NYC Neighborhood Comparison

Forest Hills vs Ridgewood

Side-by-side market data, transit, and neighborhood profiles to help you decide.

Queens|Queens

Forest Hills

Queens

Ridgewood

Queens

Median Sale Price

$433K

$1.3M

Median Rent

$3K

Active Listings

365

Avg Days on Market

85.5 days

86.5 days

YoY Price Change

+5.5%

+43.2%

Monthly Sales Volume

Detailed Comparison

Metric	Forest Hills	Ridgewood
Median Sale Price	$432,500	$1,325,000
Median Condo Price	$804,400	N/A
Median Co-op Price	$356,000	N/A
Median Rent	$2,842	$3,250
Active Listings	365	45
Rental Inventory	221	309
Days on Market	85.5	86.5
Price Cut Share	13.4%	8.9%
Monthly Sales Volume	38	6
YoY Price Change	+5.5%	+43.2%
YoY Rent Change	+3.3%	+1.6%
YoY Inventory Change	+20.9%	+95.7%
Subway Lines	N/A	N/A

Neighborhood Profiles

Forest Hills

Forest Hills is a sought-after and picturesque Queens neighborhood known for its lush greenery and exceptional architecture. The area is famous for Forest Hills Gardens, a private community featuring stunning Tudor-style homes and winding streets. The broader neighborhood offers a mix of grand pre-war cooperatives, modern luxury condominiums, and the vibrant shopping and dining destination of Austin Street, providing a suburban feel within the city limits.

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Ridgewood

Ridgewood features orderly blocks of brick and limestone rowhouses, prewar tenements with decorative cornices, and multi-family buildings constructed between 1905 and 1925, making it one of Queens' most architecturally consistent neighborhoods. The M train runs through the heart of the area with stops at Seneca Avenue, Forest Avenue, and Fresh Pond Road, while the L train connects at Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues. Highland Park and Ridgewood Reservoir border the neighborhood to the south, and the Vander Ende-Onderdonk House, an 18th-century landmark, marks the historic Queens-Brooklyn boundary.

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