Forest Hills High School (New York) Forest Hills High School (New York) Forest Hills High School (FHHS) is a high school in the Forest Hills neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, near Rego Park. Dedicated in 1937, it educates students in grades 9–12 and is operated by the New York City Department of Education. The school serves the Forest Hills and Rego Park neighborhoods of Queens. However, many students come from nearby neighborhoods such as Kew Gardens, Jackson Heights, Woodside, Flushing, Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, Astoria, Corona, Glendale and parts of Jamaica. FHHS has often been extremely overcrowded throughout its history, often running several
Jackson Heights, Queens attention. A 1978 article in "New York Magazine" stated that 27 people were killed in Jackson Heights in the three years preceding. Most of the original neighborhood, comprising the garden city apartment buildings, was made a National Register Historic District and a New York State Historic Register District. The Jackson Heights New York State and National Register Districts range from 93rd Street through 69th Street between Northern Boulevard and Roosevelt Avenue. Some property fronting on Northern Boulevard and Roosevelt Avenue, as well as some "cut-outs", are not inside the Register Districts. The national historic district called the Jackson Heights Historic