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A) Lots of projects. Projects attract drugs, gangs, and unsavory characters.
B) Staten Island Ferry not as convenient as you think. Want to enjoy manhattan esp on the weekend? Enjoy being herded on and off the boat with thousands of obnoxious and annoying tourists.
That's because there aren't any. The only projects are the ones over by Jersey Street.
There's the Castleton Park (I really wish I remember what the other name of it was), but that's a Mitchell-Lama and it's alright.
BTW, forgot to mention....
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I could be wrong but I have a hard time imagining that the crime in that area is much worse than the NYC average. It could have the highest crime rate in Staten Island,which I don't think it does,and still just be average or even below when compared to the rest of NYC.
There's definitely worse areas on Staten Island, and obviously plenty of worse areas in the city. But I'd still say it's a little above average in terms of crime.
Tallest buildings on SI at 19 stories. They must have a killer view. Ever been in them?
Er, no.
Castleton Park apartment buildings are twenty stories not nineteen. Plus they are built on a hill so the views are pretty wonderful. I know because have been in some apartments.
Does anyone have any crime stats from the specific area I was posting about....St.Mark's Place,Stuyvesant Place,Hamilton Avenue area? I did see one abandoned house over on the other side near a homeless shelter(central Avenue?) but even there seemed very tame to me compared to large areas of The South Bronx,Harlem,Upper Manhattan,East Brooklyn and Southeast Queens.I am a pretty good judge of hoody neighborhoods around the city but I just didn't get that vibe at all in the area I was in.I could be wrong but I have a hard time imagining that the crime in that area is much worse than the NYC average.It could have the highest crime rate in Staten Island,which I don't think it does,and still just be average or even below when compared to the rest of NYC.
I get what some who grew up in or live in the more suburban areas of SI are saying about "a little seedy" and the inconvenience of most of SI without a car but that doesn't help in trying to figure out what I'm trying to figure out.Most of NYC is still a little seedy to me so it doesn't mean too much.
Castleton Park apartment buildings are twenty stories not nineteen. Plus they are built on a hill so the views are pretty wonderful. I know because have been in some apartments.
I get the distinct feeling that the City is housing a lot of people in some of those old apartment buildings who would otherwise be homeless.
Walking the hilly streets of the area, while interesting, caused me a stange feeling of sadness and disquiet.
No, I would never want to need a subway, a ferry and then a bus to begin and end every trip to Manhattan. After years of the lightning fast PATH train, even that eventually became monotonously tedious.
I get the distinct feeling that the City is housing a lot of people in some of those old apartment buildings who would otherwise be homeless.
Walking the hilly streets of the area, while interesting, caused me a stange feeling of sadness and disquiet.
No, I would never want to need a subway, a ferry and then a bus to begin and end every trip to Manhattan. After years of the lightning fast PATH train, even that eventually became monotonously tedious.
It is not the City per se, but Section 8 as the homes are privately owned.
The Saint George area does have a *decent* number of various City service agencies for welfare, homeless, those with mental issues and so forth located in Saint George area; think of it as the "UWS" of Staten Island. *LOL*
As with the UWS local residents are getting fed up with the City "dumping" such services in their area and fighting against anything new opening.
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