Overview
- The Forest Hills Gardens Corporation filed suit in federal court, alleging police barricaded and closed its private roads in 2023 and 2024 to route as many as 13,000 concertgoers to Forest Hills Stadium after licenses were revoked in 2022.
- The complaint asserts Fifth and 14th Amendment violations, seeks unspecified damages and attorney fees, and asks the court to halt further use of the private streets for concert access.
- An NYPD spokesperson said officers patrol public streets around events and, barring emergencies, are not present on FHGC-controlled roads; the City Law Department said the case is under review.
- Residents cite blocked access to homes, public drinking and litter, repeated noise-code violations including three tied to the late-September All Things Go festival, and an elderly resident’s reported injury during a drop-off.
- The filing follows 2025 talks led by Queens Borough President Donovan Richards that enabled concerts without FHGC’s cooperation, while the promoter and the Mayor’s Office offered no substantive response.