A Forest Hills homeowners’ association is taking the city to court, claiming the NYPD has illegally commandeered its private streets during events at the neighborhood’s namesake concert venue.

The Forest Hills Gardens Corporation (FHGC), which represents homeowners in the historic Queens community, filed the federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Monday.

In a press release, FHGC said the city and the NYPD “unlawfully seized the community’s private streets and sidewalks to funnel tens of thousands of concertgoers to Forest Hills Stadium — without consent or compensation.”

“For several years, the City has illegally seized FHGC’s private streets, even after acknowledging that they are privately owned and off-limits,” attorney Katherine Rosenfeld

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