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Good afternoon to all. I moved to East Harlem, specifically between 1st Avenue and Pleasant Avenue in the high 110's, at the end of the summer. This past Friday morning (October, 12) at 5:30-6 AM I was walking to my car parked on Pleasant (across from Mt. Carmel Catholic school and next to the public school) and heard a loud bang! I got into my car as fast as I could and within a few minutes cops showed up at the Wagner Houses. The air smelled different (I assume this was the smell of gunpowder or something?) and a small group of spectators (it was early in the AM) gathered around where the cops showed up.
Although, I should probably have gone over to confirm what had happened, I started up my car and got out of their asap! Why can't I find any news on this? Should I move? I am going to grad school soon and picked the neighborhood for its affordability. Perhaps, I should have expected something like this, but all my neighbors and the landlord only said good things about the area
No one can tell you whether to move or not, only you know what your limits in regards to safety is. Trust me when I tell you that E. Harlem is changing for the better. Growing up I used to have to hopscotch over orange top colored vials there used to be so much drugs over there. It's not the safest place but it's getting better.
I live between 2nd and 3rd (closer to 3rd) and I've never heard gunshots. *knock on wood* I've walked my dogs around the area that you were near around 3 -4 am and I've always been ok. I will be leaving East Harlem next year but not because I fear for my safety but because I want to be closer to work and will be living in a $900 apartment in BK. If you are terrified for your safety and can break your lease, do it. No sense in being miserable because you're afraid every time you leave your apartment.
Good afternoon to all. I moved to East Harlem, specifically between 1st Avenue and Pleasant Avenue in the high 110's, at the end of the summer. This past Friday morning (October, 12) at 5:30-6 AM I was walking to my car parked on Pleasant (across from Mt. Carmel Catholic school and next to the public school) and heard a loud bang! I got into my car as fast as I could and within a few minutes cops showed up at the Wagner Houses. The air smelled different (I assume this was the smell of gunpowder or something?) and a small group of spectators (it was early in the AM) gathered around where the cops showed up.
Although, I should probably have gone over to confirm what had happened, I started up my car and got out of their asap! Why can't I find any news on this? Should I move? I am going to grad school soon and picked the neighborhood for its affordability. Perhaps, I should have expected something like this, but all my neighbors and the landlord only said good things about the area
Good afternoon to all. I moved to East Harlem, specifically between 1st Avenue and Pleasant Avenue in the high 110's, at the end of the summer. This past Friday morning (October, 12) at 5:30-6 AM I was walking to my car parked on Pleasant (across from Mt. Carmel Catholic school and next to the public school) and heard a loud bang! I got into my car as fast as I could and within a few minutes cops showed up at the Wagner Houses. The air smelled different (I assume this was the smell of gunpowder or something?) and a small group of spectators (it was early in the AM) gathered around where the cops showed up.
Although, I should probably have gone over to confirm what had happened, I started up my car and got out of their asap! Why can't I find any news on this? Should I move? I am going to grad school soon and picked the neighborhood for its affordability. Perhaps, I should have expected something like this, but all my neighbors and the landlord only said good things about the area
May I ask what type of neighborhood you thought you were moving into?
Didn't you read up that most neighborhoods above 96th street might not be too...um...safe?
Good afternoon to all. I moved to East Harlem, specifically between 1st Avenue and Pleasant Avenue in the high 110's, at the end of the summer. This past Friday morning (October, 12) at 5:30-6 AM I was walking to my car parked on Pleasant (across from Mt. Carmel Catholic school and next to the public school) and heard a loud bang! I got into my car as fast as I could and within a few minutes cops showed up at the Wagner Houses. The air smelled different (I assume this was the smell of gunpowder or something?) and a small group of spectators (it was early in the AM) gathered around where the cops showed up.
Although, I should probably have gone over to confirm what had happened, I started up my car and got out of their asap! Why can't I find any news on this? Should I move? I am going to grad school soon and picked the neighborhood for its affordability. Perhaps, I should have expected something like this, but all my neighbors and the landlord only said good things about the area
Wagner project is arguably the worst project in East Harlem, what did you expect?
That's East Harlem, and why people need to stay out of housing projects, unless they need to be there, i.e., visiting someone, living/working there, etc. Decent people are held hostage by the crime around them in the projects, but they are skilled as to how to handle the situation, and whom to avoid.
As to whether or not you should move, that's a personal decision, but the hype of the "Upper Upper East Side" that has been circulated among real estate developers in recent years as East Harlem being the "next" neighborhood overlooks the large concentration of housing projects that have had issues with criminal activity for decades. And, contrary to developer opinion, the NYCHA are not being replaced anytime soon.
And, you did the correct thing. You should NOT have gone over to confirm that there was a shooting as you do not know the circumstances of it, and who may have been armed. Perhaps the shot was fired in the air, and you could come upon a group with a gun who may be menacing, especially if you entered an NYCHA project and don't belong thre. Call 911 and report the location of the shots fired, but absolutely do not undertake an investigation of the circumstances of the shooting.
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