Park advocates and elected officials want neighbors to get their hands dirty as part of an ongoing effort to clean a centrally located park.
In the days since he was gunned down mid-shift, delivery worker Zhiwen Yan has been remembered as a caring neighbor and loving father.
An EMS group plans to build an ambulance depot at the end of a central Queens block. Those who oppose the plan say they're being threatened.
Commonpoint Queens will offer GED-prep classes to youth in the program so that they are better able achieve to their professional goals.
The event will be part art crawl, part small business tour, in an effort to support local artists and Forest Hills shops simultaneously.
Do you feel like you're stepping into an "idyllic garden suburb" when you get off the train at Forest Hills station?
A Forest Hills senior center and nearby facility for people with disabilities were both included in a trillion-dollar federal spending bill.
The partnership, which will continue with 1,000 deliveries weekly, enables people to skip pantry lines and get grocery deliveries at home.
Commonpoint Queens hopes the barrier-free clinic will help address the pandemic's effects on young peoples' mental health.
Local resident Larry Ng is leading the effort to memorialize Spider-Man in his fictional neighborhood, the Forest Hills Times reported.
Commonpoint Queens, a Forest Hills-based non-profit, has become a source of support for locals struggling to make ends meet, CBSNY reports.
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After a man jumped in front of a train, neighbors took to Facebook in support of mental health care. Then the comments turned political.
The drawings, which Aigner Chocolates collected in exchange for lollipops, will now be donated to pediatric-unit rooms at local hospitals.
Rose Girone, a Holocaust survivor, used to own a beloved knitting shop on Austin Street, and says the craft helped save her life.
Diapers can't be purchased with SNAP benefits, so a non-profit donated 26,400 to Commonpoint Queens, which distributed them at its pantries.
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In exchange for chocolate lollipops, Aigner Chocolates is collecting flower drawings to donate to local hospitals; its second-such endeavor.
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Locals said the birds had been in the yard for years, some freezing to death in past winters, waterfowl rescuer John Di Leonardo told Patch.
Chris De La Cruz died after jumping over a Forest Hills train turnstile. Now his family is raising funds for his funeral and 4-year-old son.
The cow, who was named Stacy, is now at Skylands Animal Sanctuary and Rescue in Sussex County, New Jersey.
Take a look at the stories that made headlines in Forest Hills this year.
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The actor-turned-host gifted Victoria Osei, an LIJ Forest Hills nurse, a home makeover on a segment of her talkshow dedicated to do-gooders.
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A public school teacher, who police charged with assault on Friday, was allegedly arrested after attacking her mother, the NY Post reported.
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At a donor ceremony last weekend, Forest Hills resident Robert Skaretka sat next to Megan Ryan; the sister of his donor, Newsday reported.
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NYC's curbside compost program returns this fall, and Forest Park's rangers are teaching locals about the natural process on Sunday.