Forest Home, New York

About Forest Home

Forest Home, NY is a small unincorporated community located in western New York.

Officially, Forest Home is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.23 square miles.

📰 Forest Home News Today

• Forest Home Bridge over Fall Creek closed Thursday for state inspection 14850.com · May 27
• John F. Manning Obituary (2026) - Lake Clear, NY - Fortune-Keough Funeral Home Legacy obituary · Jul 24
• Albert Schock, among greatest cyclists in history, crashed at Forest Home Cemetery Forest Park Review · Mar 17
• New details emerge in Bulls champion Stacey King’s ‘unexpected’ death New York Post · Jun 8
• Historic marker celebrates Pearl S. Buck’s stop in Ithaca Cornell Chronicle · Dec 5

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Forest Home Unique

• The only place in America named Forest Home — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.23 sq mi.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in western New York, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 2 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Forest Home

• Agava — southwestern
• Atrium Cafe (café)
• Café Jennie (café)
• Coal Yard Cafe — cake (café)
• Cornell Dairy Bar — ice cream (café)
• Crossings Café — sandwich (café)
• Franny's — vietnamese
• Gimme Coffee — pastry (café)
• Mac's Cafe — american (café)
• Novick's Café (café)

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Johnson Museum of Art · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Forest Home

• Alpha Phi Alpha memorial garden · Garden reviews ★
• Bryant Park reviews ★
• Cornell Botanic Gardens reviews ★
• Deans Garden · Garden reviews ★
• F.R. Newman Arboretum reviews ★
• Farrand Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Maplewood Park reviews ★
• Minn's Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Muenscher Poisonous Plants Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Mundy Wildflower Garden reviews ★
• Peter Plaza reviews ★
• Rawlings Green reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Forest Home

🏘️ Nearby Communities