FORM 4	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549	OMB APPROVAL
Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response. . .0.5 Filed By Romeo and Dye's Section 16 Filer www.section16.net

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Shafran, Joan K.	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Forest City Enterprises, Inc. FCE A/FCE B		6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director                                   X 10% Owner     Officer (give title below)          Other (specify below)
(Last)      (First)     (Middle) 122 South Street	3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)	4. Statement for Month/Day/Year 4/16/03
(Street) Boston, MA 02111		5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)	7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person     Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)     (State)     (Zip)	Table I — Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans- action Date (Month/ Day/ Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/ Year)	3. Trans- action Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 & 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Follow- ing Reported Transactions(s) (Instr. 3 & 4)	6. Owner- ship Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Stock								88.5	I	See footnote(1)
Class A Common Stock								88.5	I	See footnote(2)
Class A Common Stock								177	I	See footnote(3)
Class A Common Stock								26,100	I	See footnote(4)
Class A Common Stock								3,375	I	See footnote(5)
Class A Common Stock								3,016.5	I	See footnote(6)
Class A Common Stock								210,885	I	See footnote(7)
Class A Common Stock								29,025	I	See footnote(8)
Class B Common Stock								450	D	See footnote(9)
Class B Common Stock	4/16/03		P		25,000	A	$35.00	1,773,779	I	See footnote(10)
Class B Common Stock								6,750	I	See footnote(11)
Class B Common Stock								115,725	I	See footnote(12)
Class A Common Stock								13,376	I	See footnote(13)
Class A Common Stock								13,376	I	See footnote(14)

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FORM 4 (continued) Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conver- sion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Trans- action Date (Month/ Day/ Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/ Day/ Year)

4. Trans- action Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 & 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/ Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 & 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Owner- ship Form of Deriv- ative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exer-cisable

Expira- tion Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

(1) Managing Partner of Berimore Company.
(2) Held with McDonald.
(3) Berimore shares held with Prudential.
(4) Held with Prudential.
(5) Shares held at Merrill Lynch.
(6) Held with First Union.
(7) As trustee of "Grandchildren's Trust UA 12/20/78, held with First Union.
(8) Held with First Union.
(9) General partnership interest in RMS, Ltd., an Ohio limited partnership.
(10) Held by Berimore as a limited partner of RMS, Ltd.
(11) Class B shares held by The Berimore Company (outside of RMS, Ltd.)
(1 2) Powell Partners.
(13) Faynne Shafran GST Trust - Joa Shafran is a Trustee, J. Shafran has no beneficial interest.
(14) Nathan Shafran GST Trust - Joan shafran is a Trustee; J. Shafran has no beneficial interest.

By: /s/ Geralyn M. Presti
             Geralyn M. Presti, Attorney-In-Fact for Joan K. Shafran, Director
**Signature of Reporting Person 4/18/03
Date

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SEC FORMS 4 & 5



POWER OF ATTORNEY




The undersigned, designated by the Board of Directors as a Section 16 Company Insider,
hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas G. Smith, Gerayln M. Presti and Patricia A. Comai,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorney of the undersigned,
their name, place and stead, to sign and file under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 16 Reporting Forms, and any and all amendments thereto, to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to such filing, with full power and authority
to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done
in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the act of said attorney and any such
substitute.




EFFECTIVE as of October 25, 2002.




By: /s/ Joan K. Shafran
      Joan K. Shafran