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Richards calls on Mayor to intervene and save summer concerts at Forest Hills Stadium

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Mar. 31, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Queens Borough President Donovan Richards has penned a letter to Mayor Eric Adams urging him to use all available resources to ensure that Forest Hills Stadium’s 2025 summer concert season goes ahead as planned after a local homeowners group refused to grant access to the private streets surrounding…

NYPD halts sound permits for Forest Hills Stadium as legal battle escalates, organizers vow to move ahead ‘as planned’

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Mar. 24, 2025 By Shane O’Brien The 2025 summer concert season at Forest Hills Stadium is in limbo after the NYPD declined to issue sound amplification permits, citing a dispute over access to private streets surrounding the venue—though stadium officials insist the shows will go on as planned. The decision, announced in a letter…

Billboard names Forest Hills Stadium one of the top music venues on the East Coast

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Feb. 11, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Renowned music and entertainment publication Billboard has named Queens’ Forest Hills Stadium as the best amphitheater on the East Coast in a new racking of the best music venues for 2025. The 14,000-capacity stadium, which has a rich history dating back to its opening in 1923 as part…

Forest Hills homeowners group threatens legal action against NYPD amid ongoing Forest Hills Stadium concert dispute

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Dec. 4, 2024 By Shane O’Brien The operators of Forest Hills Stadium have accused the Forest Hills Gardens Corporation (FHGC), a neighboring homeowners association, of “sidestepping” the courts and trying to “bully” the NYPD. The accusation follows a letter from FHGC to the NYPD threatening legal action if police continue to issue permits for…

EEEEEATSCON brings star-studded feast to Forest Hills this weekend

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Oct. 9, 2024 By Jonathan Mak EEEEEATSCON New York, a food festival created by the restaurant review platform The Infatuation, returns to Forest Hills Stadium this weekend for its fifth year. The two-day event on Oct. 12 and 13 will feature over 30 restaurants, including five out-of-town eateries, four collaborations, and special appearances by…

Judge dismisses lawsuit that sought to end concerts at Forest Hills Stadium

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Aug. 14, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan A Queens Supreme Court judge officially dismissed one of several lawsuits brought against the operators of Forest Hills Stadium on Wednesday in a win for concertgoers. At the end of 2023, Concerned Citizens of Forest Hills Inc. et al. vs. The West Side Tennis Club, which leases out…

Over 22,000 rally behind Forest Hills Stadium in petition to save concerts amid legal battle

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Aug. 9, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Over 22,000 people have signed a petition expressing their support for keeping Forest Hills Stadium open amid a lawsuit that threatens to end concerts at the historic venue.  The Change.org petition was started by the stadium’s operators last month and has since garnered the community support they were…