Forest Hill in Queens (New York, York: live, shop, safest)

[MedievalinNYC]

1500k is enough for Forest Hills. It's a great area. Austin Street has the best shopping and Resturants. If you rent, the only extra fee will be your electric and cooking gas, unless it's included. Maitinence fees are if you own a condo or co-op. Whatever you do, make sure your apartment is legal.

[scatman]

FH is the bomb! But expensive, though!

[EugeneBKLYN]

Nice neighborhood. Probably the best in Queens.
Housing is overpriced. 200 Sq. Ft. Studios go for no less than 950/m.

[mead]

Forrest Hills is definitely expensive compared to most other places in Queens, but I think its definitely worth the expense.

[MedievalinNYC]

Originally Posted by NooYowkur81

Forest Hills is nice but its getting pricier by the day and it's getting overcrowded too. It's a nightmare to drive around there sometimes.

Not all of Forest Hills is congested and hard to park. The area that boarders Middle Village is very quiet and easy to park.

[mead]

Did anyone see that Forrest Hills Gardens was recently awarded the prize of being the best "village" in the USA? I suppose this will only help to further increase the price of real estate there.

[kort677]

Originally Posted by guangwang1983

I do have a plan of buying a car there, because I wanna visit the upstate and probably the Niagara when I get there. Can you find parking easily around Forest Hill? Also how long roughly does it take to get to Wall street on the epress train?

parking is difficult and the subway to the wall st area will be at least 45 minutes

[INeedAChange]

This post makes me so glad I am leaving this area. Before, when I was planning to stay and buy something, Forest Hills was one of the areas I was considering (and I have a car)

Originally Posted by mead

Yeah driving around that area of Queens, especially on Austin St, is basically my idea of hell. The roads are completely congested in that area all the time.

That is generally my main complaint with Queens. It is fairly built up and in many parts has the density of parts of Brooklyn, but people love their cars in Queens and are unwilling to give them up. So as a result you have insane grid-lock going on for large parts of the day.

[mead]

Hey, well look into the place at least. Don't just make up your mind on what I say. Who am I afterall? Just some random guy you saw post something on the internet.

Originally Posted by INeedAChange

This post makes me so glad I am leaving this area. Before, when I was planning to stay and buy something, Forest Hills was one of the areas I was considering (and I have a car)

[mhogan10010]

Forrest Hills is very nice, clean and with a more suburban feel than other parts of Queens. I grew up in Suburban Detroit, and it reminds me a lot of some of the nicer suburbs there.