Forest Hills is very unique because it is surrounded by all different demographics. Woodhaven and Queens blvd by the mall has very mixed pop. (Spanish/Indian/Asian) Hillside and Queens blvd is more Briarwood not Forest Hills but the further south you go on Queens blvd yes it gets more hood. As for Forest Hills, mostly Rego Park actually there is active OC. Walk on 108th st at night after Sun down on sat and you'll see them all out. It's unique because they use it as cover because the Shabbas is ending and you see them all congregate. As for their activity all Russian OC leads back to Brighton but there schemes are mostly white collar. Investment fraud during the dot com boom. Mortgages when that was the hot scam and now diamonds and gold especially on 47th street in Manhattan they all have family over there so it's easy to find a fence. The kids and younger generation get in trouble more and are more "loud" with their activities but they are mostly small time and do it for popularity whereas the old timers come from the former Soviet Union and are tough/secretive people. You wouldn't even know they were connected, but this is common among old school immigrant gangsters. While it's not like an old school Italian neighborhoods (Arthur Avenue or Bensonhurst) there is a reason Rego Park/Forest Hills remains predominatly American Jewish and Bukharian while all around the demographics are changing.