Research Paper - Rey Writer
Medium Stakes #3: Forest Hills, Queens
Queens, the most populous county in the State of New York located on the easternmost side of the five boroughs of the State of New York. Queens State is also the largest in the area and is the second most populated county in the state of New York and in the context of the United States, Queens is fourthly densely populated. Queens is located on the west of Long island, alongside its neighbour, Brooklyn State. Queens has quite a diverse population with over forty eight percent of its estimated population of two million and two hundred thousand people being foreigners from all over the world comprising of over a hundred and thirty eight languages being spoken in the region.
Queens in comparison to the other boroughs of New York City has been reported to have the most diversified economy and the second largest of them all. Queens has differing character with there being presence of both the affluent and those who live from hand to mouth. These are characterized by the diverse housing structures especially with in urban areas such as Ridgewood among others having high density apartments and in suburban areas such as Bayside having large free standing single family homes.
Queens is home to major airports among other attractions such as the Flushing Meadows Park which is home to the New York Mets; a baseball team and also to the US Open Tennis tournaments; Silver cup and Astoria Studios. Astoria is one of the most popular neighbourhoods of New York City with many residing there and still attracts more to move in and settle there.
Forest Hills in Queens is where I was raised. It is originally home to many Jewish residents. In the past it was one of the affluent neighbourhoods with most well of people living in Forest Hills Gardens. Originally, Forest Hills was known as White Port though got renamed by Brooklyn Attorney in 1906. The area got developed as from 1909 when Margaret Sage bought a hundred and forty two acres of land from the Cord Meyer Development Company and construction of good housing to improve the living conditions of the working poor began. The resulting huge property values made this claim totally impractical and this was also the beginning of the foundations of the Russell Sage Foundation. Forest Hills was planned in context of English garden communities hence explaining the Tudor styled homes. There is a diverse mixture of upscale housing in the south where there are single family houses, attached town houses and both low and high rise apartments. The expansion of the subway between the 1920s through to the 50s led to the expansion of Forest Hills.
In Forest Hills, there are two monuments erected in respect to the victims of both World War One and the mast of Columbia. Forest Hills has received worldwide recognition with it being the home of fictional comic book character of Marvel pictures, Spiderman, and Peter Parker.
Forest hills is also bordered by two of the largest parks in Queens; the Flushing Meadows Corona Park and Forest Park under management of New York City’s Department of Parks and Recreation. The iconic Unisphere and the sites of the two World Fairs are at the Flushing Meadows. Forest Hills was the site of the US Opens Tennis Championships from 1915 to 1977 which were held at the West Side Tennis Club. It also has a lot of fancy restaurants with lots of good food and everyday choices though standing out with best values is Queens Boulevard. Lately Austin Street has been striving on business being one of the more popular destinations to visit in Queens.
Being a gated and private community, Forest Hills happens to be among the safest neighbourhoods in Queens. It also boasts a strip of hoity-toity chains of supermarket, small shops, boutiques and antique shops.