Forest hills queens

The PropertyNest analysis ranked the five most expensive and five most affordable spots in the borough.

The Queens neighborhood is known for its large standalone houses

October 29, 2009 Burns Street One of the U.S.'s oldest planned neighborhoods, Forest Hills Gardens was completed in 1909. Modeled after a traditional English village, the lay-out and landscaping were designed by Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr., son of the famed Central Park designer. The winding streets consist of single family homes of grand style and proportion, connected rowrouses surrounded by gardens, and a few apartment buildings surrounding Station Square and the LIRR Station. The…

Forest Hills Gardens was built in the early 20th century to resemble England's idyllic garden cities.

Too often, city planners defer to “context” in the most superficial way—privileging the massing of buildings over the deeper forces that define a neighborhood’s identity.

Forest Hills Gardens, Forest Hills, Queens

Tudor Revival House (1912) 22 Deepdene Rd. Forest Hills Gardens Forest Hills, Queens © Matthew X. Kiernan NYBAI14-1471

With over 88,000 residents, a unique historical legacy, classic old-time restaurants, and copious pop culture references, Forest Hills, Queens offers a lot to discover. As visitors walk down its vast avenues and quaint side streets, they are struck by the area’s breathtaking architecture. While beautiful on the outside, the neighborhood also has much hidden beneath its surface ready for discovery. Read to learn more about what makes Forest Hills such an integral and fascinating neighborhood…

Some years ago, if I was told that I could travel 15-20 minutes out of Manhattan and find myself in a bucolic Tudor-revival village, I’d have dismissed the idea as a greatly distorted exagger…