Very Disappointed in Prospect Lefferts Gardens (New York, Bedford: rent, how much, live in)

[Bob Marvin]

I wonder whether the OP's time spent living in Minneapolis has conditioned him/her to consider any neighborhood without a blond majority a ghetto? I'velived in PLG for over a generation and know that it's one of the most successfully integrated middle class neighborhoods in NYC--hardly a ghetto. While the neighborhood has had a West Indian majority for many years it has attracted people of ALL races since at least the mid'60s. One of the reasons I bought my house here in 1974 was that it wasn't considered unusual for a white person to buy in PLG and I'd have no problem feeling welcome.

[high iron]

On the other hand, you're walking distance from both Peppa's and Exquisite. I'd gain about 100 lbs in that situation.

[SeventhFloor]

Originally Posted by Bob Marvin

I wonder whether the OP's time spent living in Minneapolis has conditioned him/her to consider any neighborhood without a blond majority a ghetto? I'velived in PLG for over a generation and know that it's one of the most successfully integrated middle class neighborhoods in NYC--hardly a ghetto. While the neighborhood has had a West Indian majority for many years it has attracted people of ALL races since at least the mid'60s. One of the reasons I bought my house here in 1974 was that it wasn't considered unusual for a white person to buy in PLG and I'd have no problem feeling welcome.

Wow, ladies and gentlemen....introducing Bob Marvin from Brownstoner (i'm a lurker on Brownstoner, but mod here). Welcome.

[tcave360]

Originally Posted by italianyc84

haha, funny you say that. I just moved to Bensonhurst (native Staten Islander), with my spouse who has lived in DC all of her life, and as we were signing the lease I couldn't help thinking "Man I hope people in the neighborhood don't give her a hard time".

So if you see her walking down 18th avenue, please be nice!

So how goes so far?

[NooYowkur81]

Originally Posted by Prospect Lefferts Blows

I lost my place in a better neighborhood to a breakup. One of my co-workers recommended I check out Prospect Lefferts Ghetto, but at the time it seemed nice, even when she took me there after work in the winter when it was nighttime. I don't know if it's suddenly declined or maybe I just live on a bad block. Never again either way.

Take heed, nighttime in the winter is probably one of the worst times to check out a neighborhood or a building...

[30to66at55]

I lived there when it was called PigTown....before the real estate agents changed its name to Lefferts Gardens in an effort to attract stupid white folk that thought they could live in a ghetto and gentrify it

[Henna]

Originally Posted by 30to66at55

I lived there when it was called PigTown....before the real estate agents changed its name to Lefferts Gardens in an effort to attract stupid white folk that thought they could live in a ghetto and gentrify it

The name was changed in 1969 by a neighborhood association. So I guess you lived there in the '60s or earlier and now you have grown older and apparently bitter.

[30to66at55]

Yes.....I lived there in the 60s...older yes, bitter no.

You see I knew it as a great neighborhood...clean, safe, bustling with kids and families.

Then something changed.....and we moved when the sun stopped shining....

[11KAP]

flatbush is still where the good people come from.

[Borninnycliveinnyc]

$1400 to live way out there? Oooooof