Forest Hills | |
Category: | Town |
Continent: | North America |
Country: | United States of America |
State: | New York |
City: | New York City |
Locale: | Queens |
Residents: | Ben Parker; May Parker; Peter Parker |
Points of interest: | Forest Hills Bank; Forest Hills Cemetery; Forest Hills Hospital; Parker residence |
Forest Hills is a neighborhood located in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. Forest Hills plays a vital role in the Spider-Man multimedia franchise for it is the home of titular superhero Peter Parker, aka, the Amazing Spider-Man, as well as his immediate family. Peter Parker grew up in a modest suburban home owned by his uncle Ben Parker and his aunt, May Parker. The Parkers were neighbors with Anna Watson who was the aunt of Peter's future wife, Mary Jane Watson.
Points of Interest[]
- Forest Hills Cemetery
- Forest Hills Cemetery is a rural cemetery located in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens in New York City, New York. Following his death at the hands of a burglar, Ben Parker was buried at Forest Hills Cemetery. He was survived by his wife May Parker, and his nephew, Peter Parker, who visited his grave site on many occasions.
- Forest Hills Bank
- J. Jonah Jameson maintained a large account at the Forest Hills Bank and was considered one of their largest depositors. As such, Jameson was very demanding and treated the bank staff as if they were his personal underlings. In one of his first forays into crime, Maxwell Dillon, aka Electro, used his electrokinesis powers to break into the bank and disable its alarm systems. After antagonizing a bank manager and J. Jonah Jameson, Electro broke into the vault and made off with the loot. [1]
- Forest Hills Hospital
- Forest Hills Hospital is a general hospital located in Forest Hills in Queens. May Parker, who seems to perpetually have one foot in the grave, has spent more time at Forest Hills Hospital than any other patient. Many were the nights that nephew Peter Parker sat in a hallway waiting area drinking cold crappy coffee wondering whether or not dottering ole Aunt May was gonna pull through.
- Parker residence
- The Parker residence was the home of Ben and May Parker and their nephew, Peter. The home was built sometime in the 1930s and was a temporary safe house for a gangster named Dutch Mallone before he was apprehended by treasury agent Elliot Ness. When Peter Parker was fifteen-years-old, a burglar broke into the house and murdered Ben Parker. Years later, May Parker turned her home into a boarding house. Nathan Lubensky stayed there for some time.
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Characters from Forest Hills[]
Character | Franchise |
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Anna Watson | Spider-Man |
Ben Parker | Spider-Man |
Dave Campbell | Alias |
Jessica Jones | Alias |
Liz Allan | Spider-Man |
May Reilly-Parker | Spider-Man |
Peter Parker | Spider-Man |
Phil Campbell | Alias |
Notes & Trivia[]
Appearances[]
- Amazing Spider-Man 5
- Amazing Spider-Man 8
- Amazing Spider-Man 24
- Amazing Spider-Man 31
- Amazing Spider-Man 46
- Amazing Spider-Man 300
- Spider-Man Holiday Special 1
- Web of Spider-Man 56
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