Forest Hills Taxi & Car Service

Forest Hills sits in the middle of Queens, where Queens Boulevard meets the Long Island Rail Road. It is a short drive from both LaGuardia and JFK, close to Manhattan by the Long Island Expressway, and has the Tudor streets of Forest Hills Gardens on one side and the tall co-ops of Queens Boulevard on the other.

Most of our Forest Hills bookings are airport runs, trips into the city, and rides home from Forest Hills Stadium after a concert. A booked car also helps with the neighbourhood's awkward spots: the private streets of the Gardens, the service roads of Queens Boulevard, and co-op buildings with more than one entrance.

Where we pick up in Forest Hills

Queens Boulevard and the co-op belt. The large apartment buildings line Queens Boulevard and the streets just off it. The boulevard has service roads on both sides, so tell us which side and which entrance.

Austin Street and 71st Avenue. The shopping streets around the 71st Avenue subway station, with restaurants, the cinema and the shops.

Forest Hills Gardens. The planned neighbourhood of Tudor houses south of the railway, around Station Square and Burns Street. Its streets are privately owned, with their own parking rules. The car picks up at your door and doesn't wait in the Gardens.

Toward Rego Park and Kew Gardens. The blocks along 108th Street, Yellowstone Boulevard and the edges of Forest Park.

Trains and the subway

Forest Hills–71st Avenue is a major subway stop, served by the E and F expresses and the M and R locals, all running along Queens Boulevard toward Manhattan. The LIRR station at Station Square has trains to Penn Station in under half an hour, and some to Grand Central Madison. Both are quick if you have a small bag. With suitcases, children or an early flight, a car to the door is easier.

Popular trips from Forest Hills

Forest Hills to JFK, LaGuardia and Newark

Forest Hills is one of the few neighbourhoods roughly the same distance from both LaGuardia and JFK, so book whichever airport has the better flight. Newark only makes sense for a specific flight. It means crossing Manhattan and the Hudson, with tunnel tolls.

Traffic, tolls and timing

Queens Boulevard is wide and busy, with service roads on both sides. Pickups are usually on a service road or a side street, not the main lanes.

Forest Hills Stadium concerts fill the streets around the Gardens and Austin Street before and after each show. Arrange a pickup corner on Austin Street or Queens Boulevard, a short walk from the stadium.

US Open and Mets nights at Flushing Meadows, just to the north, slow the Grand Central Parkway on the way to LaGuardia. Allow extra time on those evenings.

Tolls: trips to Manhattan through the Queens-Midtown Tunnel are tolled, and the Queensboro Bridge is free. Manhattan trips south of 60th Street can carry the congestion charge.

Places we drive to

Forest Hills Stadium, Austin Street and the 71st Avenue station, Station Square and the LIRR, Long Island Jewish Forest Hills hospital, Forest Park and its carousel, Queens Borough Hall and the courts in Kew Gardens, and the co-ops and hotels along Queens Boulevard.

Book a taxi in Forest Hills

Give us the full Queens address, with the hyphenated house number, the street type (Road, Drive, Avenue or Street) and the building name if there is one. For the Gardens, add the cross street. For a concert, tell us the show and when you expect it to end. A group of friends might prefer an SUV or a Queens limo.

Call (888) 201-0419, message us on WhatsApp, or send the trip through the form. New customers can ask for 10% off a first ride.

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