Hunt's Point and Woodstock (New York, York: best neighborhoods, sale, apartment)

[psyche]

I'm interviewing for jobs at the NYPL branches in Hunt's Point and Woodstock this coming week and I've been doing some research on the neighborhoods. I know they aren't the best neighborhoods - but I also know that safety in NYC is mostly about not being stupid enough to put yourself in a bad situation. I lived in NYC for four years before I left to go to graduate school, so I'm not naive, I just don't really have any experience with the Bronx. I wouldn't be living there, just working (although sometimes as late as 8pm).

Mostly I want to know if the neighborhood is safe with the same basic precautions that kept me safe those other four years in the city. (You know the ones: don't wander around alone after dark, don't flash jewelery and cash, walk on well lit streets, etc.) I've looked at the police reports, I know the crime rates, I'm even bugging the nypd officers I know to get me some details, but city-data has been super helpful in the past when I was looking at non-ny areas, so I thought I'd ask.

[Bronxguyanese]

New York City Homicides Map - The New York Times

Click on the above link to look at recent murders in the huntspoint/woodstock area.

I dont live far from that area and I have been to that area both night and daytime and nothing really happens to me out there. I still go there with friends just to enjoy the topless bars in the huntspoint area such as badabing and the players club, and this is during after night hours. Hunts point is nothing but factories used or abandoned, rail yards and a correctional facitily thats built ontop of floating barges, but lets not forget a growing art the growing art scene in that area. IF im not mistaken there are no schools located in hunts point schools are located across the overpass. THe only major thing that happens now a days at huntspoint and woodstock is the sale of illegal drugs, which happens everywhere else in this city. I know from expierence that the major crimes in the huntspoint/woodstock area use to be such as prositution, but not so much anymore thanks to police crackdown and police and correctional prescence in huntspoint and lets not forget internet outlets such as craigslists and backpage for so johns can meet there call girls. Drag racing use to be another problem in the huntspoint area along randell avenue and also on bruckner boulevard. There is also lots of hit and run car accidents that occur under the overpass that runs along bruckner boulevard. Many of the business in huntspoint are italian owned business such as food stores and autobody shopes, and some of the bussiness used or still maybe runned by Italian mobs. The area is patrolled by the 41st precient which is located on longwood avenue and bruckner boulevard. You have a number of subway stations such as interval for the 2 and 5 train, but also along the 6 line there is 143, 149 street stations, longwood and huntspoint avenue stations. Over the years there has been some rehabilitation of th structures in that area like that old monetary printing press buidling which is now be sold or rented for as lofts. Lots of artist now live in hunts point, and they are taking advantage of the huge spaces that exist in that area. Example of an artist living in hunts point is La Bruja who is famous for her work as being an urban poet. Nothing really happens around huntspoint area just keep your cool and you will be ok but just becareful because like everywhere else in the city they are bad eggs on every corner who lurks for trouble.

[psyche]

Thanks! That's pretty much what I figured in terms of you keep your nose clean and nobody bothers you. I lived in Harlem for 4 years and apart from a couple of weird looks (I'm this short little nerdy white chick), nobody really cared. And considering the fact that I grew up in a city notorious for its prostitutes (we have really ugly cross dressers) and had a dealer on my corner at my last apartment, hookers and drugs don't really worry me.