Forest Hills Stadium Will Cap Concerts, Ending Yearslong Legal Battle

Forest Hills Stadium, in Queens, was built for tennis, but it has served as a concert venue for decades. The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, and Simon And Garfunkel all performed there. Jimi Hendrix once opened for the Monkees at Forest Hills. After a redesign and reopening in 2013, Forest Hills has served as an important stop on the touring circuit, one that's arena-sized but somehow more intimate and special. But since it's an open-air venue in a residential area, it has been at the center of a legal battle over noise complaints. After years, that dispute has finally been settled, as Forest Hills has agreed to limit the number of shows that it'll host. Shortly after Forest Hills Stadium's reopening, a number of concerts at the building were loud enough to violate New York City noise code. Residents of the area filed lawsuits and hired an acoustic noise consultant to measure noise levels at shows like a King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard appearance in 2024. Yesterday, New York's PIX 11 reported that the Forest Hills Gardens Corporation, West Side Tennis Club, and Tiebreaker Productions have come to a three-way agreement that'll allow Fore...