The West Side Tennis Club is a private tennis club located in Forest Hills, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. The club has 38 tennis courts in all four surfaces, a junior Olympic-size swimming pool and other amenities. It is the home of the Forest Hills Stadium, a 14,000 seat outdoor tennis stadium and concert venue.
Club in 1912
Entrance
Stadium, late 2011
Poster for 1964 concerts at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, headlining Barbra Streisand, Count Basie, Woody Allen, Johnny Mathis, Harry Belafonte, Peter Nero and The Beatles.
Forest Hills is a mostly residential neighborhood in the central portion of the borough of Queens in New York City. It is adjacent to Corona to the north, Rego Park and Glendale to the west, Forest Park to the south, Kew Gardens to the southeast, and Flushing Meadows–Corona Park to the east.
Station Square
Austin Street, the main shopping area, c. 2006
Southeastern portion of Austin Street with typical Queens six-story red brick apartment buildings on one side and residential homes on the other
Queens Boulevard, looking eastward in 2006