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Very similar in most respects, except for the projects as seventh mentioned.
Not only are both places NOT gentrifying,they both seem to be de-gentrifying.They actually achieved solid black middle class status and then proceeded to lose it.NE Bronx went from a middle class white area to a middle class black area to a problem area.Same,I think,for parts of SE Queens.
Unlike most of the long standing higher crime areas in the city ,both SE Queens and NE Bronx still have a decent housing stock that never underwent a meltdown.Parts of NE Bronx still look pretty good with nice ,brick, single and two family houses with nice yards and stuff and there are still areas where there is little crime.
Not sure if one really has a higher crime rate than the other.They both seem to be sort of second tier on the high crime scale.Not as bad as parts of Harlem and lot of South Bronx and Central and East Brooklyn precincts.
Both suffer because of their distances from midtown.
NE Bronx, north of 233rd st and east of Baychester Ave, according to the NY Safety map (see that thread), seems fairly safe. Of course the subway access points (WP Road and Dyre Ave) arent that safe.
NE BX is more dense then SE QN. Not all of Jamaica/SE QN has high rates of violent crime, nor does the NE BX. The areas are growing rapidly, many new arrivals priced out of more central city neighborhoods.
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