Confused-feeling out my options(Public Housing)

[SeventhFloor]

Edgemere and Arverne are accepting applications now......though i would not reccommend either one to anybody. its gotten better but the stigma is still there. i shudder in my seat when i think of how those places were back in the '80s. hell on earth.

[One_of_a_kind72]

Originally Posted by SeventhFloor [URL="http://www.city-data.com/forum/new-york-city/281787-confused-feeling-out-my-options-public-post3150565.html#post3150565"][/URL]
OP specifically asked about public housing, as she was considering it and she got real answers form me and q-dog. real residents, i might as well consider myself a resident because i'm there every day. i dont feel in danger. hell, i went out at 4 AM this morning to get a beer.


Up at 4 AM to go get beer??? Sorry but this is not the best person to get advise from in order to decide whether the projects are good for you or not. For all I know, this could be the kind of person you should be aware of.

I grew up in the pj's in the 80's and moved out when gaining my independence around the early 90s. Although, I havent lived there for many yrs, my mom still lives there and transfered from Qns pjs to Manhattan pjs. I've managed to raise my boys in somewhat decent neiborhoods without any goverment help, but as the economy has hit rock bottom and loosing my last job which paid me double of what I make now, I've been forced to reach out to housing pjs. I just got accepted, attended my interviw, but for personal reasons, I chose the Bronx as the prefered borough, but I dont really know much about which pjs are considered the safest or less bad there. I need the opinion of someone I can relate to. A person with an average 9am to 5pm job minding there own business thats a homebody and not someone who is considered part of the problem that creates the bad name that projects have.

Another thing, for the person or people that critisize pjs. In all honesty and after renting apts in regular buildings for yrs and paying the ridiculous amount of money that NYC landlords charge, I have to defend something. Aside from the safety and violence issues, I have to say that the apts itself are not bad looking at all and that they are for the most part pretty comfortable to live in. Decent size rooms, plenty of closets and storage space, unlike many regular apts in nyc that most of the time, you are lucky to have a closet or two to hang your clothes and forget linen closets..lol, theres is no such thing in a regular apt, unless you live in a luxury complex with all the amenities included and paying top $$$. So I have no problem living in pjs again, until my financial situation improves & I am hopefully able to purchase my own home someday, but for now, its the pjs again!!

Again, can someone please enlighted me on which is or are the safest or less bad projects in the Bronx??????? Pleeeeeeeeease Help

[SuperMario]

The "safer" projects are :

Pelham Parkway Houses
Ft. Independence
Bailey Houses
Sedgwick Houses
Eastchester Gardens

Mind you, the above still have above average crime..The Sedgwick houses in particular are in a ****ty neighborhood....but the projects themselves aren't danger zones like Forrest, Webster, Soundview etc.......