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'The Good Wife' to Film on Forest Hills Streets Thursday

By Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska | September 2, 2015 2:15pm
"The Good Wife" filming in Forest Hills Thursday is expected to include actress Julianna Margulies.
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Drama is coming to Forest Hills.

CBS’ popular show “The Good Wife” will film Thursday on several streets in the neighborhood, including the Queens Boulevard service road near MacDonald Park, 69th Road, Gerard Place and a number of locations on Austin Street.

The filming is expected to include actress Julianna Margulies, who plays the lead character, Alicia Florrick, whose husband, a former state's attorney, was jailed after a political corruption and sex scandal.

The shoot will start at 6 a.m. and will take all day, according to production signs posted along the streets.

Sources said that TV crews will film exterior scenes for about half a day. They will also film interior scenes at Bramson ORT College at 69-30 Austin St.

Locals posted mixed reactions to the filming on their neighborhood Facebook page.

“Wow, I want to meet Juliana Marguiles...,” one resident wrote.

But others worried that the shoot will take away parking spaces in the area.

“With all the construction going on around here, where are the trailers going to park?,” wrote another page member, referring to several streets being repaved in the neighborhood.

Forest Hills has become a popular spot among film and TV crews in recent years. Earlier this summer, an independent film about the murder of Kitty Genovese was shot in the neighborhood. Last year, NBC crime drama “The Blacklist” was also filmed in Forest Hills Gardens.

The seventh season of "The Good Wife" premieres on Oct. 4.