Defiant Forest Hills Stadium promises summer concerts, puts neighbors on blast after NYPD says it cant issue permits

Forest Hills Stadium defiantly pledged its summer concert season was going forward as planned — despite the city saying it couldn’t issue the permits needed for shows at the iconic venue.The venue put neighbors on blast in a fiery social media post hours after The Post reported that the NYPD wouldn’t issue noise amplification permits for the 2025 season because the department was denied permission to close privately owned streets around the stadium by neighbors fed up with noise.“As happens every season, the vocal NIMBY [not in my backyard] minority of Forest Hills Gardens are attempting to roadblock yet another enjoyable season of music,” the stadium’s official X account posted on Sunday.“Forest Hills Stadium is moving forward with our 2025 concert schedule as planned and our permitting timeline is on its standard schedule,” the arena added.The March 19 letter to stadium owners the West Side Tennis Club said the NYPD would cease any permits until it was given permission to close the streets — a necessary measure to “ensure public safety and welfare when events are hosted at the Stadium.”An attorney for the club had initially claimed his client had never received the letter and dismissed its content as “rumors,” adding that the stadium had yet to officially apply for permits.“Neither the Stadium’s owner nor operator have received any communication from the NYPD concerning sound permits, which have always been granted to the Stadium upon request,” West Side attorney Akiva Shapiro previously said.But on Monday, the attorney said the social media statement “outlines our plans.”“The stadium continues to move forward in preparation for the 2025 season despite the outcry of a vocal minority,” Shapiro said.The NYPD verified the letter in a statement Monday, with a spokesperson saying the department had no stake in the fight between the stadium and the neighboring Forest Hills Garden Corporation.The city would happily re-issue the pe...