Hamilton heights safety (Riverside: apartment, rent, crime)

[housing123456]

I work for a non profit agency that is assisting an adult with a developmental disability live on his own. We've identified an apartment at 601 west 141st street and Broadway. Anyone familiar oath this building and or area? Anything you can tell me regarding safety?

Thanks in advance...

[Harlem resident]

Originally Posted by housing123456

I work for a non profit agency that is assisting an adult with a developmental disability live on his own. We've identified an apartment at 601 west 141st street and Broadway. Anyone familiar oath this building and or area? Anything you can tell me regarding safety?

Thanks in advance...

It is a seedy area, or Broadway is. I have never walked there at night so I am not completely sure about safety, but I know a few restaurants just opened nearby, Harlem Public, Chipped Cup. There is also a theater renovation going on, 146th and Broadway. This area will change a lot in the coming few years given the Columbia building project.

Isn't this a building with a lot of renovations going on ? I could be thinking of another one.
How much is the rent ? Is it worth it ?

[NooYowkur81]

I'd hardly call it seedy by NYC standards. Is it a prestine area? No. But Broadway is actually fairly safe during the day because it's a busy retail area. At night 145th and Broad can be a bit of a crime hot spot due to the McDonalds, Morocco nightclub, and the liquor store nearby.

In the 1990's that stretch of Broadway was much worse. There'd be dealers posted up on every block. Like 5 or 6 on each block.

[DAS]

Originally Posted by NooYowkur81

In the 1990's that stretch of Broadway was much worse. There'd be dealers posted up on every block. Like 5 or 6 on each block.

The last few years cops have chased drug dealers off the main Aves, due to pressure from business owners. There is no more abandoned housing around so people are demanding that they chase them off the in between blocks as well. Most streets have Block Associations, and Precinct meeting are now well attended, since most buildings have become HDFC coops, and brownstone owners live in their brownstones for the most part. There are only a few vacant brownstones around now.

[DAS]

Originally Posted by housing123456

I work for a non profit agency that is assisting an adult with a developmental disability live on his own. We've identified an apartment at 601 west 141st street and Broadway. Anyone familiar oath this building and or area? Anything you can tell me regarding safety?

Thanks in advance...

That block and the immediate area around it is mostly Dominican and Mexican. It is very busy when the weather is warm, because Broadway is a commercial strip.

It is easy to shop over there, you buy practically anything, and there are medical doctors offices, and dentist etc that people in the community use. Most are affliated with Columbia Presbyterian Hospital.

There are buildings that are used for shelters on Riverside Drive, this is one of the few major problems that I see in the area right now.

[PA Born]

I lived in Hamilton Heights 10 years ago, when it was much rougher, and had no problems.

I don't think it was particularly bad then, and certainly not now. It's fine. Maybe not ultra-pristine/safe like the Upper East Side, but still pretty safe. Crime is down like 90% from 20 years ago, so we're talking massive improvements.

Broadway is kind of noisy, but not "bad". It's active even in the middle of night, and stores remain open all night, so feels pretty safe at all hours. It used to be almost all Dominican but recently has become very diverse, with lots of whites and Asians moving in.

[Harlem resident]

Originally Posted by NooYowkur81

I'd hardly call it seedy by NYC standards.

By NYC standards ?! which ones ? You could only not call it seedy by Harlem standards.

[NooYowkur81]

Originally Posted by Harlem resident

By NYC standards ?! which ones ? You could only not call it seedy by Harlem standards.

In nyc there are much seedier areas than this.

[Harlem resident]

Originally Posted by NooYowkur81

In nyc there are much seedier areas than this.

Of course, I agree, but I would still call it seedy.
The comedy is - there are a few "fancy" buildings with high-enough rents.
One is directly across from the projects, rents are just around $2,500. and up.

[Borninnycliveinnyc]

Originally Posted by Harlem resident

Of course, I agree, but I would still call it seedy.
The comedy is - there are a few "fancy" buildings with high-enough rents.
One is directly across from the projects, rents are just around $2,500. and up.

Anyone who pays $2500 to live across the street from the projects in Hamilton Heights should have their head examined