Forest - Hills - Gardens location is so perfect , I ' m ready to write about it at least every month . In fact , it is one of the few New - York area , where I wanted to live . Quiet and cozy streets , parking at each house , beautiful architecture , good location . I invite you to enjoy the beauty of spring Forest - Hills - Gardens . It must be said , that this year is incredibly lucky with the weather . In any other city this long and cold spring would be a tragedy , but not in New - York , where the heat begins to tire in May and then forced to endure it until September , running from the air conditioner to the air conditioner . in the same year the street was fresh and cool . and most importantly , that through this in New - York , there was a real spring . and it lasted not a week , as is usually the case , but for almost a month . All slow to dissolve , nice and long blossoming , fill the air with unimaginable spring flavors and incredibly pleasing look . while this was the most beautiful spring in New - York of those , I ' ve seen . but in such a beautiful time did not go to one of the most beautiful urban areas . 2 . Why I love Forest - Hills - Gardens ? Because , it ' s the perfect urban area . It is so perfect , that it , it would seem , should not exist in this city , like New - York . And it is . As corny as it may sound , but it is a unique island of beauty and calm in a stormy and rapidly changing ocean metropolis . on all sides it rolls the waves colorful and cosmopolitan Queens with the same type and , let ' s be honest , quite boring buildings . street Nearby overloaded car , and tenants of the house . Around seething urban life in all its manifestations : beeps cars , trains roar , music from the windows , food odors , shops , stores , restaurants and endless pedestrian crowd . In the Forest - Hills - Gardens is peace and quiet . On the streets almost no cars , no people . This feeling , that he was in the past - a hundred years ago . 3 . The thing is , that the Forest - Hills - Gardens is a private area on which are their own distinct from urban regulations . This applies to parking , garbage collection , street cleaning , landscaping , any construction and probably even then - then , as I do not I know . in fact , this particular street integrated into the urban road network . you can walk on them and drive a car , but in order , to be parked will have to obtain a special permit , which is issued only to residents of the area and their guests . 4 . For the external appearance of the area is strictly monitoring the management company . Each property buying is committed to strictly comply with all the obligations imposed on homeowners . Make any serious changes in the appearance of the buildings is almost impossible . Forest - Hills - Gardens finished and very harmonious region and this harmony constantly monitor . There are no houses that irritate its architecture , not houses , which do not fit into the architecture of the area and there are surface areas which are not regularly deal with caring hands of gardeners . For example , in Forest - Hills - Gardens no wooden house . All stone and all without exception , with a tiled roof . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . I decided for myself to formulate the advantages and disadvantages of the area . Why would I want to live there : - Location . The Area incredibly lucky so , where he is . If he were in Manhattan , it would have long ago eaten greedy developers without a trace from the town of the original concept - the garden , but the Forest - Hills - Gardens is located in the far Queens , where a building boom is still not sunk and hardly ever - ever reach . in the nearby Queens - Boulevard quietly grow high - rise apartment buildings , but before the madness , what is happening , for example , in Long - Island - City is still very far away . this Forest - Hills - Gardens not adjacent to any of conventionally disadvantaged areas . On all sides it is surrounded by a kind of buffer zones . 9 . - Transport availability . Total 15 minutes ( two stops ) by train to Penn Station - Station or 35 minutes by subway . The stations are located right on the border of the district . The train is faster and more comfortable than the subway , but and is more expensive . On the drive to midtown Manhattan to go from 30 up to 50 minutes depending on the traffic . 10 . commuter train station Long - Eylandt railway . From Manhattan to two stops and only 15 minutes away . When - it is precisely the presence of the station was a key moment in the purchase of land for the future construction of the village . The station was built in the same architectural style , as the area . - Beautiful architecture . The area is built on - really beautiful houses made ​​ in the same architectural style . Nothing will hurt the eyes and non - irritating . For such a motley city , like New - York , this is very unusual . eleven . 12 . 13 . The Forest - Hills - Gardens using your own design street signs ( and your font , and even the color in which they are painted ) . Well , the names themselves are fine - Avenue Puritans , for example . - Accommodation for every taste and budget . There are private homes of all sizes : from huge mansions to tidy cottages , there are townhouses and 11 apartment buildings . The problem is only one - the purse can be anything , but it should be a thick New - York purse . Neighborhood , I must say , very not cheap . 14 . The former building of the hotel on the forecourt , which became an apartment house . 15 . 16 . - Empty street . Parking in the streets is permitted only to residents of the area . If you come to visit , you will need to obtain special permission . Plus the area has many large detached houses with private garages and drayveyami ( podeznaya road to the house ) . As a result , we have a very unusual for New - York now , when there are no cars on the streets . 17 . So many streets seem Forest - Hills - Gardens . 18 . And look street , which are just outside the boundaries of the district . 19 . Such is the sign of completely changing their appearance . 20 . Such species Forest - Hills - Gardens a lot . 21 . In many of the residents have their own " drayvey " ( the track going to the garage ) and take up space on the street there is no need . 22 . 23 . 24 . In the usual New - York Street to park so it does not turn , and then you can . 25 . Garage with tiled roof . 26 . Lone Porsche . 27 . Machinery , by the way , stand out against the usual New - York . 28 . The family has its black sheep ( I ' m talking about parking on the sidewalk . ) I would say , that for New - York Gelendvagen this kind of diagnosis . - Clean and well - groomed . All issues of garbage collection and street beautification involved Corporation Managed Areas and funded through annual contributions , paid by property owners . The amount of green space on the street here is much higher than the average for the city . In addition , tenants with great love and attention refer to their own areas . Here , there are no groomed homes and uncut lawns . Every year in the area are planted about 70 new trees . 29 . thirty . 31 . 32 . The only garbage on the streets were the flower petals . 33 . 34 . 35 . Parkland homes in strike accuracy of its forms . 36 . - Quiet and low crime rate . This quality Forest - Hills - Gardens appreciated it can assess the residents of other boroughs of New - York . For example , in Manhattan , where life does not stop for a moment , even at night . The point here , of course , in the inhabitants themselves . As adopted in the territory of the rules of conduct and the fact , that in the Forest - Hills - Gardens many dead - end street and almost no transit traffic , which virtually eliminates the noise problem by visiting citizens . During the procedure on the territory of the clock monitors specially hired security company . The streets are patrolled , but the neighborhood is not troubled areas . 37 . Private park . Only for residents of the area . Cycling , jogging , listening to music , food cooking , ball games , as well as throwing any objects - are prohibited . - Good schools . For many , this is the deciding factor when choosing a region . In New - York school level almost always depends on the level of the area . Forest - Hills - Gardens is no exception . 38 . One of the central streets of the district . Now , why I do not would not want to live there . Although it would be better to formulate : why I would like to , but do not live : Expensive . This is the main problem for me . For the region as a kind of filter , which filters out a certain group of people . Here it is necessary not just to have money to rent or buy a house . It is necessary to also have them on its content . 39 . It is necessary to add the cost of ownership annual mandatory fees . They are not so great , as it may seem , but the penny not call them . A few years ago they were from 1500 to 2000 dollars at home . Now surely greater . 40 . Also I assume , that the residents would like to have complete isolation from the rest of the world , but it will increase tax revenue and annual charges , therefore , probably , the streets so and will remain open people from outside . 41 . Disadvantages also include the fact , that all strictly regulated . Sometimes you want a little more freedom in certain things . For example , plant a tree there , where you want , concreted more space in front of the house , or oblitsevat than - the other front . But then you either agree to on the rules of the game , or buy a property in a different place . It ' s simple . 42 . A few more photos District . 43 . 44 . 45 . 46 . 47 . 48 .