Worst Neighborhood in NYC? Urban decay & Crime (New York, York: apartments, living)

[KRS88]

In terms of urban decay and crime what is the worst neighborhood in NYC and post pictures if possible thanxs

[Coolhand68]

I don't think there is any one area that is the worst. If you go by each borough you have Morrisania and East Tremont in the Bronx. East New York, Brownsville parts of Bushwick and Bed Stuy in Brooklyn, Jamaica Queens, and some parts of Harlem and Washington Heights. If you're talking bleak and industrial in appreance, then Maspeth, Greenpoint and Long Island City have some areas that are isolated and non-residential.

[Riv]

Originally Posted by KRS88

In terms of urban decay and crime what is the worst neighborhood in NYC and post pictures if possible thanxs

Nobody likes to say it but a neighborhood like Chinatown has to be about the worst example in the city of urban decay but nobody equates those slums with cultural decay or rot since the people there don't act up, use drugs, wind up in criminal court, have agitators agitating for them so...............

[Lital_The_Best]

Originally Posted by Coolhand68

I don't think there is any one area that is the worst. If you go by each borough you have Morrisania and East Tremont in the Bronx. East New York, Brownsville parts of Bushwick and Bed Stuy in Brooklyn, Jamaica Queens, and some parts of Harlem and Washington Heights. If you're talking bleak and industrial in appreance, then Maspeth, Greenpoint and Long Island City have some areas that are isolated and non-residential.

Exactly. However I would at some parts of Rockaway to Queens.

Anyhow, it all depends on what part of the boroughs you go to. Also NYC in general seems to be taking care of the bad areas.

[Sha83]

Originally Posted by Riv

Nobody likes to say it but a neighborhood like Chinatown has to be about the worst example in the city of urban decay but nobody equates those slums with cultural decay or rot since the people there don't act up, use drugs, wind up in criminal court, have agitators agitating for them so...............

I'd have to agree with you. I wouldn't say "the worst", but none of those buildings are pleasant and you always feel a little gross or dirty walking through there. The general hygiene and cleanliness leaves much to be desired.

[Shoegal1075]

You are absolutely right - China town is awful to look at smells really bad to me - but because you are not likely to get robbed or mugged there people often forget about it.

[LAB6120]

When I lived in NY, I worked for the Phone company and went into some of these apartments in Chinatown, almost all were set up with multiple bunkbeds and people were stacked-unpleasant to me but survival for the people living there. But they were always nice.

[ontheGtrain]

East New York and Brownsville would be my pick. I've been in the projects in those parts of BK and many of the stairwells smell of human waste.

[Riv]

Is it a tenement or is it a living place for educated professionals?

[DoomDan515]

East New York and Brownsville. Drive down Atlantic Avenue and see for yourself.