Safety of Bellerose Village, Floral Park Village (Nassau) (New York, Union: houses, safest neighborhood)
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In general though, although we don't hear stories like this daily, there are some pretty unsafe Queens towns in the vicinity. I wonder if the criminal in today's carjacking case was from a neighboring town? That poor officer and that poor innocent driver who was carjacked.
The original incident (car accident) happened in the Little Neck/Great Neck area. The perp was followed by NCPD onto the CIP southbound, where he exited at the Jamaica/Jericho turnpike exit. So it was just a coincidence that the horrible events took place in Bellerose Terrace.
The bad guys don't do crime where they live so beware anywhere JMHO
Yes - all the "bad guys" all travel to Syosset, Jericho, Woodbury, and Brookville to "do" crime - that's why these areas are so crime-laden and undesirable.
Too close to the Queens border for me and way too close to Belmont Racetrack. That is the more serious issue to be factored in to the home buying decision. There is often chatter about a casino being built there (or similar venue). Just google it, if you are unaware. If that goes through, I imagine property values will decrease, congestion will increase and safety will absolutely suffer with an influx of people coming to such a destination . Think Atlantic City. I would not be comfortable purchasing a home with these concerns lingering.
LOL it's not the border of the Gaza Strip or Amsterdam's red light district
LOL it's not the border of the Gaza Strip or Amsterdam's red light district
No, but it's far from the best choice to invest in, in Nassau County IMO. In addition, if a casino is ever built there, it won't be for the better of the area investment wise.
Too close to the Queens border for me and way too close to Belmont Racetrack. That is the more serious issue to be factored in to the home buying decision. There is often chatter about a casino being built there (or similar venue). Just google it, if you are unaware. If that goes through, I imagine property values will decrease, congestion will increase and safety will absolutely suffer with an influx of people coming to such a destination . Think Atlantic City. I would not be comfortable purchasing a home with these concerns lingering.
Wait, what's wrong with it being near the Queens border? The areas on the other side are fine.
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Originally Posted by LongIslandPerson
The less safer Queens towns are not close to the Bellerose. The not-so-safe parts of Queens are deeper in Queens (South Jamaica, Jamaica, parts of St.Albans)
Wait, what's wrong with it being near the Queens border?
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Queens is EXTREMELY crowded. So to pay roughly $10,000+ in taxes to live in "Nassau County" on a tiny lot and be in an area just as congested as Queens (near all the congestion of Queens) just is insane to me.
Queens is EXTREMELY crowded. So to pay roughly $10,000+ in taxes to live in "Nassau County" on a tiny lot and be in an area just as congested as Queens (near all the congestion of Queens) just is insane to me.
If Queens is congested, what do you call Brooklyn or Manhattan?
But I do agree with you that to pay $10K in taxes to live in Floral Park is insane. It's much cheaper to live in Bellerose in Queens, because the two neighborhoods look identical.
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If Queens is congested, what do you call Brooklyn or Manhattan?
But I do agree with you that to pay $10K in taxes to live in Floral Park is insane. It's much cheaper to live in Bellerose in Queens, because the two neighborhoods look identical.
Insanely congested, that goes without being said. But they are also not suburban areas that people move to for space and lack of congestion, like Floral Park Nassau is supposed to be (with 10K+ taxes).
Floral Park, Queens is still pretty safe in terms of assault and other crimes, and it has gone upscale. But since crime follows money, there are a lot more burglaries.
Also, it is becoming more urban looking because it seems like the new home owners prefer concrete to lawns. The new home owners also seem to care more about showing off their flashy BMW's and Lexus cars by ripping up their lawns and building driveways that look like landing strips. The flowers and trees that used to give Floral Park, Queens its quiet, serene beauty are quickly vanishing.
The "good side" of progress.... there is not a lot of crime from residents (although outsiders cruise the neighborhood looking for houses to rob) unless you consider it a crime to hear leaf blowers going ten times a day because every neighbor hires ten landscapers using gas leaf blowers spewing the emissions of ten new cars to groom their tiny lawns. It's not a crime, but it should be one.
The serene, green beauty of Floral Park, Queens is giving way to oversized, gaudy looking McMansions, attracting new home owners who are more interested in flipping their houses than living in them, and all of the other evil negatives that go hand in hand with rising home prices. I hate the way they squeeze a huge house on a tiny lot. It looks like a person stuffed into a too tight pair of jeans! It's plain offensive and doesn't look attractive at all, but I guess the money sure looks good in the developer's bank account.
So, there you have it. Floral Park used to be an extremely safe, quiet, green paradise with low property taxes and houses sold at a reasonable price. It's quickly becoming overcrowded, more urban looking and ugly--with more property-related crime. The schools are still pretty good, though. Keep your fingers crossed that this "progress" stops and Floral Park reverts to it's old-fashioned charm and low-profile.
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