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Right above Central Park, between Frederick Douglass Blvd and 5th Ave - is this area safe for an elderly person to live in? It looks like someone is renovating some old buildings, mostly Coops, and I wanted to know if I could live there with my elderly dad while I work downtown.
Many of the blocks are not "safe," and then there are the quality-of-life issues.
You should investigate the building under consideration carefully, and the buildings around. Are they social service housing ? "Very low income" ? I know there are some dreadful addresses in that area.
ACP (less) and Lenox are changing a bit, but there is a deeply entrenched culture. I was walking home from the Met on St. Nicholas a few weeks ago and I could believe how awful many blocks are now, police on every corner, people hanging out, ugh. It has gone downhill in my opinion.
The real estate investors will tell you it is "great," suggest that you are "racist" if you question anything. Do not listen.
If you post about a specific building I might know something.
It is better between 116 and 125 than between 110 and 116. I think it is getting better and not worse.
It will not get actually better until the anti-socials are removed. And here, I do not even necessarily mean the prison. At least those people are supervised.
I am astonished every day when I read about or see another "luxury !!!" building, surrounded by all sorts of fun. People buy and then leave. I imagine some stay, for the duration. But at this point it really is about abrupt juxtapositions rather than a pervasive energy from the better buildings.
And I definitely stand by my observation that St. Nicholas has worsened. There have been some serious incidents lately, nothing ever making the press of course. Bad press would threaten development interests.
It will not get actually better until the anti-socials are removed. And here, I do not even necessarily mean the prison. At least those people are supervised.
I am astonished every day when I read about or see another "luxury !!!" building, surrounded by all sorts of fun. People buy and then leave. I imagine some stay, for the duration. But at this point it really is about abrupt juxtapositions rather than a pervasive energy from the better buildings.
And I definitely stand by my observation that St. Nicholas has worsened. There have been some serious incidents lately, nothing ever making the press of course. Bad press would threaten development interests.
How would you say the luxury buildings fared off in the last couple of years? Is it still maintaining the higher income residents or do you see it turning into something else?
If you post about a specific building I might know something.
But Columbia is just a few blocks west...things can change that drastically in such a short distance? I'm from CA and used to living in suburbs. I lived in SF a couple of years and that's been my only exposure to a large city so I'm not sure what to expect.
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