Safest/ Most Dangerous places in Brooklyn? (Brighton, Ridge: living, beach, housing projects)

[Andez]

Southwest brooklyn is nowhere near any ghettos. Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Fort Hamilton etc.

[caco]

I'm recently moving out from Bushwick (off the Jefferson stop on the L) and i can say that from Dekalb towards the west is perfectly fine. I've also been looking for apartments near Flatbush and Pospect heights and it doesn't look thaaaat bad. Specifically: Lefferts Gardens. I saw a huuuge apt. for an amazing price and i'm really considering however my roommate still thinks is ghettoo.

[EMS chic]

i work for the city i wont say what agency but statistics say and from expierence that the south bronx is no joke that is a no brainer trust me when i tell u

[mayorofnyc]

Safest: Bath Beach, Gravesend, Bergen Beach/Mill Basin, Bay Ridge/Ft. Hamilton.
Dangerous: East New York, Brownsville, East Flatbush, Bed-Stuy.

[beshert]

I live in Cobble Hill (right next to Brooklyn Heights) and I feel that it is very safe.

[justfarr1030]

Originally Posted by Emancipator

I have been reading several posts and it amazes me how people that no nothing about Bed-Stuy other than speculation from others label it an unsafe neighborhood today. I am a 38 year old woman and was a child of an inter-racial marriage so I had the privelege of living on the Island as well as frequently visiting my grandmother and family in Bed-stuy throughout my entire life. Now back in the 80's that was a different story it went through its havoc stages like most other neighborhoods. Certain areas in Harlem, Fort Green, Williamsburg, Parkslope, etc. had there era of high crime, drugs and prostitution. Bed-stuy has one of the highest populations of African American people. There has always been 3 classes or types. 1)The homeowner's (the professional working class) who lived on the beautiful landmark brownstone blocks that were monitored by the block associations and the church organizations 2) The buildings owned by the Moderator cut: ethnic comment that were poorly maintained and rented out to the low income people to benefit from the welfare system and government programs 3) The city owned buildings that were also rented out to the lower income people. Due to the high population of low income housing, low income families and low property values the community then deemed a ghetto never received the services that other areas received. NOW that there has been a revamping of the community and gentrification in the area with new development the property values increased and the area has changed a whole lot. There are still a few blocks that still house the lower income families but for the most part with the gentrification in the area the older as well as new homeowners price their rentals at market value which unfortunately forces the lower income people elsewhere to look for housing. If you ride through the blocks of Bed-stuy you will be suprised to see how many caucasian people you see walking and riding their bikes, even at night. I own 3 buildings 2 with all caucasian students and working professionals. 2 of these tenants are gay males who hang out in the city all the time and come home late. Want to know how the area is contact me I'll let you ask them or stop one of the ones you see riding by or walking since they live there, not these racist idiots who speculate. I always say the Kingda Ka was the scariest rollercoaster I ever seen, but after I got on it I realized it really wasn't bad as I thought- I never felt the drop.

LMAOoo *long recovery from laughter*...

Da Stuy is still bad...PERIOD.

lol...

[justfarr1030]

Originally Posted by Fred314X

It's also true that "safe" is not what you could call an objective term. One person might feel safe in a given neighborhood (or on a given block), and another person might be sweating bullets in fear of their life. There's really no way you can tell someone this area is safe while that one isn't. You have to go there and see for yourself.

Makes sense...

[BKTony]

Originally Posted by justfarr1030

LMAOoo *long recovery from laughter*...

Da Stuy is still bad...PERIOD.

lol...

Yes it is. But IMHO for the single most dangerous place in Brooklyn. Brownsville is still number #1 by a long distance. And has been as far back as I can remember 30 years to 40 years plus. Plus I don't see no improvement in the area in the immediate future.

[jacktravern]

Originally Posted by BKTony

Yes it is. But IMHO for the single most dangerous place in Brooklyn. Brownsville is still number #1 by a long distance. And has been as far back as I can remember 30 years to 40 years plus. Plus I don't see no improvement in the area in the immediate future.

Anyone who wants to act like Bedstuy, Bushwick, Flatbush and Crown heights are now these wonderful suburban areas all of a sudden is trying to either A)justify why they bought property there or B) justify living there b/c its what they could afford. All of those areas still have a lot of crappy blocks with tons of loitering and petty crime going on even if murder is down. But yeah Brownsville is still wasteland number #1. Big reason is b/c it has more housing projects in a square mile radius than any other part of the country. You just cant have poor folks stacked on top of one another like that and expect harmony

[OyCrumbler]

Originally Posted by jacktravern

Anyone who wants to act like Bedstuy, Bushwick, Flatbush and Crown heights are now these wonderful suburban areas all of a sudden is trying to either A)justify why they bought property there or B) justify living there b/c its what they could afford. All of those areas still have a lot of crappy blocks with tons of loitering and petty crime going on even if murder is down. But yeah Brownsville is still wasteland number #1. Big reason is b/c it has more housing projects in a square mile radius than any other part of the country. You just cant have poor folks stacked on top of one another like that and expect harmony

No one's said that Bed-Stuy, Bushwick, Flatbush or Crown Heights are suburban or the safest areas in Brooklyn so you're not contradicting anyone. Also, these neighborhoods are all pretty huge and most people are probably limited in their experiences with the neighborhood as a whole. The areas towards the north and west of most of these neighborhoods aren't all that bad (which isn't to say they're the best places in Brooklyn).