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kolt54321 t1_itwy78u wrote

Reply to comment by doctor_van_n0strand in These are the most popular neighborhoods in New York City—and the average rent among them is $3,377 by jhovudu1

Much of Forest Hills doesn't even have train access if I remember correctly. It's a bus to the train, and a bad one at that.

Edit: I was thinking of Kew Garden Hills one neighborhood over, my mistake.

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doctor_van_n0strand t1_itx0egn wrote

Forest Hills is awesome, and super close to the city via express. I can 100% why people would want to settle down there.

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kolt54321 t1_itx30a7 wrote

E train, right?

Unfortunately the train basically stops after Forest Hills. I remember commuting from KGH and it was a 1hr+ nightmare every time.

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Queenv918 t1_itx8zhi wrote

E & F trains both run express from Lexington Ave to 71st-Continental in Forest Hills, then continue all the way to Jamaica. The M & R local trains are the ones that dont go beyond Forest Hills

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kolt54321 t1_itx9el8 wrote

Yep, but they continue downwards - not east.

This is how KGH has no train access.

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valoremz t1_itz8u3i wrote

How has Forest Hills changed over the past 10-20 years? When I lived in Queens, Forest Hills was a predominantly middle class, upper middle class, and even wealthy (Forest Hills Gardens). A lot of blue collar jobs and also working class families and also Western European families. Has it changed at all? Do wealth folks who want to stay in NYC still live in the Gardens?

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guccigenshin t1_iu5l48n wrote

I feel like it's more or less the same, but probably leaning wealthier simply bc more people know about it now, especially ever since the opening of the stadium has gotten out-of-towners to visit regularly. I remember walking on austin st on a concert night and overhearing a bunch of rando's saying things like, "wow this place is so cute should i move here??"

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