Unsafe places in Queens, Brooklyn and NJ close to downtown (New York: neighborhoods, income)

[BXGEAR]

Originally Posted by EugeneBKLYN

I wouldn't want to live in Manhattan even if I had the income. All those artists, hipsters, yuppies holding their lattes in one hand and a cell phone in the other, with their faded jeans and flipflops. Its NAUSEATING.

There is one place I like, though. Way up there around Spanish Harlem, near the George Washington Bridge along the Hudson river.
Gorgeous view of the Palisades. Probably my favorite spot in NYC.

Anyway, to answer OP:
Look into Sunset Park, Prospect Park, Ghetto Williamsburg, East Flatbush in Brooklyn...

Yuppies in Manhattan is no more. They have been pushed out to the outer boroughs due to insane real estate prices. Manhattan is once again, the place to be.
The area you described is not Spanish Harlem. Spanish Harlem is El Barrio A.K.A. East Harlem. Near the GWB along the Hudson river is Washington Heights. That area including Harlem and Inwood are prime for gentrification. However, I read about shootings and crime in East Harlem all the time.

[EugeneBKLYN]

Originally Posted by clubBR

Yuppies in Manhattan is no more. They have been pushed out to the outer boroughs due to insane real estate prices. Manhattan is once again, the place to be.
The area you described is not Spanish Harlem. Spanish Harlem is El Barrio A.K.A. East Harlem. Near the GWB along the Hudson river is Washington Heights. That area including Harlem and Inwood are prime for gentrification. However, I read about shootings and crime in East Harlem all the time.

There are plenty of Yuppies in Manhattan. In fact, Yuppies make up the majority of people living south of Midtown. They just share rooms.

I'm not too familiar with Manhattan neighborhoods north of Central Park. Could've sworn somebody call that area Spanish Harlem.

[Hustla718]

The area near the GWB is Washington Heights. The areas along the Hudson are isolated from the real slums to the east. However even that area is on a decline due to a growing low income population in that area.

I agree though, a lot of yuppies in Manhattan south of E 96th/W 100th.

[kort677]

Originally Posted by EugeneBKLYN

I wouldn't want to live in Manhattan even if I had the income. All those artists, hipsters, yuppies holding their lattes in one hand and a cell phone in the other, with their faded jeans and flipflops. Its NAUSEATING.

There is one place I like, though. Way up there around Spanish Harlem, near the George Washington Bridge along the Hudson river.
Gorgeous view of the Palisades. Probably my favorite spot in NYC.

Anyway, to answer OP:
Look into Sunset Park, Prospect Park, Ghetto Williamsburg, East Flatbush in Brooklyn...

spanish harlem is on the east side, you are thinking of washington heights

[abedenko]

Originally Posted by AngelAura28

Newark, NJ is supposed to be pretty bad . . .

East NY and Bedford Stuy in Brooklyn used to be very, very bad (I don't know the current status of these areas of Brooklyn)

Queens, hmmm . . . Maspeth was known as "bad" in the 80s. Oh, I know . . . Ozone Park is very bad if the news tells us anything! Seems to me, lately, there's been a lot of murder there.

How about the good areas: Wouldn't you rather we post those?

In East NY you should be careful, at any cost stay away from the area served by the train 3 on livonia ave. - daytime/nightime- it is scary, and i am not easilty get uncomfortable. One one decent block in East NY there are ten in a horrible state. When you get to large residential area of Starret City, it is becoming mixed, some section 8, some rent control apartments, but it feels ok, even though it is in East NY

[Hustla718]

Originally Posted by abedenko

In East NY you should be careful, at any cost stay away from the area served by the train 3 on livonia ave. - daytime/nightime- it is scary, and i am not easilty get uncomfortable. One one decent block in East NY there are ten in a horrible state. When you get to large residential area of Starret City, it is becoming mixed, some section 8, some rent control apartments, but it feels ok, even though it is in East NY

East NY is the hood. Simple and plain.

In Bed-stuy you do or die.

[jubriella2283]

Originally Posted by cwo

i am moving to nyc and know nothing about the city. My goal is to find reasonable apartment within 30-minute commute from mid-manhattan in brooklyn, queens or nj. I would appreciate if anyone could share information about unsafe places within that commute range.

Thank you in advance!

i have lived in ozone park my whole life. I can tell you this.. Don't move here!! I am trying to get out of here. Just last year i was a victim of a mugging just 1 block away from my house. And my father was mugged a few months after i was two blocks away from where i was mugged. This used to be a very good area, but it is changing.. For the bad.

[rob3in]

Ok New York City in general. Have lived here my whole life. so let me break it down for you for what is safe and not safe. btw i'm a 5'10 130 pound white boy and this my opinion. I've been to every inch of this city. First of all Manhattan, S.I. and Queens are all safe. YES Queens is all safe. Jamaica is not bad. no its not too nice, but it's not bad. Brooklyn is mixed. Most of it isnt bad. Their are only a few areas in New York I would not go. 1 is the entire bourough of the Bronx znd the 2. is the areas of Brownsville/East NY Brooklyn. These areas suck. everything else isnt that bad

[718bound]

Originally Posted by rob3in

Ok New York City in general. Have lived here my whole life. so let me break it down for you for what is safe and not safe. btw i'm a 5'10 130 pound white boy and this my opinion. I've been to every inch of this city. First of all Manhattan, S.I. and Queens are all safe. YES Queens is all safe. Jamaica is not bad. no its not too nice, but it's not bad. Brooklyn is mixed. Most of it isnt bad. Their are only a few areas in New York I would not go. 1 is the entire bourough of the Bronx znd the 2. is the areas of Brownsville/East NY Brooklyn. These areas suck. everything else isnt that bad

Hey rob3in, you claimmed to have lived in NY your whole life... So why the need to post questions in another thread asking where the in and hip areas are in NY.. If you lived in NY and been to every inch of the city as you claim you would already know that? Right? Also why would you say that you would not go to the entire borough of the Bronx? If you truely have been to evey inch of this city you would also know that every section of the Bronx is not an area that needs to be avoided and is very ignort to say that about an entire borough...

Originally Posted by rob3in

What are the hip areas of NYC. Just curious what people think. Like in Miami, it's South Beach, In L.A., it's West Hollywood, In Vegas its the strip. The "In" areas I thought were SoHo, Chelsea and meat packing district. Also other happening areas that are also in and hip are Williamsburg, Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and Astoria. What do you think?

Originally Posted by rob3in

JeffCon, So the areas in Manhattan like soho, meat packing ect are the expensive yuppie "In"? Like South Beach and West Hollywood which I know is very expensive? And the bourough places are the Hipster "In"? I was refering to the Yuppies, not the hipsters. I'm talking about the people who can afford to hang out in places like south beach and West L.A. The desighner bag wearing, GQ reading, Paris Hilton "IN". Not the smelly Hippie, indie rocker, hate everything not unique, "in". So they would be lower manhattan? Your advice would be lower manhattan?

[rob3in]

hwy 317, relax. I have lived here my whole life. I was just curious what others thought as the hip areas. Basically I wanted to hear a different NY perspective and on this forum, no one will say that if you lived here your whole life. GEEZ so relax, I'm just curious