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	Forest Hills, Queens, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is bordered to the north by Rego Park, the east by Flushing Meadows Park and Kew Gardens, the west by Middle Village and the south by Forest Park.
		Forest Hills has historically had a very large Jewish population, and more than 10 synagogues are located in the area.
		Forest Hills was once the home of the US Open tennis tournament, played at the West Side Tennis Club before it moved to the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Forest_Hills,_New_York (526 words)

	New York Queens NYC Forest Hills gardens weather restaurants theatre boutiques shopping real estate history Disney West ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Queens, one of the five boroughs of New York City, the others are Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx and Staten Island.
		Queens' major resource is its people and their diverse ethnic background, which is nowhere more visible than in its international cuisines.
		Queens' major resource is its people and their diverse ethnic background, which is nowhere more visible than in its international food and cuisines.
	www.queensnewyork.com (359 words)

	Forest Hills Info Page 3
		Forest Hills Gardens has been inhabited from the beginning by discerning buyers of moderate to ample means.
		Indeed, exterior changes must be approved by the Forest Hills Gardens Corporation, a property owners' association formed in 1923 to uphold standards set by Atterbury and Olmsted, the son of the landscape architect who designed Central Park.
		Forest Hills Gardens is in a part of Queens once called Whitepot, a name wedded to a yarn about 17th-century English settlers buying the land from Indians for three white clay pots.
	www.cinemavii.com /dizozza/forest4.html (600 words)

	Forest Hills Gardens, Queens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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		Forest Hills Gardens is a housing development in the neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens (in New York City, USA).
		Today, the area contains some of the most expensive housing in the borough of Queens, and is home to a diverse, though very wealthy, community including Israeli Jews, Indians, and Russians.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Forest_Hills_Gardens,_Queens (175 words)

	Community Profile / Forest Hills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Before it was a model garden development or the site of a world-famous tennis club, Forest Hills in 1652 apparently looked like a dry river bed left behind by the glaciers that formed Long Island.
		Whitepot in Central Queens was part of the original Middleburg settlement that the English in 1664 renamed New Towne, later Newtown.
		Forest Hills Gardens was described in a sales brochure as ``the most comprehensive accomplishment in garden city or model town planning yet undertaken in America.'' The sales pitch went on to ``confute any opinion that it has been developed with certain charitable or philanthropic objects in view.
	www.newsday.com /extras/lihistory/spectown/hist000b.htm (730 words)

	queens new york NYC forest hills history west side tennis club real estate restaurants shopping Walt disney store us ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Forest Hills, was developed by Cord Meyer, a lawyer and developer and philanthropist Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage.
		Meyer named the area Forest Hills, as it was adjacent to Forest Park and also the highest point in the area.
		In 1909 the LIRR is electrified and Forest Hills becomes a scheduled stop (see the first commuter), it is now a twenty minutes ride to Manhattan.
	www.queensnewyork.com /forest/about.html (828 words)

	Forest Hills Real Estate Queens - Pam Dickman (718)445-1212
		Forest Hills Real Estate: Forest Hills, NY This area was first named "Whitepot," supposedly because the land had originally been purchased from the Indians for three white clay pots, although the name has also been attributed to the Dutch word "put," meaning pit.
		The name was changed in 1906 by Cord Meyer to Forest Hills, because it adjoins Forest Park and is the highest point in that neighborhood.
		Forest Hills has two shopping areas: national chain and independent stores can be found along 71st Ave./Continental Ave., Austin Street and Queens Boulevard, while Metropolitan Avenue is known for its unique antique shops.
	realestate-foresthills.com (249 words)

	Queens -- Central Region
		Queens Boulevard bisects the town neatly; south of the Boulevard is an elegant mock-Tudor village, built around the turn of the century, with castles and turrets and village greens.
		Forest Hills used to be the site of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, until the tournament moved to Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.
		Both the old (Forest Hills) and the new (Flushing Meadows) tennis courts are open for business through the year, which means you can show up with a racket (if you can get an appointment) and play on the famous courts where so much history took place.
	www.levity.com /brooklyn/Queens/QnsCentral.html (1164 words)

	Wired New York Forum - Forest Hills Gardens, Queens
		The square, completed in 1911, is anchored by Atterbury's train station, perched beside the elevated tracks, and his Forest Hills Inn, whose nine-story main tower, topped with a spray of small windows and a dome shaped like Kaiser Wilhelm's helmet, is the tallest structure in the community.
		Forest Hills Gardens can be said to owe its existence to the miserliness of Russell Sage.
		Forest Hills Gardens was not meant to be a nonprofit enterprise.
	www.wirednewyork.com /forum/printthread.php?t=3122 (2013 words)

	Rent-Direct.com: Queens apartments NY apartment Kew Gardens Hills, Fresh Meadows
		Kew Gardens Hills is nowhere near Kew Gardens, Queens; the developer just liked the name and used it when he built his houses in the mind-1900s to the southwest of Flushing.
		Kew Gardens Hills is a tightly packed community of garden apartments, co-ops and private homes.
		The closest trains are in Kew Gardens: the E and F stop at Union Tpke/Kew Gardens and Van Wyck Blvd/Briarwood.
	www.rent-direct.com /Queens_Apartments/queens-kew-gardens.html (457 words)

	Queens Tribune, Anniversary '99, Been Doin' It For 30 Years
		Marty Ingerman of 88-04 63rd Dr., Rego Park, was a graduate of Forest Hills High School (Class of 1954), who went on to star in the TV series "I’m Dickens, He’s Fenster" with John Astin and in some minor film comedies.
		Both were graduates of Forest Hills High School and stars in college (Hevesi at Queens College and Grunfeld at the University of Tennessee).
		The Kew Gardens Hills Parish was established by Bishop Thomas Edmund Molloy in 1939 with the first Mass being celebrated in the new building on Christmas Eve 1940.
	www.queenstribune.com /archives/anniversaryarchive/anniversary99/been_doin/tb_an_doin03.html (1744 words)

	UMass Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press
		Conceived as an experiment that would apply the new "science" of city planning to a suburban setting, Forest Hills Gardens was created by the Russell Sage Foundation to provide housing for middle-class commuters as an alternative to cramped flats in New York City.
		Although it has long been recognized as one of the most influential planned communities in the United States, this is the first time Forest Hills Gardens has been the subject of a book.
		"Forest Hills Gardens, a remarkable suburban enclave in New York City and one of the finest planned communities ever, finally receives the attention it deserves in Susan L. Klaus's carefully researched and fascinating account that also sheds light on the career of Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., too long in the shadow of his pioneering father."
	www.umass.edu /umpress/FW01/klaus.html (538 words)

	Queens Celebrities - Best of Queens 2002
		Abe Coleman - “The Jewish Tarzan” from Forest Hills, this wrestling star was known for originating the “drop kick” in the 1930s.
		She was a resident of Forest Hills Gardens.
		Moira Kelly — The noted actress, a co-star in the NBC drama “The West Wing,” was born in Queens to Irish immigrants.
	www.queenstribune.com /best2002/celebrities-best2002.htm (4082 words)

	New York Blade Online
		&#8220;Forest Hills was the Beverly Hills of New York City.”; Marinello was attracted to this part of Queens because it made owning a car easy.
		The most regal cul-de-sacs and quadrants of Forest Hills Gardens were designed around the turn of the century by Frederick Law Olmstead, the architect of Central Park.
		Forest Hills represents a hybrid of the city and suburb.
	www.nyblade.com /print.cfm?content_id=600 (1047 words)

	Forest Hills
		Located at the midpoint of suburban Long Island and midtown Manhattan, Forest Hills is rich in services and facilities needed to conduct today's business with ease.
		One block from Queens Boulevard, it is just minutes from the Long Island Expressway, which connects directly to the Grand Central Parkway and Van Wyck Expressway.
		The quality of Forest Hill's public schools attracts many families to the area.
	www.heskelgroup.com /foresthills.htm (317 words)

	Forest Hills, Forest Hills Gardens, Rego Park, and Kew Gardens, Queens, NY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Forest Hills can be reached via subway, bus, and Long Island Railroad, as well as several main highways.
		Within Forest Hills, there are several sections, that once belonged to single individuals, and were subsequently sold off with covenants and restrictions, allowing the area to retain the charm and attraction that was originally intended.
		Forest Hills Gardens, a classic privately owned community featuring many beautiful and unique homes, many in the tudor style, as well as colonial.
	madeleinerealty.com /html/fhkgrp.htm (386 words)

	Forest Hills Gardens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Part of Forest Hills developed in 1909 as a "garden city" suburb by the Russell Sage Foundation.
		An area of large, ornate homes and some apartments, the winding streets are privately owned and maintained; parking on these streets without a permit is prohibited.
		Forest Hills station at Station Square (Austin Street and 71st Avenue).
	www.queenschamber.org /QueensInfo/NeighborhoodPages/foresthillsgardens.html (81 words)

	Hours and Locations - Queens Borough Public Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Kew Gardens, Urban Village in the Big City: An Architectural History of Kew Gardens.
		Kew Gardens, N.Y.: Kew Gardens Council for Recreation and the Arts, Inc., 1999.
		Forest Hills Branch Area Population Statistics (from the United States Census)
	www.queenslibrary.org /branches/dispBranch.asp?count=21 (115 words)

	Church in the Gardens Timeline
		Queens Boulevard, looking as it does today, is widened to 200 feet.
		Michael Miranda, famous gangster and Forest Hills resident is arrested.
		Queens County marks a century as part of Greater New York City.
	www.cherylc.com /timeline.htm (1037 words)

	Queens Neighborhoods (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Residents of Queens live in New York City, but perhaps their strongest identity is with their neighborhoods.
		Ask a Queens resident where he or she lives, and you're more likely to hear Woodside, Flushing, or Howard Beach than you are to hear Queens or New York City.
		There is no postal address of "Queens"; instead, mail goes to Kew Gardens, Jamaica, Long Island City and the other town names from the time when Queens was a rural area outside the city.
	www.queenschamber.org /QueensInfo/NeighborhoodPages/neighborhoods.html (134 words)

	Open House Reviews - Rating Real Estate Open Houses in Queens, New York (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		70-11 Fleet St., Forest Hills, NY Prewar five-bedroom, 31/2-bath brick-and-stucco Colonial, 2,673 square feet, with formal dining room, sunroom, eat-in kitchen, semi-finished basement with laundry room and private side entrance; home is on a 5,400-square-foot lot with landscaped garden.
		The Opal in Kew Gardens Hills is a luxury apartment building in a neighborhood of unpretentious brick row houses.
		The house is blocks away from Bellerose -- though in general Queens V schools aren't as good as those in Bellerose.
	www.openhousereviews.com (3285 words)

	Welcome to Forest Hills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Minutes from Parks, Highways, Bridges and Airports; Forest Hills is literally in the heart of Queens.
		Forest Hills is serviced by three main bus lines.
		While Forest Hills is easily accessible by car and parking is usually plentiful, make sure you do not park in the Forest Hills Gardens area off of 71st Ave., just South of Station Square and Austin Street.
	www.shopforesthills.com /location (331 words)

	The Fontayne Group - Our Home Towns - Forest Hills, NY History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Bonnie's elementary school was called the Little School in the Gardens a/k/a P.S. The school was built in the architecture of the neighborhood – English Tudor style.
		The Brady's lived in the big mansion with a St. Bernard dog across the street from Geraldine Ferraro who was the first woman candidate for Vice President lives on Deepdene Place where she and her husband (Zacarro) raised their family.
		Bonnie's Dad, who always called it the Hamburger Train, was a carpenter for 45 years in Forest Hills, did all the carpentry work including the train track that went around the counter.
	www.fontayne.com /fh-time.html (740 words)

	Directions The Church-in-the-Gardens
		IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT PARKING : The streets surrounding the church in Forest Hills Gardens are private and you must display a parking permit on your dashboard.
		Exit the subway on the south side of Queens Blvd. Walk east on Queens Blvd. (towards the Midway Theatre) to Ascan Avenue.
		Go under the railroad trestle and the church is a block and a half after that on the left.
	www.thechurchinthegardens.org /Directions.html (364 words)

	A Picture History of Kew Gardens, NY - Forest Hills and Richmond Hill High Schools
		Queens Boulevard - Metropolitan Avenue - Kew Garden Apartments - Kew Gardens in the News - PS99 Photos - Kitty Genovese
		Although Kew Gardens has a grammar school (P.S. 99), it has never had a high school.
		The rest attended Richmond Hill High School with a very small percentage going to Jamaica High.
	www.oldkewgardens.com /ps99-001-5.html (119 words)

	Forest Hills Gardens History
		Thanks to the vision and philanthropic capabilities of Olivia Slocum Sage, there is a Forest Hills, Queens New York today.
		She was married to Russell Sage who was a bit of a skin-flint.
		Thanks to the Forest Hills Gardens Corporation, exterior changes must be approved by, a property owners' association to uphold standards set by Atterbury and Olmsted.
	www.cherylc.com /fhg_history.htm (445 words)

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	Archived conservation news for Kew Gardens
		The girl was walking on 73rd Terrace in Kew Gardens Hills at 5:30 pm on Saturday when a man in a dark sedan got out, grabbed her around the mouth and tried to...
		KEW GARDENS — A Far Rockaway woman arrested in connection with the triple shooting of a Cambria Heights family in June was scheduled to be arraigned on...
		KEW GARDENS — A Far Rockaway man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing a 16-year-old youth in Jamaica in 1992, Queens District Attorney Richard...
	conservation.mongabay.com /files/Kew_Gardens.htm (12403 words)

	Queens Chronicle - Your Community Newspaper
		Forest Hills, Rego Park, Kew Gardens and Briarwood.
		Flushing, Kew Gardens Hills, College Point, Whitestone and Auburndale.
		The Queens Chronicle is the largest community newspaper group in Queens, publishing 8 separate editions every week, covering the entire borough with a total circulation of 160,000 newspapers.
	www.queenschronicle.com (161 words)

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