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. "


Go to the following neighborhood map of Queens (Circa 1940), and click on 
"Forest Hills" for selected source information:

http://www.queenslibrary.org/gallery/past_exhibits/burgh/map.htm


For additional information, you may want to contact the Queens Historical 
Society and the Queens Borough Public Library:

Queens Historical Society
143-35 37th Avenue
New York (Flushing P.O.), NY 11354

Tel: 718/939-0647, ext 17
Fax: 718/539-9885 

eMail: [log in to unmask]

http://www.queenshistoricalsociety.org/


Long Island Division
Queens Borough Public Library
89-11 Merrick Boulevard
New York (Jamaica P.O.), NY 11432

Tel: 718/990-0700
Fax: 718/???-????

Contact information:
http://www.queenslibrary.org/infoline/email.asp

Long Island Division:
http://www.queenslibrary.org/central/longisland/

Home page:
http://www.queenslibrary.org/


I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting.

Regards,

Walter Greenspan
Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY