February 2, 2010
Forest Park in Queens?
samariliak asked:
Am thinking of moving to Queens and was hoping someone could give me an opinion on Forest Park? I’ve lived in Park Slope Brooklyn and loved spending time with my dog in Prospect Park. What is Forest Park like and how does it compare to Prospect Park? Is it safe? And is it a nice park to hike through, barbecue, play sports and just lie in the grass? Are there any parts of it that are sketchy?
If one lives in Forest Hills or Rego Park, is it an easy walk to Forest Park?
Am thinking of moving to Queens and was hoping someone could give me an opinion on Forest Park? I’ve lived in Park Slope Brooklyn and loved spending time with my dog in Prospect Park. What is Forest Park like and how does it compare to Prospect Park? Is it safe? And is it a nice park to hike through, barbecue, play sports and just lie in the grass? Are there any parts of it that are sketchy?
If one lives in Forest Hills or Rego Park, is it an easy walk to Forest Park?
Thanks!
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Yes, Forest Park is very close to Forest Hills, Rego Park and Kew Garden – it’s very safe, and I would say that it’s even safer than Prospect Park (hard to imagine, I know, but if you’ve been to FH or RP, then you’ll know what I’m talking about). I have many friends who live in Forest Hills and the Gardens, and we go there often to walk her pets. Depending on where you live in FH, it’s a very short distance – just walk up to Metropolitan to Woodhaven, or, if you’re on the Queens Blvd. side of FH, walk up Yellowstone, past where it meets with Woodhaven, and all the way up where it meets Myrtle. go over there sometime yourself to see it – I’ve never witnessed anything “sketchy,” but I don’t normally walk around the area late at night, either. It’s surrounded by the best areas of Queens, so I can’t imagine it being too bad.
I live at the northern end of Forest Park near Union Turnpike..
Forest Park is kind of different from Prospect Park.. Forest park doesn’t have any wide open lawns like Prospect Park does– It’s mostly forest.
The only small open lawn space in Forest Park is on the northern end, at the Overlook (Union Turnpike and Park Lane). There are playgrounds on the periphery of Forest Park, and a ballfield, bandshell and carousel at Woodhaven Boulevard.
There is a road through the park that is closed to motor traffic from Metropolitan Avenue to Woodhaven that parkgoers use for jogging and bike-riding, and of course you can walk your dog in the park as long as you pick up after your pet.
Forest Park is within walking distance if you live in Forest Hills near Union Turnpike, Metropolitan Avenue or Woodhaven Boulevard. Rego Park I would say isn’t within easy walking distance– You’d have to walk for more than half an hour to get there. Flushing Meadows Park is closer if you live in Rego Park (or Forest Hills north of Queens Boulevard.).
Hope this helps.