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Forest Hills is bordered by two of the largest parks in Queens managed by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation: the 1,255 acres (5.08 km 2) Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, which is the site of two World's Fairs (in 1939 and 1964) and the iconic Unisphere; [89] as well as the 544 acres (2.20 km 2) Forest Park. [90]
District 29 is based in Forest Hills in central Queens, also covering Kew Gardens, and eastern Richmond Hill. [4] The district overlaps with Queens Community Boards 5, 6, and 9, and with New York's 5th and 6th congressional districts.
The Queens Community Board 6 is the local government body in the New York City borough of Queens, encompassing the neighborhoods of Forest Hills and Rego Park. [3] It is delimited by the Horace Harding Expressway to the north, Woodhaven Boulevard to the west, the Jackie Robinson Parkway to the south, and the Grand Central Parkway on the east.
New York's 6th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City, located entirely within Queens. It is represented by Democrat Grace Meng. A plurality of the district's population is Asian-American, and a majority of its population is non-white.
In late 2020, QCH purchased the Forest Hills Community Center, [22] its original and largest program site, and from 2023-2024 undertook a $12-million renovation of the space. [2] [7] [23] The administrative headquarters is located nearby at 108-69 62nd Drive. [1] [24] QCH's annual gala raises about half a million dollars each year. [25]
Unlike neighborhoods in the other four boroughs, some Queens neighborhood names are used as the town name in postal addresses. For example, whereas the town, state construction for all addresses in Manhattan is New York, New York (except in Marble Hill, where Bronx, New York is used), and all neighborhoods in Brooklyn use Brooklyn, New York, residents of College Point would use the ...
(The Center Square) — New York's population could decline by more than 2 million people over the next 25 years as fewer people are born in the state and more people move out, according to a new ...
In Rego Park and Forest Hills, there were 66 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 4.6 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide). [11]: 11 Rego Park and Forest Hills have a low population of residents who are uninsured. In 2018, this population of uninsured ...