Worst Neighborhood in NYC? Urban decay & Crime (New York, Long Beach: condos, high crime)

[nyc2va76]

Brownsville and Far-Rock followed by anything west of the 4 line from 167th street to about 183rd street

[DoubleXAs]

Originally Posted by nyc2va76

Brownsville and Far-Rock followed by anything west of the 4 line from 167th street to about 183rd street

You already know the west Bronx!!

But I would include it up to Fordham rd. Those WB blocks from 183rd to Fordham are just as bad as anything south!

But good choice anyways.

[DoubleXAs]

To go along with what I was saying....

Davidson ave looking south from W Fordham rd towards W 184th.

[nyc2va76]

Originally Posted by SuperMario

To go along with what I was saying....

Davidson ave looking south from W Fordham rd towards W 184th.

Oh yeah I know that area. I know Kingsbridge Road was somewhat bad too.

[LLOJ]

Originally Posted by CBXweb

It seems that any neighborhood that I heard a rapper mention is bad.

Jay-Z mentions Fort Greene in "Brooklyn's Finest", now last time I heard about Fort Greene it's almost completely gentrified now too.

[Andez]

Yeah Fort Greene is pretty good now, but the projects in the area (on myrtle avenue next to the park) are pretty damn bad.

[otters21]

Originally Posted by SuperMario

According to the NYPD official page, the following precincts are listed under "Brooklyn North":

73rd : Brownsville
75th: East NY
79th : Bed Stuy
81st: Bed Stuy
83rd: Bushwick

So pick your poison.

Southern Queens like Southside Jamaica and Far Rockaway.

You have have hit it on the nail! Baaaad places.

[SeventhFloor]

far rockaway isnt run down a lot of it is just underdeveloped. you cant have urban decay in a place where there's not much of anything.

[NooYowkur81]

Originally Posted by SeventhFloor

far rockaway isnt run down a lot of it is just underdeveloped. you cant have urban decay in a place where there's not much of anything.

You can say the same thing about ENY, but to me personally neighborhoods like that are worse. They have that ghost-town, abandoned, depressed feeling to them, I always feel very uneasy in places like that.

[iMissIA]

I would say that New York doesn't have that many areas of "scary" looking urban decay. This is compared to a lot of cities (Chicago, Kansas City and St. Louis off the top of my head) with neighborhoods that do not regenerate as quickly after a decline.

Take East New York, for example, or the South Bronx. I have spent a considerable amount of time working in those areas. While there are definitely some blocks where I wouldn't like to be lost and alone at night, I have never felt unsafe. There are people out on the streets going about their everyday lives. In Kansas City, on the other hand, I have traveled through desolate streets of boarded-up houses and menacing-looking vacant lots.

Clearly I have no idea what really goes on in every neighborhood in America. But overall I would say that New York's neighborhoods are more consistent--that is, the "good" neighborhoods do not feel all that different from the "bad" ones.