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How walkable is Forest Hills?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Forest Hills has a walkability score of 85 out of 100 across the 1.1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Queens, which scores 82 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,054 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Forest Hills. The nearest grocery is Mom & Son Inc, about a minute away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- KeyFood1 min
- CTown Supermarkets6 min
- Antojitos el mijin#21 min
- Fay Da Bakery1 min
- The Vitamin Shoppe1 min
- Mr.Fixsmith1 min
- Gregorys Coffee1 min
- Coffee Shot3 min
- Ridgewood Savings Bank1 min
- Bank of America1 min
- Willow Lake Playground9 min
- Hawthorne Park10 min
- Bramson ORT College5 min
- Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Academy6 min
- FHJC PJ Library5 min
- North Shore LIJ Forest Hills Hospital Medical Library19 min
- Midway Movie Theatre1 min
- Regal UA Midway1 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Forest Hills at 40.7214, -73.8438. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 105 street intersections per km², and blocks average 101 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Forest Hills
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.1 km around the centre of Forest Hills. Rings mark 550 m and 1.1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Queens
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Rego Park | 1.5 km | 92 |
| Jackson Heights | 5.2 km | 95 |
| Flushing | 5.4 km | 92 |
| East New York | 6.9 km | 88 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Queens page.
Questions about walking in Forest Hills
Is Forest Hills walkable?
Yes. Forest Hills in Queens has a walkability score of 85 out of 100 across the 1.1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Forest Hills more walkable than the rest of Queens?
Forest Hills is more walkable than Queens as a whole: it scores 85, against 82 for the 5 km around Queens's centre. It ranks 5th of the 5 Queens neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Queens?
Of the 5 Queens neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Jackson Heights (95), Rego Park (92) and Flushing (92).
How is the walkability score of Forest Hills calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Forest Hills it is the average of 59 points spread evenly across the 1.1 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.