Bushwick (Gates, Bedford, Ridge: real estate, high crime, neighborhood)

[tamcat16]

Does anyone live in Bushwick? Im new to the area, just want to know what areas to stay away from, etc.....

[jjbradleynyc]

Originally Posted by tamcat16

Does anyone live in Bushwick? Im new to the area, just want to know what areas to stay away from, etc.....

Check out this website, which will give you Bushwick's history and current state of things:

UP FROM FLAMES

Bushwick is considered THE #1 neighborhood for relative to NYC "affordability" and artsy/creative people moving to this area. It is transforming from a burnt out poor and scary 'hood to a very liveable, thriving, and creative neighborhood. Plus portions of it are only 15 minutes to the city.

[tamcat16]

Do you live in Bushwick?

[BXGEAR]

^No. He is a real estate agent trying to hype the neighborhood.

[tamcat16]

Figures! So what area do you live in?

[anon1]

Yea, you can't really go by what people say or certain articles. You would have to get a feel for it for yourself and then make a decision. Alot of people on this website will try to sell you East NY/Brownsville as being the next hot spot for artists and how its the next Williamsburg. From what I see in Ridgewood and in Bushwick its no picnic. There are white people that are in the area which was non-existent before but I think we're talking about a change from maybe 3% to maybe 6% after four years. LIke i mentioned in another post, I dont really think theres as much hype for Bushwick because of the high crime and poverty as there was for Williamsburg. But thats just me. Anyway hope this helped a little.

[Henna]

Originally Posted by anon1

Alot of people on this website will try to sell you East NY/Brownsville as being the next hot spot for artists and how its the next Williamsburg.

I can't recall one single time that I've seen anyone on here saying this about East NY/Brownsville.

[analyticalkeys]

Originally Posted by anon1

Alot of people on this website will try to sell you East NY/Brownsville as being the next hot spot for artists and how its the next Williamsburg.

Is this a joke? People on this website vehemently hate ENY & Brownsville, most of them never having gone to either of these places.

[mayorofnyc]

Originally Posted by tamcat16

Does anyone live in Bushwick? Im new to the area, just want to know what areas to stay away from, etc.....

I don't live in Bushwick but I've been to diff parts of Bushwick a bunch of times so I know the area well.

Bushwick covers a large area. Basically you have what I call the L train side (Grand St - Bushwick/Aberdeen) and the J train side (Flushing to Chauncey) which makes sense because if you really live in Bushwick you're gonna be taking either one of those train lines.

Most of the arsty/trendy areas you hear about are on the L side bet Grand St & Myrtle/Wyckoff (i excluded Bedford, Lorimer, & Graham since that's more or less Williamsburg and not generally considered part of Bushwick).

If you're going to be on the L train side, based on my experiences you wanna avoid areas east of the Myrtle/Wyckoff stop (Halsey, Wilson. Bushiwkck/Aberdeen) since you'll be getting closer to East NY and by the responses in this thread, you know East NY is bad news.

If you're going to be on the J train side, based on my experiences you wanna avoid areas east of the Myrtle/Broadway stop (Koszuicko, Gates, Halsey, Chauncey ) for the same reason as stated above.

Generally the J train side is going to be rougher because that line serves Bushwick, Bed-Stuy, and the portion of Bushwick that borders East NY (ie Chauncey St). The L train side will be safer since it serves mainly Williamsburg, Bushwick, Ridgewood. Hope that wasn't too confusing lol.

Originally Posted by Henna

I can't recall one single time that I've seen anyone on here saying this about East NY/Brownsville.

Originally Posted by analyticalkeys

Is this a joke? People on this website vehemently hate ENY & Brownsville, most of them never having gone to either of these places.

Me neither, but I think the poster was being sarcastic.

[njnyckid]

I think you mean the M train goes into Ridgewood, the J train travels right on the Bed-Stuy/Bushwick border.