the area you are working in is Queens. ever see Eddie Murphy's Coming to America? Forest Hills is very close to that.
You will want to live in Queens as well. There are a lot of areas to live in in Queens:
Astoria, Maspeth, Elmhurst, Middle Village and much more. They are all on the subway route and can get you there in less than a half hour (FH).
Queens is very close to Manhatten, also a half hour or so depending where you are located to get into uptown manhatten.
Brooklyn is Queens more famous counterpart (where i live) and is viewed as more "dangerous". I can vouch that the entire state of New York is very safe unless you live on a Black dominated project area (sorry, hate to be un-PC but it's the truth).
you can email me if you have any questions, i used to live very close to forest hills, 10 yrs ago