Forest Hills Gardens
A private planned community begun in 1909 on land bought by the Russell Sage Foundation, designed by Grosvenor Atterbury with landscaping by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. Its Tudor-style Station Square faces the LIRR station.
Why it matters
One of the earliest and most influential garden suburbs in the United States and a model for planned communities nationwide. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Station Square, Forest Hills, NY 11375