The Official NYC Crime Thread (New York, Mineola: homes, neighborhood, live)

[KRS88]

Originally Posted by SeventhFloor

lets add to the crime thread....whats the most violent crime you have seen?

for me the most shocking one is where i saw somebody get robbed in a pizza shop with a gun in broad daylight....while i was eating my pizza in my hometown, far rock.

i have seen people get stabbed before but for some reason the roberry sticks out as the worst.

My most violent wouldnt be appropiate for the thread but one day in harlem when i was like 15(1996) I saw a guy fall to his death (he was murdered) from the project rooftop 15 stories high!

[MosX]

Maybe the New York Post's crime blotter will help the thread: NYPD DAILY BLOTTER - New York Post

I have to say, I've been wanting to move to NYC for a while now, but even though crime is improving, all the news I hear makes me consider Nassau instead. After the rape in the subway recently and the Albanian man beating the two women, I don't know about bringing my girlfriend here.

[KRS88]

Originally Posted by MosX

Maybe the New York Post's crime blotter will help the thread: NYPD DAILY BLOTTER - New York Post

I have to say, I've been wanting to move to NYC for a while now, but even though crime is improving, all the news I hear makes me consider Nassau instead. After the rape in the subway recently and the Albanian man beating the two women, I don't know about bringing my girlfriend here.

Depends where in the city your moving to? Also if going to nassau I suggest eastern nassau because western nassau has basically become queens.

[MosX]

Originally Posted by KRS88

Depends where in the city your moving to? Also if going to nassau I suggest eastern nassau because western nassau has basically become queens.

Well I want to live in Sunnyside, which I hear is very safe, but we would both be working in Manhattan.

[NooYowkur81]

Originally Posted by MosX

Well I want to live in Sunnyside, which I hear is very safe, but we would both be working in Manhattan.

Also consider if your going to be renting. If that is the case, Queens is better. Unless you have purchased property I don't really recommend living in LI. I don't think its worth the trouble in that case, especially if your going to be working in NYC. It's further away and more of a hassle to get into the city (Manhattan). The LIRR is overpriced and can be very unreliable in bad weather. Plus as some have pointed out, crime wise, certain sections of Nassau are just as bad if not worse than many neighborhoods in Queens.

[NooYowkur81]

Originally Posted by analyticalkeys

I'm about to be 20.



I've seen people get robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight, but for me, watching one of my friend's get stabbed right in front of me in broad daylight with a crobar (I didn't think this was possible, until I saw it), is much worse than those other incidents.

Well your not that far removed from the current teens, and you said you were around there a lot. You probably know better than me. Personally like I said before I never really felt unsafe the times I've been in Corona. Not the cleanest looking neighborhood that's for sure though. Very dingy looking, lol.

[KRS88]

Originally Posted by MosX

Well I want to live in Sunnyside, which I hear is very safe, but we would both be working in Manhattan.

How old are you? Income? Kids? Age?

[KRS88]

Originally Posted by NooYowkur81

Well your not that far removed from the current teens, and you said you were around there a lot. You probably know better than me. Personally like I said before I never really felt unsafe the times I've been in Corona. Not the cleanest looking neighborhood that's for sure though. Very dingy looking, lol.

Yea Corona is very dirty lots of Latin King members over there too.

[analyticalkeys]

Originally Posted by MosX

Well I want to live in Sunnyside, which I hear is very safe, but we would both be working in Manhattan.

It takes 15 minutes or less to get to midtown from Sunnyside, and you hear about a lot of crime because there's a lot more people, but the chances of an actual crime happening to you depend on where you go about, and if you keep your wits, the odds are really slim.

[MosX]

Originally Posted by KRS88

How old are you? Income? Kids? Age?

I'm 23 and my girlfriend is 22. No kids. I'm a programmer and have been so for a while, so I'm not worried about finding a decent paying job in Manhattan.

The alternative is moving to Mineola or something like that. It looks like there might be somewhere I can work there, but if not, I can take the LIRR into Manhattan. I just don't want to drag my girlfriend somewhere (Queens) where she can't feel safe walking around on her own after work.

The girls who got beat up (link: Women Savagely Beaten After Rejecting Come-On - Gothamist: New York City News, Food, Arts & Events) were right across the river from Sunnyside, and no matter how smart you are, it's hard to guard against a situation like that.