Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Parts of the Bronx are really nice, parts are really poor, and scary .... River Dale and the White Stone area aren't bad ... South Bronx is a hell hole.
Is the area around Brook Ave 6 train bad too? I was there once about 2 years ago, noticed a few buildings have signs said "Operation Clean Hall". Not sure what that means.
Is the area around Brook Ave 6 train bad too? I was there once about 2 years ago, noticed a few buildings have signs said "Operation Clean Hall". Not sure what that means.
Operation Clean Hall is a police program that allows for police access to buildings for regular patrol to discourage drug use and sales, loitering, and other sorts of crime. Landlords request the patrols through the community services officer of the local precinct.
__________________
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.
~William Shakespeare (As You Like It Act II, Scene VII)
Is the area around Brook Ave 6 train bad too? I was there once about 2 years ago, noticed a few buildings have signs said "Operation Clean Hall". Not sure what that means.
That's a pretty bad area. There are strips of attached single family homes closer to highway that don't look too bad but overall it's a pretty crummy area. Like classic bronx stereotype bad. It's also heavily industrial right by highway...
Last edited by NooYowkur81; 10-21-2012 at 08:59 PM..
It has it's problems but that is not that bad an area anymore (160/3rd). A lot of new development which brought in a lot of working people. It is really troublesome more West along Park/Courtlandt Avenues and more north of 163rd, or more south. Depending on your tolerance.
Courtlandt Avenue is one of the worst strips in Melrose if not the worst. It's bound to put you six feet in the ground and that's a high cost of low living. The tenants who live in the new Courtlandt Corners development have a high level of tolerance and accustomed to ghetto lifestyle, after all section 8 voucher was a requirement to get an apt in the development.
But...but...but...according to SobroGuy that area has been revitalized into a middle class enclave. Why should people avoid it?
Quote:
Originally Posted by ImCurlybelle
Parts of the Bronx are really nice, parts are really poor, and scary .... River Dale and the White Stone area aren't bad ... South Bronx is a hell hole.
Whitestone is in Queens, unles you mean Throgs Neck/Pelham areas.
Last edited by DoomDan515; 10-22-2012 at 01:55 AM..
So let's take it down a notch..because really we don't know the whole story do we? This young traveler hasn't said much of anything except "he has never seen so many ghetto people in his life." So this begs a few questions:
Where is Youngtravel from and where does he live?
How does he know this person?
Why is he writing off an entire borough because of 1 area he did not like. Would you write off all of Manhattan because of the heights? Would you write off all of BK because of Bed-stuy? Well that's what this poster is doing.
You will note that nowhere did he complain that he was scared for his life, worried about anything...just that he saw alot of "ghetto people." You can say the same thing in and around Penn Station, West Chelsea, LES, East Harlem, etc. Someone from NYC should not be surprised by this....so I am kinda confused by this thread.
Based on his comments, or lackthereof, there isn't much to comment on. And the little he did say, was silly..."so many ghetto people therefore I will never go to the Bronx." I mean really....and people are agreeing with him and piling on? Silly.
Operation Clean Hall is a police program that allows for police access to buildings for regular patrol to discourage drug use and sales, loitering, and other sorts of crime. Landlords request the patrols through the community services officer of the local precinct.
I guess Operation Clean Hall is an indication of a building with drug and safety problem. I haven't seen any sign like that in my neighborhood.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
