Neighbors want Forest Hills Stadium to turn down the volume at concerts
Forest Hills Stadium capped off its concert season earlier this month with a three-night electronic dance festival that literally shook the surrounding neighborhood.“It was like the scene from ‘Jurassic Park’ when the dinosaurs are coming. You see the water start to shake,” said Jaray, a lifelong resident of the neighborhood who lives across the street from the historic venue. “I could be inside my house. I could be outside my house. It doesn’t matter. It feels like I’m on the stage.
Now, the DEP told Gothamist it is working with the stadium's operators on noise mitigation. At the city’s request, the venue has hired an acoustic consultant to install noise-muffling devices. Those measures come eight years after the stadium operator implemented $500,000-worth of noise suppression measures, including a concrete fence and stairway covers.
The stadium is part of the nonprofit West Side Tennis Club, which is named in the lawsuit. The group did not respond to multiple inquiries. Since the stadium’s post-pandemic reopening, many Forest Hills residents have become increasingly enraged. The number of concerts each season has nearly doubled to around 30 shows compared to before the pandemic.
DEP officials said they have gone into homes of Forest Hills residents this summer to monitor noise levels and issued tickets to the stadium operators. However, the DEP also said the $2,000 fine for a noise violation is not a major deterrent for large concert operators like Forest Hills, which has capacity for 13,000 people.
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