Forest Hills Stadium agrees to fewer concerts, big payout in peace deal with Queens neighbors

The war is over.Forest Hills Stadium agreed to host fewer concerts next year and pay out hundreds of thousands of dollars to end a legal feud with neighbors fed up with ear-splitting noise and rowdy crowds.The iconic venue will host 28 shows in 2027, down from 36 in previous years as part of a new contract with the local homeowners association the Forest Hills Garden Corporation, the stadium and neighbors announced on Wednesday.As part of the contract — the first with the neighbors group in years — the stadium will make a one-time $275,000 payment that will help beautify the neighborhood, then pay the corporation $15,500 per concert, or $434,000 for next year.“For the first time in years, the Forest Hills Gardens community has clear, enforceable protections for how the Stadium operates — a firm limit on the number of shows, a strict curfew, fireworks only with neighborhood approval, and meaningful financial payments,” the corporation’s board of directors said in a statement.“With the divisiveness of the lawsuits now behind us, we look forward to building a constructive working relationship with the Stadium and are proud to usher in this new chapter for our community.”In a letter to the community, the board — which was overhauled last year by an insurgent panel who were dissatisfied with their predecessors’ handling of the stadium war — revealed new limits on summer concerts.All shows moving forward are under a strict 10 p.m.curfew, a time constraint that had previously been set by NYPD permits, but not contractually.The only exceptions are Friday and Saturday evenings in July when the shows can go on until 10:30 p.m.

with the city’s approval.The new $15,500-per-concert deal is up from the measly $178,989 the 27 shows racked in for the homeowner’s group in 2026.Tiebreaker, the company that runs the stadium, has also promised to outlaw fireworks without prior permission, to use real-time noise monitoring during events, to steer foot traffic ...