Forest Glen: Forest Estates
/The area of Forest Glen (a part of Silver Spring, MD) encompasses a number of neighborhoods, as I wrote about here. Today I want to focus on the neighborhood of Forest Estates. Forest Estates’ non-official borders are Forest Glen Road to the south, Georgia Avenue to the west, Medical Park Drive and Dennis Avenue to the north, and Sligo Creek Parkway to the east. The neighborhood is made up of about 700 homes, built from the 1940s to the 1960s. They are a mix of cape cods, ramblers, and colonials.
Most parts of Forest Estates are an easy walk to the Forest Glen metro station, and it’s also located less than a mile from the entrance to 495 (the Beltway), so it is a great neighborhood for commuters. Located inside the boundary of Forest Estates are two popular parks with playgrounds, General Getty Park and Forest Grove Neighborhood Park. Getty Park has tennis courts and a gazebo in addition to its playground, and Forest Grove Park has basketball courts in addition to its playground. They also both have open field space. Getty Park has a nice path running through it, which is fun for kids on bikes or scooters, as well as for walkers and joggers. Getty Park even hosts a Farmer’s Market on the weekend, though I believe that is temporarily on hold due to COVID. You can get right onto Sligo Creek Trail from Forest Grove Park. Sligo Creek Trail is a beautiful paved, wooded trail that runs from Wheaton to Takoma Park.
Holy Cross Hospital is right across Forest Glen Road from Forest Estates, and their Resource Center is located just down Dameron Drive, inside Forest Estates. The Resource Center hosts a number of classes, as well as an Adult Day Care Center. Also housed in the same building is the Kensington/Forest Glen Children’s Center, which a very popular daycare center/preschool in the area. St. John’s the Evangelist is also located in Forest Estates. It’s a Catholic Church that also has a Catholic school as part of it, for grades K – 8th.
The public schools Forest Estates are zoned for are Flora Singer Elementary, Sligo Creek Middle, and Einstein High. Please keep in mind that schools are sometimes rezoned, so please double check and make sure these are still the schools the area is zoned for, if you’re thinking about buying in the neighborhood and the particular schools are important to you.
Forest Estates has a very active community association, which puts on regular yearly events, such as a Halloween Parade, an ice cream social, and a July 4th BBQ. You can look at their website here.
If you’re interested in buying or selling a home in Forest Estates, or if you have questions about the community, please feel free to contact me. Thanks!