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Forest Hills

Forest Hills lies along Queens Boulevard in central Queens, with Forest Park to the south and Flushing Meadows–Corona Park along its northern side. In PLUTO data about 70% of residential lots hold one-family houses, yet about two-thirds of the roughly 44,000 homes are in elevator apartment buildings. South of the LIRR tracks is Forest Hills Gardens, a planned community begun on 142 acres that Margaret Sage, founder of the Russell Sage Foundation, bought in 1908. The E, F, M and R stop at Forest Hills–71 Av, the M and R at 67 Av and the E and F at 75 Av; the LIRR also stops here. The West Side Tennis Club and its Forest Hills Stadium hosted the U.S. National Championships (the U.S. Open from 1968) in 1915–1920 and 1924–1977.

Forest Hills has 11,741 open HPD housing violations, 2,345 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 4,234 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 16th most open violations of 60 neighborhoods in Queens.

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Open HPD violations
11,741
2,345 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
4,234
1,338 Class C · 8th in Queens
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C2,345 · 20%Class B5,824 · 50%Class A3,572 · 30%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 15, 2026

New violations in the last 12 months
By class
  • Class C · immediately hazardous1,338
  • Class B · hazardous1,642
  • Class A · non-hazardous1,032

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 15, 2026

Good to know

  • Subway: E, F, M, R at Forest Hills–71 Av; M, R at 67 Av; E, F at 75 Av
  • LIRR Forest Hills station is inside the area
  • About 67% of residential units are in elevator apartment buildings (PLUTO 26v2)
  • Forest Hills Gardens planned community lies south of the LIRR tracks
  • Small parks include Yellowstone Park, MacDonald Park and Russell Sage Playground

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Check the buildingLook up any address for violations, complaints and owner.Read the violation classesWhat A, B and C mean and how fast owners must fix them.Work out your budgetThe 40× income rule most NYC landlords use.

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Fact-checked October 12, 2026

Fixed: summary said the E and F stop at 67 Av (only the M and R do); U.S. Open claim (championships were held in Forest Hills 1915–1920 and 1924–1977, not continuously; named U.S. Open from 1968, per West Side Tennis Club article); Flushing Meadows–Corona Park is north of the NTA, not east; Sage land purchase (142 acres, 1908) confirmed. PLUTO 26v2: 70.4% of residential lots one-family, 66.6% of 43,687 units in elevator (D) buildings, 34 lots of 10+ floors. Stations: Forest Hills–71 Av, 67 Av, 75 Av inside; Kew Gardens–Union Tpke on the edge; LIRR Forest Hills inside. Yellowstone Park (1.7 ac), MacDonald Park (1.4 ac), Russell Sage Playground (1.5 ac) inside per NYC Parks Properties. Forest Hills Stadium (1 Tennis Pl) geocodes inside the NTA. Re-checked 2026-10-12: housing shares recomputed from PLUTO 26v2 (version confirmed via the API) by point-in-polygon against the 2020 NTA boundary (9nt8-h7nd); subway/LIRR stations re-placed from MTA station coordinates (39hk-dx4f, wxmd-5cpm); park names and acreage re-checked in NYC Parks Properties (enfh-gkve); history and boundary statements re-read in the cited Wikipedia articles; landmark addresses geocoded with NYC Planning GeoSearch.

Sources

  1. Forest Hills, Queens (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), version 26v2 · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. MTA Subway Stations (station list with routes and coordinates) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. West Side Tennis Club (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)

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“Open” counts every HPD violation not yet recorded as corrected, including old ones owners never certified, so totals can exceed the number of apartments. Statistics: NYC Open Data (HPD violations, 311 service requests, DCP PLUTO) and rent-stabilized counts from DOF tax bills (via JustFix), updated Oct 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.