You caught this at the perfect time of year. Thanks for the video.
I grew up in Forest Hills, a blessing, went to FHills H. S. I miss my hometown now in L. A. 😢🎾💚
So did I. Born in 1940 and lived in Forest Hills until 1964, but moved back later on. I attended P.S. 101 and Forest Hills High School. So fortunate.
@@febnyc P. S. 174, JHS 190 SAGE & FHHS... 👍🏻
@@febnycwow you type great for being an older age! Good for you! Must be in pretty decent shape!
@@tula1433 Hey Ho Lets Go
RAMONES
Sunnyside in Queens is also a lovely old planned community worth a visit with lots of charming bungalows with shared yards and footpaths and filled with big old trees. I never made it out to Forest Hills when I lived there but next time I’m in NY I’ll have to make the trip.
Sunnyside is not bad but no where near the charm of Forest Hills.
Oh I’m sure! I was just mentioning it because I lived there and liked it very much. The area called Sunnyside Gardens is especially pleasant.
Forest Hills Gardens is stunning!
I grew up in Forest Hills. It’s a beautiful and special place.
as a teen living in kew gardens we used to go to forrest hills gardens to smoke weed becuase there were no regular cops there just private security that would run you off but not arrest you.
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@@MegaJmerk now you can smoke any where in New York 🗽 is legal,
@@MegaJmerk yeah but it was more fun when it was illegal. We used to sit in our friends car and smoke spliffs in front of Geraldine Ferraro's house in FH Gardens.
@@chiriforever6535 Not quite true, as you can be arrested if you smoke weed on federal property within NYS/NYC, such as the portions of Gateway National Park in Staten Island. I don't smoke weed (have always disliked it), so I have no knowledge of whether this jurisdictional issue has led to actual arrests in New York, but I recall some folks being prosecuted for smoking weed on federal land in New Jersey in the not too distant past.
Plus you can't smoke weed *anywhere* in New York (such as in subway cars, stations, most restaurants, etc.), but only where you can smoke cigarettes, but folks generally know this.
😂😂😂😂
True vision as opposed to the modern day schlock HOA's have become. Congratulations Forest Hills ! 💜
Do you think Osama bin Laden wanted to destroy that too?
Forest Hills..Queens 👑it looks so beautiful secluded area ,it’s very much hidden .. I know it’s pretty expensive to live too ..🌴🌿🌿🍁🍂🍁
Omg. I used to always say years ago that this area was so beautiful. Like walking into a different world!
Reminds me of Riverside Illinois, also an Olmstead project. Wish MORE places looked like that!
Back in the 70s, I spent some time in NY. I found a place in Forest Hills that had the best cheesecake.
The best cheesecake is S and S in the Bronx.
@@joeywho534 maybe now but I was talking about 50 years ago.
Martha’s Country Bakery. One of the best bakeries in the entire city! I used to go here with $5-$10 bucks with my friends after school. Good times
I live in Nassau County and once took the LIRR to Forest Hills specifically to take a walk through the area. It was an afternoon in early autumn and the golden light only enhanced the beauty of these streets. It was a magical world. You have to see it yourself to believe it!
lived there for 3 years 10 years ago. very lovely
Beautiful forest hills ❤❤
Don’t forget to stop by for a show at forest hills stadium! Kings of Leon is performing this summer
@@cheyennethomas5101 But don't drive. Take the subway. Or walk. Parking becomes a nightmare for those who live in the neighborhood when there are events there.
i remember growing up driving through here & i’d always love looking out the window haha i always loved the architecture!
Queens looks beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing the tour, from new sub🙏❤️
Yes it definitely is. #kewgardens #briarwood #foresthills #richmondhill
@@Rhatid-mondon’t forget Whitestone, Bayside, Douglaston, and Little Neck are also very nice neighborhoods. They are suburban-like.
Scott, this was lovely. Your explanations have made me look at it in a different light. Next time I walk through it, I will appreciate it differently.
Great video! I used to live nearby in Kew Gardens as a kid, but I always enjoyed going through that area. One fact you forgot to mention is that one of the most famous natives of Forest Hills is The Amazing Spider Man! They even shot some scenes in Forest Hills for the original movie.
I lived right next to FH, in Kew Gardens late 70s- early 80s. Loved it. I remember seeing Star Wars at the Forest Hills theater in July 1977. Great memories of going to the Tennis Stadium and seeing the Kennedys play there for charity.
Probably saw the Moxley killers play lol
Jamaica Estates is also a nice part of Queens. Used to park there then walk down to the subway on 179th street to get to work when I worked at the Queens Center Mall from 1977 to 1982.
That was so fun!
In the TV show The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, her parents-in-law lived in Forest Hills Gardens.
I miss NYC 😢, I recently moved yesterday. I hate suburban car dependent soul crushing suburb. I miss walking & using my scooter in NYC and everything is so convenient.
Well come back soon
y did u move and to where
Been here many times. I live in Jackson Heights and when I'm around there, it feels like another country 😅😅😅 Beautiful streets and houses. I wish the rest of New York City was as well thought of and executed 👏👏👏
The fact that it's PRECAST CONCRETE aka PLATTENBAU architecture to our German architecture fans yet it looks like that says that you can have both efficient, quality construction and a spectacular looking development rich in details... There's no excuse for crappy, slapdash designs without proper decoration when Forest Hills looks like this!
Super hermosas esas casas con sus jardines simplemente maravillosas. 🏡
Grew up in Forest Hills and still live here. No place like it!
Beautiful place..Is this place safe to live?
I live Kew Gardens, Queens, Right next too Forest Hills. #kewhardens #foresthills #cordmeyer
I grew up n FH. Austin street was very cool, bohemian, and a trendy hangout, like a street somewhere in London back in the 60’s-70’s. The US Open Tennis Tournament was held there at the stadium along with great concerts. They had really cool boutiques: Ronnie’s, Genesis, Revelation, The Village Set (which later moved to Rego Park) and others.
Boy did you bring back memories. I lived in FH for a several years. Austin Street was where I ended up a lot of the time, and The Village Set was a great place to shop. I remember when the Beatles came to the FH stadium-the screams were deafening, even in FH Gardens. But, the most beautiful moments were during Christmas when the streets took on a magical, back-in-time, enchanted feeling. I later moved CA, but am now back on the east coast (or as we sometimes say: the right coast-meaning correct). 😆
@@Cre-Art I saw the Beatles. 1964, my Dad got Ed Sullivan's box seats 🎾🎸
@@Mrsplanetmaster9 Ha, wait till you hear this one! My father was a booking agent and talent promoter. He gave Sid Bernstein his first job! Years later, Sid offered my father tickets to a Beatles concert. Without even asking me-my father turned him down! My father didn't think I'd be interested, because HE had no idea who the Beatles were. 🙃🤪🤣
@@Cre-Art Love your response, sad about the turn down..
Here's more. .. my Dad was a VP/Pan American Airways, so thru his travels met Claudette Colbert, who sent him to the Plaza. Brian Epstein was most cordial and accommodating, and he met the fab 4. Besides Forest Hills produced fabulous musicians, Leslie West/Weinstein, Walter Becker Steely Dan, the Ramones, Simon and Garfunkel etc. .As we share AND smile 😁
@@trueloveingod2691 Big Up for Ronnie's, and Changes so many etc🎾💚
STUNNING!
Forest Hills and Forest Hills Gardens are two totally different creatures for sure. Very pretty. Very strict rules to keep it that way. The Gardens also have original street lamp type things to keep the vibe going, which are cool looking. But it means some of those paths can get pretty dark at night if you're walking through there at 11 at night to get home, which can be almost a mile from Continental Ave if your house is one of the ones closer to Metropolitan Ave.
Finally an HOA I can get behind!
🤣🤣🤣
Maybe today. But that same developer and her HOA enforced a covenant preventing Jews and Blacks from buying there. An elementary school classmate of mine was in the first Jewish family allowed in after the Supreme Court voided all such covenants in the late '60s.
@@DavidRecthmanit all Jewish today. Now the rich jews move out to long island...
You say that... would you still say that if one of your windows breaks in the middle of a horribly cold winter and you can't get it fixed until you petition the Gardens Corp and have to wait weeks for them to contact you back to agree to let you fix it?
every video of yours is a must-watch for me!
Hey Scott. Forest Hills was within NYC as of 1898 when all of Queens County was incorporated into what was then called Greater NY because the city boundaries were extended far beyond Manhattan/old NYC to include the other 4 boroughs. I am disappointed you got this basic NYC history wrong at the outset of your video.
True
Great video! Quick correction: the subway station was built in 1936.
*Forest Hills Gardens* not Forest Hills . The streets of Forest Hills Gardens are privately owned and not own by the city. *"Son of Sam"* killed one of his victims there back in the 70's
Once you crossed over the overhead bridge and walk further down the street, you’ll notice the noise from the street have died down. When you look around your surroundings, you noticed that you are no longer in nyc. Everything around you looks like the countryside. You envy the ones who live there.
Queens has managed to keep the rif raff outta this wonderful Neighborhood!!
It needs to be culturally enriched. Bring Migrant housing!
@@johnnystacks9468 ??
I love this neighborhood! It “feels” awesome.
Oakenshawe, Guilford, Tuscany-Canterbury, Roland Park, Keswick, Homeland, and Original Northwood most of these neighborhoods in Baltimore border the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus and look like what you showed in the Forest Hills Village video.
Looking at these now!
Great video! My favorite restaurant Jade is there.
and, most importantly, THE RAMONES
I was hoping someone would comment on that
I’ve been there and it’s absolutely beautiful, it’s a rarity that you’ll see a for sale sign on the homes in that area😢 but who can blame them for not wanting to sale. This video doesn’t do that area justice, you have to take a visit and see it to believe it. It’s a community there and it feels as though you’re transported.
They don't build them like this anymore, which is a crying shame. These places are paradise compared to the austere offerings on display in both cities and suburbs...
Wow , the stomping grounds of America's greatest ever : Ramones.❤
Thanks for sharing your appreciation for my beloved home. As someone who grew up in Forest Hills, what would I be called? A Forest Hillsian? A Forest Hillsman? A Forest Hillser...?
I'm voting for Hillsian although I don't know if they have one haha
@@ScottDaileyTH-cam That sounds fancy 😊
The Ramones were from Forest Hills.
Forrest Hills is great but I prefer Ditmas Park in Brooklyn. Another hidden oasis ❤
google mapsing now!
I was not expecting houses like that in New York City, looks kinda like Sears Catalog houses
@@ScottDaileyTH-camI remember walking into that neighborhood accidentally and being absolutely gobsmacked at how cool the houses and streets were. A beautiful place
The Beatles performed on the Forest Hills Tennis (West Side) Club grounds. I think they arrived by helicopter, according to John Norwood, former President of the Club.
@@hewitc I was there, lived 2 blocks from stadium, dad had a business membership (VP Pan American Airways).. but the Tix were ED SULLIVAN'S box seats, he was in Europe... I miss you Daddy for so much more than concert Tix...
💚💙🇺🇲🎾
Magic.
Beefsteak Charlies... anyone remembered the steakhouse.
@@MusicforMe123 Beefsteak Charlie's. Holy crap I haven't thought of that place in at least 30 years!!!!!!!
@@missymae821 unlimited shrimp and beer
@@JohnDoe-yr3xo I remember the unlimited shrimp but beer too, that I didn't remember. I missed out on that beer. LOL.
@@missymae821 That's about right. The good ole days. LOL.
I live in forest hills 😊 😊
I thought you were going to talk about Fairyland, which was an amusement park in the early 1960s that was on the property where Queens Center Mall is now.
I can’t believe he didn’t mention the US Tennis Open was in Forest Hills.
Or forest hills stadium! Holds 13K people, same capacity of a concert at MSG
@@cheyennethomas5101 Yes, for anyone who lives outside of Forest Hills & Querns (like me who grew up in southern Westchester county)(& don’t you dare call that upstate, because I only lived 8 miles ftom the Bronx)
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The only thing (if at all) anyone hears the words Forest Hills, that is the “US Tennis Open stadium
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& it wasn’t until 2016 (and still only a very small amount of uneducated people know) the D. Tramp (#45) grew up there.
@@MikeCee7 I think #45 is from Jamaica Estates, but I could be wrong. There used to be a few senior nursing homes established by him and his name has recently been torn off them lol
@@cheyennethomas5101 I did not google research it, but I just remember tramp associated with being from Forest Hills. & even remember seeing his childhood home is on Airbnb, and is rather popular with the with the people that are one shade away from being pink-necks.
@@cheyennethomas5101correct. South of St. John’s University.
Dream place
Forest Hills Gardens!
The neighborhood described in this video isn’t Forest Hills, it’s Forest Hills Gardens.
I love forest hills
Theres a great bar there called dirty pierres its built underneath the railroad station
I go there almost every week. “Small bar, big drinks” is their motto. Unfortunately, the HOA is no longer allowing them to have outdoor seating in the Summer and they have not been able to get a permit to install a new flue so their legendary burgers have been off the menu for months and that has hurt their business. It’s one of the great “dive bars” in New York City.
i grew up here in the seventies and eighties. my family's decision to move from it to a small apartment in manhattan was the dumbest thing they ever did.
very nice video, but you can't do a FHG retrospective without mentioning and showing the amazing the tennis stadium, its past glory (US tennis open host until 79, Sinatra and the Beatles played there) and its current rebirth. for another project try nearby sunnyside gardens. same garden repose in the big city concept but smaller scale, mews, not tudor revival
It is nice there I’ll admit.
I remember searching for homes in this part of Queens when I was young. I always dreamt of owning a home here and living a happy life. What a life it would've been.
its not a fairyland, its just good planning! Nothing is stopping people from copying it!
Only hindrances are power, greed and bad taste.
“What’s Stopping it?” All the the land in the NYC metro area is already been developed in the past 100+. Maybe you can duplicate something like this in the Catskills or the Adirondacks.
@@MikeCee7
You don't even need to go that far. Anywhere in suburbia with any proximity to N.Y., N.Y is experiencing a large influx of hard working people who want to have homes and children. There's building going on in every last inch of open/available space. Where are the developers, architects and designers of such quality of life projects that will be just as desirable in another 100 years and not only more low quality over priced ever changing landfill ? 🤔
@@petemavus2948 Ok, show me where place in NYC metro area that has as much empty undeveloped lane as Forest Hills had (in 1906?
This isn’t the 1930s anymore. Yeah there’s new construction of high-rises. There’s no where a Forest Hills like community of 2,000 acres of empty land to build on in NYC metro area. Unless you go 70 to 80 miles outside of NYC.
@@MikeCee7
As far as completely virgin, unspoiled blank canvas land you may be correct. Yet there are many failing or already abandoned sprawling industrial, commercial and other properties which if combined could have an equally as good amount of acreage and effect if cooperatively worked toward by many sectors.
It would have to be integrated just like this community was from it's inception. There are pockets like this in most all boroughs and counties if you look closely yet probably the zoning/local red tape and bureaucracy is what prohibits cost effectiveness or doesn't encourage it.
I'm theoretically against taking more natural land when we're already wasting what we have with poor planning and lack of recycling/up cycling efforts or systems at odds with each other.
You have to be a real new Yorker to appreciate the borough of Queens! 🤷🏻♂️😀
Forest hills about to become the next park slope.
this is also canonically the neighborhood peter parker is from
I drove past that a grip of times and wondered wtf it was about.
Are there any Irish pubs in Forest Hills?
Yes, Irish Cottage.
Grew up in Queens and never knew about this place 😮
What? 😂😂😂😂😂😂 literally HOW?
yoo bro i am from in LA. Even i know about this place
Hello from Terrica
Thank you for this but FH gardens had retained its beauty because it’s privately owned. The rest of Forest Hills .. the beautiful pre war Tudor’s or colonial homes have been torn down for mega mansion boxes and it’s heartbreaking.
Sitting here in Queens
Eating refried beans...
My other home!! ❤
Bel nor and normany, in Saint Louis are just as good or better, take a look.
Y nowhere south of QB?
The neighborhood is gorgeous. But the people are soooooooo weird and there’s suuucchhh a sketchy element to it. The rich property owners seem stuck in the 50s, and then everyone else is like criminal trash.
Some of the craziest stories of violence I have witnessed, experienced or even heard of have taken place in Forrest Hills.
Next up: How illegal immigrants destroyed Forest Hills. 😢
@@robertdesantis6205 I was definitely talking about the born and bred trash from there.
The Sam Ash over there closed down😓
No it didn’t. I went there two days ago
@@eddiew2325 all stores closed 2 months ago
@@darlyngton_nyc hmm 🤔
This video is really only about Forest Hills Gardens, not the larger Forest Hills. A tad misleading.
Forest Hills Gardens is SEPARATE from Forest Hills
Meanwhile, the City was packed with teeming tenaments.
"garden cities of England." Never been to England have you Scott🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Not hidden anymore….oh well!
Sorry, but you start off this video with a major error. The neighborhood isn't called "Forest HIlls." It's called "Forest Hills Gardens." The broader area in which Forest Hills Gardens is located is called "Forest Hills."
Which he explained in the video 👍
As a former resident of the non-Gardens side of Forest Hills I was about to say this
@@ThreeRunHomer I guess I didn't watch the video long enough to hear that.
I love looking at the houses i can never afford and the hot hot white woman in tennis skirts i will never afford! 😂😅😅
Meadow Hills GTA4
Old or new money. That's what it takes to live there
Its so hidden, HOW DID YOU FIND IT.
ITS HIDDEN
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Wow…who knew? I always thought forest hills was the ghetto given anything that far out on the subway lines is almost never that lovely.
LMFAO LOOKS LIKE Staten Island most parts and that’s why we love people not coming here and ruining it with the other 4 borough bs
Yeah but I can get to midtown Manhattan in 20 minutes on the subway or LIRR from Forest Hills, can get to two airports in 20 minutes and have tremendous restaurants within walking distance.
GTA 4?
we the people of Forest Hills dont want you telling the whole world about it.
Watch put for buses crammed with "refugees."
Wrong turn and you’re in Jamaica 😮
It's not really hidden. Most New Yorkers know about it.
LOL. I have to laugh. "New York's Hidden Fairyland" is the brambles of Central Park in Manhattan. Happy Pride, Queens.
lol how is forest hills "hidden"?