Forest Hills is two moving jobs wearing one name. Along and off Queens Boulevard it is a co-op neighborhood — listing data puts roughly 55% of homes in buildings of fifty units or more, which means certificates of insurance, booked elevators and weekday windows. Inside Forest Hills Gardens it is the opposite: a private community whose streets require an FHGC parking decal or pass, where an unidentified vehicle can be booted at the owner’s expense, and where concert nights at the Stadium create temporary no-parking zones. Big Apple Moving plans for whichever Forest Hills you live in — hourly from $150/hr for two movers, or one binding figure with the rules already handled.
One neighborhood, two rulebooks
Ask five movers about Forest Hills and you will hear about apartments. Ask them about the Gardens’ street rules and you will hear silence — no moving page in this market explains them. Yet the difference decides how your move day runs: a Gerard Towers or Parker Towers move stands or falls on building paperwork, while a Gardens move stands or falls on street position that has to be arranged, not assumed.
Big Apple Moving has moved both Forest Hills since 1979 — licensed under NY DOT #T9942 and USDOT #382368, rated 5.0 on Google across 2,300+ reviews, with certificates of insurance issued the same business day.
The four Forest Hills jobs
Co-op tower moves
Gerard Towers, Parker Towers, The Kennedy House and their neighbors each set their own COI wording, elevator windows and deposits. We collect the building’s sheet at booking and deliver the paperwork before the crew arrives.
Gardens house moves
Tudor and brick houses on private streets. Truck position is arranged with the move in advance, so the crew starts carrying at the start time, not negotiating.
Austin Street apartment moves
Walk-ups and smaller elevator buildings above and around the retail strip, where loading zones are short and shared with shop deliveries.
Packing and storage
Full or partial packing the day before; storage that holds a household between a co-op closing and a Gardens move-in.
Moving inside Forest Hills Gardens — the rules nobody prints
Forest Hills Gardens is a private community and its streets are private property, governed by the Forest Hills Gardens Corporation. Every vehicle on those streets needs a current FHGC parking decal or a properly executed pass or note — an unidentified vehicle is subject to booting or towing at the owner’s expense, and Station Square is a no-parking, no-tolerance zone.
The good news for a move: contractors and service vehicles are permitted while performing services for residents, which covers a moving crew working at your address. We confirm the arrangement with your household as part of booking, and we schedule around one more Gardens quirk — on Forest Hills Stadium concert dates, temporary no-parking zones appear, and a move booked blind into one loses its truck position to a tow order.
What a Forest Hills move costs
| Home size | Typical Forest Hills job | Market estimate range (2026) | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio / 1-bedroom | Austin Street area walk-up or elevator building | $450–$1,100 | 3–5 hours |
| 2-bedroom co-op | Queens Boulevard corridor tower with COI and elevator window | $800–$1,800 | 5–8 hours |
| 3-bedroom | Larger co-op or attached house off the corridor | $1,200–$2,800 | 7–12 hours |
| Gardens house | Detached Tudor or colonial on private streets | $2,000+ | 8–12+ hours |
Market Estimate Ranges (2026) — Queens market data, not a quote. Big Apple Moving bills hourly from $150/hr for two movers or by binding estimate.
In the towers, the price risk is the window: miss a booked freight elevator and the day restarts on the building’s schedule. In the Gardens, the risk is the curb: street position that was never arranged. Both are paperwork problems, both are solved before move day, and both are why our binding estimate includes them rather than discovering them.
What Forest Hills co-op buildings ask for
The corridor’s co-ops are decades-old institutions with settled rules: a certificate of insurance naming the building and its managing agent, a reserved elevator — usually a weekday window — and often a refundable move deposit. None of it is difficult; all of it has a deadline. Send us your building’s requirements sheet when you book and the certificate goes out the same business day, with the crew scheduled inside the window the building gives you. Buildings differ on Sunday and evening moves, so we check rather than assume.
A Forest Hills move in four moves
Tower, Austin Street walk-up or Gardens house. The address decides the paperwork.
Item list or 15-minute video walkthrough; hourly from $150/hr or one binding figure.
COI and elevator window for the towers; street arrangement and concert-calendar check for the Gardens.
Wrap, load, deliver, reassemble. Support answers 7AM–9PM.
Why Forest Hills books us
Since 1979
Moving Forest Hills’ towers and Tudors since 1979.
5.0 on Google
2,300+ reviews, heavy on co-op moves where paperwork makes or breaks the day.
Licensed and insured
NY DOT #T9942 · USDOT #382368 · ICC MC-205240.
Same-day COI
Your building’s exact wording, delivered the same business day you send the requirements.
Private-street ready
Gardens street rules arranged with the booking, never improvised at the curb.
Binding estimate
One figure covering the window, the carry and the reassembly. It holds.
Forest Hills Moving — Frequently Asked Questions
Queens market data puts a one-bedroom at $450–$1,100, a two-bedroom co-op at $800–$1,800 and a three-bedroom at $1,200–$2,800, with Gardens houses from $2,000. Big Apple Moving prices hourly from $150/hr for two movers with no minimum hours, or as one binding estimate.
Yes, when it is there performing services for a resident — the Gardens’ own rules permit contractor and service vehicles on that basis. What gets vehicles booted is being unidentified: every vehicle on those private streets needs an FHGC decal or a properly executed pass or note. We arrange the move’s street position in advance as part of booking.
The Forest Hills Gardens Corporation enforces with booting and towing at the owner’s expense, and the fine must be paid before a boot comes off. Station Square is a no-tolerance zone. It is exactly why we never send a crew in blind.
On concert dates the Gardens posts temporary no-parking zones, and vehicles in them are towed at the owner’s expense. We check the concert calendar when we set a Gardens move date.
A certificate of insurance naming the building and managing agent, a booked elevator window — typically weekday — and often a refundable deposit. We issue the COI the same business day; the deposit and window come from your building.
Yes — the corridor’s big co-ops are regular work for us. Each has its own paperwork wording and window rules, which is precisely why we collect the building’s requirement sheet at booking.
They are tighter: older staircases with sharp turns that decide whether a sofa travels assembled or in pieces. We measure the large items on the walkthrough so the answer is known before move day.
Yes, and it is the classic Forest Hills move. One crew clears the building’s window on one end and the private-street arrangement on the other, under one estimate.
Full packing the day before, or kitchen-and-fragiles only. Materials included, cartons collected after.
Three weeks for tower moves — elevator windows book out — and at least that for the Gardens in concert season. Month-end and summer weekends run 20–30% above normal.
