Dutsen daji, Queens

Forest Hills unguwa ce a tsakiyar yankin Queens a Birnin New York . Yana kusa da Corona a arewa, Rego Park da Glendale a yamma, Forest Park a kudu, Kew Gardens a kudu maso gabas, da Flushing Meadows-Corona Park da Kew Gardens Hills a gabas. 

Asalin yankin ana kiransa da "Whitepot".  Sunan na yanzu ya fito ne daga Kamfanin Ci gaban Cord Meyer, wanda ya sayi kadada 660 (270 ha) a tsakiyar Queens a cikin 1906 kuma ya sake masa suna zuwa Forest Park.  Ci gaban ci gaba ya zo a cikin 1920s da 1930s tare da faɗaɗa Queens Boulevard ta cikin unguwar, da kuma buɗe layin Queens Boulevard na New York City Subway.  Forest Hills yana da haɗin gwiwa mai tsawo tare da wasan tennis: filin wasa na Forest Hills ya karbi bakuncin US Open daga 1915 zuwa 1977 kuma West Side Tennis Club yana ba da kotunan ciyawa ga mambobinsa.  Babban titin kasuwanci na yankin, Titin Austin, ya ƙunshi gidajen abinci da shagunan sarƙoƙi da yawa.

Forest Hills yana cikin Queens Community District 6 kuma lambar ZIP ita ce 11375 .  Ma'aikatar 'yan sanda ta Birnin New York ce ke sintiri. A siyasance, Forest Hills tana wakiltar Gundumar Birnin New York ta 29. Tana cikin gundumar majalisa ta 6 ta New York.

 Tarihi 

 Ci gaba 
Ci gaban Forest Park da ke kusa, wurin shakatawa a kudancin Forest Hills, ya fara ne a shekara ta 1895. Farawa a shekara ta 1896, kamfanin gine-ginen Olmsted, Olmsted &amp; Eliot ya yi kwangila don samar da shirin wurin shakatawa. : 469 

A cikin 1906 Kamfanin Cord Meyer Development Company, wanda lauyan Brooklyn Cord Meyer ke jagoranta, ya sayi filaye da aka yi da gonaki shida (waɗanda na Ascan Bakus, Casper Joost-Springsteen, Horatio N. Squire, Abram V. S. Lott, Sarah V. Bolmer, da James Van Siclen).  Daga nan ne kamfanin ya sake sunan jimlar kadada 600 (has 240) "Forest Hills", bayan gandun daji.  Gidajen iyali guda ɗaya, waɗanda masu gine-gine irin su Robert Tappan da William Patterson suka tsara, an gina su a kan waɗannan kadada 600. 469  An shimfida hanyoyin Forest Hills a shekara ta 1910.  470  Ascan Avenue na Forest Hills ana kiranta da sunan Ascan Bakus.

Margaret Sage, wacce ta kafa Gidauniyar Russell Sage, ta sayi kadada 142 (57  na ƙasa daga Kamfanin Ci gaban Cord Meyer a cikin 1908. Za a yi amfani da wannan ƙasar don "Forest Hills Gardens", ci gaba a gefen kudancin Forest Hills .  

 Gine-gine 
Grosvenor Atterbury, sanannen masanin gine-gine, tare da abokin aikinsa kuma mazaunin Forest Hills, John Almy Tompkins II, an ba shi hukumar tsara Lambunan Forest Hills.  An tsara unguwar ne bisa samfurin al'ummomin lambun Ingila, tare da masaukinta, gareji, da ofishin gidan waya.  Har ila yau, ya haɗa da ƴan ƙanƙanta, tituna masu karkaɗa don iyakance zirga-zirgar ababen hawa. 

Akwai gidaje da yawa na Tudor Revival a cikin Forest Hills, galibi suna nuna bangon stucco da jajayen rufin tile na Ludowici. Gine-gine mafi fa'ida suna cikin Lambunan Forest Hills, amma da yawa suna cikin yankin da ke da iyaka da 68th Avenue a arewa;  Hanya ta 72 a kudu;  Titin 108 a yamma;  da Grand Central Parkway a gabas.

Ginin wannan yanki ya yi amfani da fasahar gini da aka riga aka yi. Kowane gida an gina shi ne daga kimanin bangarorin kankare 170 da aka tsara, an ƙirƙira su a waje da shafin kuma an sanya su ta hanyar katako. An gina gidaje galibi tsakanin 1910 da 1917.  : 470 

 Girma da fadadawa 
Hanyar Long Island Rail Road ta buɗe tashar a Forest Hills a cikin 1911,  kuma Layin trolley na Queens Boulevard ya buɗe shekaru biyu bayan haka.  An gina tashar LIRR tare da farfajiyar tubali, hasumiyar agogo, da kuma hanyoyin da ke cike da bakan gizo, sun dace da sashin lambunan Forest Hills na unguwar. : Tun lokacin da hanyar jirgin kasa da trolley dukansu sun haɗa da Manhattan, kasancewar waɗannan zaɓuɓɓukan sufuri guda biyu sun haifar da ci gaba a cikin Forest Hills. : 469 

A shekara ta 1914, kungiyar Tennis ta West Side ta ƙaura daga Manhattan zuwa lambunan Forest Hills .  : Sun gina Filin wasan Tennis na Forest Hills, filin wasa tare da kusan kujeru 13,000, a cikin 1923. :  An gudanar da U.S. Open da wanda ya riga shi a gasar zakarun kasa har zuwa 1978, yana mai da Forest Hills daidai da wasan tennis na tsararraki.  Forest Hills kuma yana da wasan golf na ɗan gajeren lokaci. Kungiyar Golf ta Queens Valley ta fara gina filin golf a cikin unguwar a 1922  kuma an buɗe ta a 1924. : Koyaya, an rufe kulob din a 1938 don masu haɓakawa su iya gina gidaje a saman shafin yanar gizon.
An fadada Queens Boulevard a cikin 1920s. [1]: 469   An fara shirin layin dogo na Queens Boulevard a wannan lokacin.  Akwai shawarwarin tashoshi guda biyu a cikin Forest Hills: tashar tashar da ke ba da dukkan jiragen kasa a kan titin 71st Avenue, da tashar gida a 75th Avenue A ƙarshen 1920s, a cikin tsammanin isowar jirgin ƙasa, masu haɓaka sun sayi ƙasa kuma an gina su.[4]  An canza dokokin yanki don ba da damar gina gine-gine na benaye goma sha biyar, [5] kuma sun mai da unguwar Forest Hills wurin zama mafi kyawawa, musamman kasancewar tasha ce.  Shugaban gundumar Queens George Harvey ya annabta cewa gabatar da jirgin karkashin kasa zuwa Forest Hills zai juya Queens Boulevard zuwa cikin "Park Avenue of Queens.": 73  An fara tono layin a cikin 1931:  469  kuma tashar jirgin karkashin kasa guda biyu ta tsaya a Forest Hills da aka bude a 1936 tare da layin Queens guda shida. 

Yawan jama'a kusan ninka sau biyu a ƙarshen shekarun 1920, ya karu daga mazauna 9,500 a 1927 zuwa mazauna 18,207 bayan shekaru uku. A shekara ta 1940, bayan da aka bude hanyar jirgin karkashin kasa, yawan jama'a ya karu zuwa mazauna 32,500. : A wannan lokacin, ci gaba ya tsaya sosai saboda yakin duniya na biyu, kuma kimanin 25 a cikin lambunan Forest Hills an haɓaka su bayan yakin. A lokaci guda, ana rushe gidaje guda ɗaya a cikin Forest Hills don ƙirƙirar sabbin gine-ginen gidaje. Yankin da ke cikin lambunan Forest Hills an inganta shi sosai a cikin shekarun 1960, amma har yanzu za a sami kuri'u marasa amfani a cikin Forest Hills kanta har zuwa tsakiyar shekarun 1990. : 469–470 

 Tarihin baya 
A cikin 1972 mazauna sun yi zanga-zangar adawa da Gidajen Forest Hills, shirin haɓaka gidaje na jama'a tare da gine-gine mai hawa 24 a 62nd Drive da 108th Street.  Wani bangare ne na shirin "warwatse-site" magajin gari John Lindsay na gina gidajen jama'a a cikin unguwannin da ba su da ko ɗaya (sabanin mayar da gidajen jama'a a yankunan matalauta).   Mazauna masu matsakaicin ra'ayi sun yi imanin cewa gidajen jama'a za su rage darajar rayuwar al'umma saboda matalauta mazauna za su shiga cikin gidaje.  Masu ba da shawara kan aikin sun zargi mazauna yankin da nuna wariyar launin fata, tunda mazaunan ci gaban da aka tsara za su kasance galibin mutanen tsiraru ne.   Lindsay ya sami gagarumin adawa saboda takaddamar da ke tattare da Gidajen Forest Hills.  An ba Mario Cuomo, lauya kuma gwamnan New York na gaba, don sasanta rikicin kuma ya yi nasarar rage rabin girman aikin.  Hukumar Kula da Gidajen Birnin New York ta aiwatar da tsauraran matakan tantancewa ga mazaunan Forest Hills Houses, tare da kason ga tsofaffi da masu haya.. : 469 

A cikin shekarun 1970s da 1980s unguwar ta zama mafi yawan launin fata. An ɗaga alkawuran nuna bambanci ga mazaunan lambunan Forest Hills, kuma baƙi daga Iran, Indiya, Isra'ila, da tsohuwar Tarayyar Soviet sun fara zama a Forest Hills. : 470 

 Yawan jama'a 
Dangane da bayanai daga , yawan mutanen Forest Hills ya kai 86,364, karuwar 1,318 (1.5%) daga 85,046 da aka ƙidaya a cikin 2000. Ya rufe yanki na kadada 1,328.22 (537.51 , unguwar tana da yawan jama'a na mazauna 63.0 a kowace kadada (40,300 / sq mi; 15,600 / km2). 

Tsarin launin fata na unguwar ya kasance 58.3% (48,822) Fari, 2.5% (2,086) Ba'amurke Ba'amurke, 0.1% (63) Ba'amurke, 24.2% (20,233) Asiya, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 0.4% (373) daga sauran jinsin, da 12.1.  Hispanic ko Latino na kowace kabila sun kasance 12.4% (10,410) na yawan jama'a.

Dukan Hukumar Al'umma ta 6, wacce ta ƙunshi Forest Hills da Rego Park, tana da mazauna 115,119 a cikin Bayanan Lafiya na Al'umma na NYC na 2018, tare da matsakaicin tsammanin rayuwa na shekaru 85.4. : 2, 20 Wannan ya fi matsakaicin tsammanin rayuwa na 81.2 ga duk unguwanni na Birnin New York. : 53 (PDF shafi na 84)  Yawancin mazauna matsakaicin shekaru ne da tsofaffi: 31% suna tsakanin shekarun 25-44, 28% tsakanin 45-64, da 19% sama da 64. Rabin matasa da mazauna kwaleji sun kasance ƙasa, a 16% da 5% bi da bi. : 2 

Tun daga 2017, matsakaicin kuɗin shiga gida a cikin Hukumar Al'umma 4 shine $75,447.   A cikin 2018, an kiyasta kashi 16% na mazaunan Forest Hills da Rego Park suna rayuwa cikin talauci, idan aka kwatanta da kashi 19% a duk Queens da kashi 20% a duk cikin birnin New York.  Ɗaya daga cikin mazauna goma sha bakwai (6%) ba su da aikin yi, idan aka kwatanta da 8% a Queens da 9% a Birnin New York.  Nauyin haya, ko adadin mazaunan da ke da wahalar biyan kuɗin haya, shine 50% a cikin Forest Hills da Rego Park, ƙasa da ƙimar yanki da birni na 53% da 51% bi da bi.  Dangane da wannan lissafin, kamar na 2018 [sabuntawa], Forest Hills da Rego Park ana ɗaukar su zama masu samun kuɗi mai yawa dangane da sauran birni kuma ba masu tada hankali ba.. 

 Amfani da ƙasa 
Yankin kudancin Forest Hills yana ƙunshe da garwaya daban-daban na manyan gidaje, kama daga gidajen iyali guda, gidajen gari da ke haɗe, da kuma ƙananan gidaje da manyan gidaje.  Kudu na titin dogo na Long Island, yankin Forest Hills Gardens yanki ne mai zaman kansa wanda ke da wasu kyawawan kaddarorin zama a cikin gundumar Queens.  Har zuwa 1970s, ya kasance ƙarƙashin ƙayyadaddun alkawuran da, yayin da ba tare da taƙaitaccen hani na tattalin arziki, zamantakewa ko launin fata ba, yadda ya kamata ya cire "mutane masu aiki", kamar yadda Eric P. Nash ya lura a cikin littafinsa na New York Times na 2002 na A Modern Arcadia.  Forest Hills Gardens an kira shi "Mafi kyawun Al'umma" a cikin 2007 ta mujallar Cottage Living.  Al'ummar Kotun Van da ke kusa da ita kuma ta ƙunshi ɗimbin gidajen keɓaɓɓu na iyali ɗaya.  Hakanan akwai gidajen birni kusa da Cibiyar Tennis ta Westside da keɓaɓɓun gidajen firam kusa da Metropolitan Avenue

Yankin arewacin Forest Hills gida ne ga al'ummar Cord Meyer, wanda ya ƙunshi gidaje masu zaman kansu. Teardowns da maye gurbin su da manyan gidajen iyali guda ɗaya sun yi tasiri sosai ga amincin gine-gine na yankin. Koyaya, al'ummar Yahudawa na Bukharian, waɗanda membobinsu suka zauna a yankin da yawa tun daga ƙarshen shekarun 1990, suna ba da shawarar canje-canje suna cewa ana buƙatar manyan gidaje ga manyan iyalansu.

A gefen arewa maso yammacin Forest Hills, a kan 62nd Drive da 108th Street nan da nan kusa da Long Island Expressway, shine Forest Hills Co-op Houses, aikin gidaje na New York City Housing Authority. Gininsa ya haifar da gardama  tsakanin mazauna a cikin manyan yankuna na Forest Hills lokacin da aka gina shi a farkon shekarun 1970. 

Yankin kudu maso gabashin Forest Hills ya ƙunshi Forest Hills South, wani hadaddun gine-ginen gidaje na Georgian 7 da ke kewaye da lambun Ingilishi mai zaman kansa, wanda a baya ya kasance wani sashi na 113th Street kafin gina ginin a 1939. Philip Birnbaum ne ya tsara wannan yanki.

Philip Birnbaum da Alfred Kaskel suma sun tsara tare da gina gine-ginen gidaje da yawa da suka warwatse ko'ina cikin tsaunin Forest.  Wadannan sun hada da Grover Cleveland, da Van Buren Apartments, da Thomas Jefferson, da Maplewood, da Richard Apartments, da Stephen Apartments, da James Madison, da Cedar Apartments, da Howard Apartments, da James Monroe, da Nathan Hale, da St. Regis, da Roanoke, da kuma Kennedy House.  Gine-ginen Birnbaum da Kaskel sun kasance a tsaye, kuma an bambanta su ta wurin faffadan faffadar faffadarsu, tsakar gida tare da maɓuɓɓugan ruwa, filaye masu lanƙwasa bulo, da hasken rana.  Sauran sanannun manyan gine-ginen gidaje sun haɗa da Continental (a kan titin 108th), Pinnacle, Parker Towers, Windsor da wani katafaren gida na alatu mai hawa 17 da aka kammala a cikin 2014, Aston..

 Abubuwan da ke da sha'awa 
Two monuments were erected in Forest Hills Gardens: one is a tribute to the victims of World War I and the other is the mast of the Columbia, the winner of the America's Cup yacht races in both 1899 and 1901.[<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2014)">citation needed</span>]

Ikilisiyar da ke cikin lambuna, Ikilisiyar Episcopal ta St. Luke, da Ofishin Jakadancin Amurka an jera su a cikin National Register of Historic Places . 

 'Yan sanda da aikata laifuka 
Gandun daji na Forest Hills da Rego Park ana sintiri ta wurin 112th Precinct na NYPD, dake 68-40 Austin Street.   Wuri na 112 ya kasance na 6 mafi aminci daga cikin wuraren sintiri 69 na laifukan kowa da kowa a shekarar 2010. Ana danganta ƙananan laifukan yankin saboda keɓanta da kuma suna a matsayin "langiyar birni".   Tun daga shekarar 2018[sabuwar], tare da adadin harin da ba ya kashe mutane 14 a cikin mutane 100,000, Forest Hills da Rego Park na laifukan tashin hankali ga kowane mutum ya yi ƙasa da na birni gaba ɗaya.  Adadin zaman gidan yari na kashi 102 cikin 100,000 ya yi kasa da na birnin baki daya. 

Yankin na 112 yana da ƙananan laifuka fiye da shekarun 1990, tare da laifuka a duk faɗin sun ragu da kashi 91.5% tsakanin 1990 da 2018. Gundumar ta ba da rahoton kisan kai 0, fyade 18, fashi 41, hare-hare 53, fashi 69, fashi 403, da manyan fashi 37 a cikin 2018.

 Tsaro na wuta 

 Lafiya 
Tun daga 2018[sabuntawa], haihuwa da haihuwa ga iyaye mata matasa ba su da yawa a cikin Forest Hills da Rego Park fiye da sauran wurare a cikin birni.  A cikin Forest Hills da Rego Park, an sami haihuwa 66 kafin haihuwa a cikin 1,000 da aka haihu (idan aka kwatanta da 87 a cikin 1,000 a fadin birni), da kuma haihuwar 4.6 ga mata matasa a cikin 1,000 masu rai (idan aka kwatanta da 19.3 a cikin 1,000 na 1,000 mazaunan birni).  rashin inshora.  A cikin 2018, an ƙiyasta wannan yawan mazaunan da ba su da inshora ya zama 11%, ɗan ƙasa kaɗan fiye da ƙimar birni na 12% 

Haɗakarwar ƙwayoyin ƙwayoyin cuta, mafi yawan nau'in gurɓataccen iska, a cikin Forest Hills da Rego Park shine 0.0075 milligrams a kowace cubic mita (7.5 oz / cu , daidai da matsakaicin birni. : 9 Kashi goma na mazaunan Forest Hills da Rego Park masu shan sigari ne, wanda ya fi ƙasa da matsakaicin birni na 14% na mazauna masu shan sigami. : 13 A cikin Forest Hills da Rego Park, kashi 19% na mazauna suna da kiba, kashi 7% suna mai ciwon sukari, kuma kashi 20% suna da hawan jini mai yawa - idan aka kwatanta da matsakaicin birni na 20%, 14%, da 24% bi da bi. : 16 Bugu da ƙari, 11% na yara suna da kiba, idan aka kwatanta da matsakaicin birni na 20% .  

Kashi casa'in da uku na mazauna suna cin wasu 'ya'yan itatuwa da kayan lambu kowace rana, wanda ya fi matsakaicin birnin na 87%. A cikin 2018, kashi 82% na mazauna sun bayyana lafiyarsu a matsayin "mai kyau", "mai kyau sosai", ko "mai kyau ", sama da matsakaicin birnin na 78%. : 13 Ga kowane babban kantin sayar da kayayyaki a Forest Hills da Rego Park, akwai Bodega 5. : 10 

Long Island Jewish Forest Hills yana cikin Forest Hills . 

 Ofishin gidan waya da lambar ZIP 
Forest Hills an rufe shi da ZIP Code 11375 .  Ofishin Jakadancin Amurka yana aiki da Forest Hills Station a 106-28 Queens Boulevard  da kuma Parkside Station a 10119 Metropolitan Avenue. 

 Ilimi 
Forest Hills da Rego Park gabaɗaya suna da kashi mafi girma na mazaunan koleji fiye da sauran na birni kamar na 2018[sabuntawa].  Yawancin mazauna (62%) suna da ilimin kwaleji ko mafi girma, yayin da 8% ke da ƙasa da ilimin sakandare kuma 30% sun kammala karatun sakandare ko kuma suna da ilimin kwaleji.  Sabanin haka, kashi 39% na mazauna Queens da kashi 43% na mazauna birni suna da ilimin kwaleji ko sama da haka 6  Yawan ɗaliban Forest Hills da Rego Park da suka yi fice a fannin lissafi sun tashi daga 42% a 2000 zuwa 61% a 2011, kuma nasarar karatun ya tashi daga 48% zuwa 49% a lokaci guda.

Forest Hills da Rego Park na ɗaliban makarantar firamare ba su halarta ba su da yawa fiye da sauran Birnin New York. A cikin Forest Hills da Rego Park, kashi 10% na ɗaliban makarantar firamare sun rasa kwanaki ashirin ko fiye a kowace shekara ta makaranta, ƙasa da matsakaicin birni na 20%. : 24 (PDF shafi na 55) : 6 Bugu da ƙari, 91% na ɗaliban makarantar sakandare a Forest Hills da Rego Park sun kammala karatu a kan lokaci, fiye da matsakaicin birni na 75%.  : 6 

Queens Community House yana ba da darussan Turanci kyauta ga baƙi.

 Makarantu na jama'a 
Forest Hills ya ƙunshi makarantun firamare na jama'a masu zuwa waɗanda ke ba da maki na PK-5 sai dai idan an nuna in ba haka ba:

 PS 101 Makarantar A cikin Aljanna 
 PS 144 Col. Jeromus Remsen School 
 PS 174 William Sidney Mount 
 PS 175 Lynn Gross Discovery School 
 PS 196 Grand Central Parkway 
 PS 220 Edward Mandel 
 PS 303 Kwalejin Kyakkyawan ta hanyar Fasaha (digiri PK-4) 

 JHS 157 Stephen A. Halsey (ƙasa 6-9) 
 MS 167 Makarantar Koyon Jirgin Sama ta Metropolitan (digiri 6-12) 
 JHS 190 Russell Sage (matakan 6-8) 

Babu makarantun sakandare a Birnin New York. Wadannan manyan makarantu a cikin Forest Hills suna ba da maki 9-12:

 Makarantar Sakandare ta Forest Hills
 Makarantar Sakandare ta Queens Metropolitan

 Makarantu masu zaman kansu 
Makarantu masu zaman kansu a Forest Hills sun hada da makarantun Katolika guda biyu (Our Lady of Mercy da Our Lady Queen of Martyrs) da The Kew-Forest School, makarantar mai zaman kanta. Har ila yau, a cikin Forest Hills shine Yeshiva Gedolah Lubavitch, makarantar sakandare ta Chabad da reshe na Tomchei Temimim . 

 Kolejoji 
Bramson ORT kwalejin koleji ce ta reshen Amurka na ƙungiyar agaji ta Yahudawa ta Duniya ORT.  Babban ɗakin karatunsa yana cikin Forest Hills, tare da harabar tauraron dan adam a Brooklyn.  An rufe shi a cikin Fabrairu 2017 bayan kasa cika ka'idodin da Hukumar Kula da Ilimi ta Jihar New York ta gindaya kuma ta rasa shaidar ta.  Kwalejin Touro/NYSCAS tana da wurin reshe a cikin Forest Hills.  Kwalejin Plaza, ƙaramin kwalejin da aka amince da shi a yanki wanda ke ba da abokan tarayya da digiri na farko, kuma tana cikin Forest Hills.

 Gidajen karatu 
Cibiyar Nazarin Jama'a ta Queens tana aiki da rassa biyu a Forest Hills. Ofishin reshe na Forest Hills yana a 108-19 71st Avenue,  yayin da reshen North Forest Park ke 98-27 Metropolitan Avenue. 

 Sufuri 

 Sufurin jama'a 
Hanyoyin bas na MTA Regional Bus Operations masu zuwa suna aiki da Forest Hills: 

 Q11: zuwa Elmhurst ko Old Howard Beach ko Hamilton Beach (ta hanyar Woodhaven Boulevard) 

 67th Avenue (M and ​R trains)
 Forest Hills–71st Avenue (E, ​F, <F>, ​M, and ​R trains)
 75th Avenue (E, ​F, and <F> trains)
 Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike (E, ​F, and <F> trains)

Babban titin shine Queens Boulevard.  Faɗin titin da sarƙaƙƙiyarsa ya haifar da mutuwar masu tafiya a ƙasa da yawa, wanda hakan ya sa ya zama abin alfaharin "Boulevard of Death".  Metropolitan Avenue sananne ne don shagunan gargajiya.  Zuciyar kasuwancin Forest Hills ita ce tazarar mil mai tsawon mil na Titin Austin tsakanin Yellowstone Boulevard da Ascan Avenue: An sanya sunan layin karshen a cikin 1909 ta mai haɓaka Frederick Backus don mahaifinsa, Ascan Backus II..

 Gidajen shakatawa da nishaɗi 
Forest Hills yana da iyaka da manyan wuraren shakatawa guda biyu a Queens wanda Ma'aikatar Parks da Recreation ta Birnin New York ke sarrafawa: kadada 1, (5.08 ) Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, wanda shine shafin yanar gizo na World's Fairs guda biyu (a cikin 1939 da 1964) da kuma Unisphere; " class="mw-ref reference" data-cx="{}" [./Forest_Hills,_Queens#cite_note-93 [1]] da kuma kadada 544 (2.20 km2) Forest Park.  A cikin Forest Hills, wuraren shakatawa da wuraren wasa sun haɗa da Yellowstone Municipal Park - Katzman Playground (wanda ke kan Yellowstone Boulevard, tsakanin 68th Avenue da 68th Road);  Annadale Playground (da ke kan Yellowston Boulevard), tsakanin 64th Road da 65th Avenue);  Willow Lake Playground (inda ke kan Grand Central Parkway, tsakanin 71st da 72nd Avenues);  Ehrenreich-Austin Playground (suna a kan Austin Street, tsakanin 76th da 76th Avenue, 68th Avenue);  Sage Avenue). 

Samun damar zuwa Flushing Meadows-Corona Park an iyakance shi saboda gaskiyar cewa Grand Central Parkway ya raba unguwar da wurin shakatawa daidai.  Samun hanyar tafiya a ƙasa yana kan Grand Central Parkway a Horace Harding Expressway, 64th Avenue, Jewel Avenue, da 72nd Road.  Ƙofar da aka rufe a 78th Avenue, wacce a baya take kaiwa zuwa tafkin Willow kuma ta ba masu tafiya tafiya zuwa sauran wurin shakatawa da maƙwabtan Kew Gardens Hills, an rufe tun 2001. Filin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa da filin wasan da suka taɓa kewaye tafkin an daɗe ana watsi da su kuma Ma'aikatar Parks ta yi watsi da su.

 A cikin al'adun gargajiya 
An fara gudanar da gasar wasan tennis ta US Open a West Side Tennis Club daga 1915 zuwa 1977, lokacin da aka mayar da ita Cibiyar Tennis ta USTA Billie Jean King a Flushing Meadows Park, kimanin mil 4 (kilomita 6.4).  Lokacin da aka buga Bude a filin wasan tennis, ana kiran gasar ne kawai a matsayin Forest Hills, kamar yadda ake kira Gasar Wasannin Tennis ta All-England Lawn kawai a matsayin Wimbledon. 

A pivotal scene in Alfred Hitchcock's 1951 film Strangers on a Train, in which Farley Granger's character is a professional tennis player, features a lengthy championship game at the West Side Tennis Club.[<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2012)">citation needed</span>]

Simon da Garfunkel dukansu sun kammala karatu daga makarantar sakandare ta Forest Hills a shekarar 1958. Duo sun yi a filin wasa na Forest Hills a 1966, 1967, 1968, da kuma dare biyu a 1970. Paul Simon ya sake komawa filin wasa na Forest Hills a shekarar 2016 a lokacin yawon shakatawa na Homeward Bound.
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