Forest Hills is a primarily residential area in the central part of the Borough in Queens, located in New York City. It borders Corona towards the north. Rego Park and Glendale to the west, Forest Park to the south, Kew Gardens to the southeast, and Flushing Meadows-Corona Park to the east.
The area was first known as “Whitepot.” The name is derived from the Cord Meyer Development Company, which purchased the land of 660 acres (270 ha) in central Queens in 1906 and named the area after Forest Park. The development continued in the 1920s and 1930s, with the expansion of Queens Boulevard through the neighborhood and the opening of the new York City Subway’s Queens Boulevard Line. Forest Hills has a longstanding connection to tennis. Forest Hills Stadium hosted the U.S. Open until 1978, and The West Side Tennis Club offers tennis courts made of grass for its members. The principal commercial street of the area, Austin Street, contains numerous chain stores and restaurants. Forest Hills is located in Queens Community District 6, and the ZIP code is 11375. It is governed by the 112th Precinct of New York’s Police Department. On a political level, Forest Hills is represented by the New York City Council’s 29th District.
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In 1914 The West Side Tennis Club moved from Manhattan to Forest Hills Gardens: 469. They built Forest Hills Tennis Stadium. Forest Hills Tennis Stadium had around 13,000 seats in 1923. U.S. Open and its predecessor championships for nationals were played in the stadium until 1978, making Forest Hills synonymous with tennis for generations. Forest Hills also had a golfing presence for a brief period. It was the Queens Valley Golf Club started building a golf course within the neighborhood in 1922 and was completed in 1924. It was 469. However, the club closed in 1938, so developers could build homes on the course’s location.
Points of Interests
Forest Hills was once the site of Forest Hills was once the venue for the U.S. Open tennis tournament. The tournament was held at the West Side Tennis Club before it was moved to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center located in Flushing Meadows Park, which is 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) away. In the days when the Open was held in the tennis facility, it was known by the name of Forest Hills, just as All-England Lawn Tennis Association Championships are often referred to as Wimbledon. In the motion film 2001, The Royal Tenenbaums, Luke Wilson’s character participates in a tennis match in the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills. One of the key scenes of Alfred Hitchcock’s movie Strangers on a Train is where the main protagonist (played by Farley Granger) is an experienced tennis player. Has a long championship game at the Club featuring distinct shots of the surrounding community.
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