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Forest Park is a park in the New York City borough of Queens.Spanning 543 acres (220 ha), it is the tenth-largest park in New York City and the third-largest in Queens. . Acquired between 1895 and 1898, it was originally referred to as Brooklyn Forest Park, since the original owner was the then-independent city of Br
Forest Hills is bordered by two of the largest parks in Queens managed by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation: the 1,255 acres (5.08 km 2) Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, which is the site of two World's Fairs (in 1939 and 1964) and the iconic Unisphere; [89] as well as the 544 acres (2.20 km 2) Forest Park. [90]
Unlike neighborhoods in the other four boroughs, some Queens neighborhood names are used as the town name in postal addresses. For example, whereas the town, state construction for all addresses in Manhattan is New York, New York (except in Marble Hill, where Bronx, New York is used), and all neighborhoods in Brooklyn use Brooklyn, New York, residents of College Point would use the ...
The Forest Park Carousel is a historic carousel at Forest Park in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, U.S.The carousel, one of two known surviving carousels built by Daniel Carl Muller, was built c. 1903 and contains 52 figures and its original band organ. [2]
Forest Hills High School (FHHS) is a public high school in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City. Dedicated in 1937, [ 2 ] it educates students in grades 9–12 and is operated by the New York City Department of Education .
It is the home of the Forest Hills Stadium (originally Forest Hills Tennis Stadium), a 14,000 seat outdoor tennis stadium and concert venue. [ 1 ] The club hosted 60 editions of the U.S. National Championships (renamed the US Open Tennis Championships in 1968), first from 1915 to 1920, and then again from 1924 to 1977.
Forest Hill Police Capt. Lee Sumpter, a 19-year veteran of the department with 23 years of law enforcement experience, has been named the city’s interim police chief. The city plans to conduct a ...
From 2003–2013, the district included most of Southeastern Queens including the neighborhoods of Cambria Heights, Edgemere, Far Rockaway, Hollis, Jamaica, Laurelton, Queens Village, Rosedale, Saint Albans, Springfield Gardens, and South Ozone Park, as well as John F. Kennedy International Airport.