A good resource for Queens history is the Queens Borough Public Library, Long Island Division, Local History Collection
http://www.queenslibrary.org/central/longisland/

If you are interested in doing research on the 1970s and 1980s, the the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives (where I work) has the papers of the Forest Hill Community House (a settlement house).

Steven A. Levine, Ph.D.
Educational Coordinator
La Guardia and Wagner Archives
La Guardia Community College/CUNY
http://www.laguardiawagnerarchive.lagcc.cuny.edu/defaultb.htm

---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 12:48:43 -0400
>From: Nancy Hyden Woodward <[log in to unmask]>  
>Subject: Re: [NYHIST-L] question  please  
>To: [log in to unmask]
>
>On Aug 3, 2006, at 9:13 PM, Walter Greenspan wrote:
>
>> On 8/3/06 (6:49:20 PM MDT), Jeffrey  Platt ([log in to unmask]) asked,
>>
>> "Sirs:  I am trying to locate general information on FOREST  HILLS, n. 
>> y, in
>> the 1940's.  Websites would be of interest, as well as any other 
>> direction you
>> may point me in. "
>
>Consider contacting the Long Island Collection of the East Hampton 
>Library. The phone number is 631 324-0222.
>
>The L. I. Collection was begun  many, many years ago by Morton 
>Pennypacker who lived in western Long Island. He collected anything and 
>everything he could that had to do with Long Island. I don't know how 
>much may be in the Collection but it is well worth a phone call.
>
>Nancy Hyden Woodward