Is Washington Heights Safe (10032)?

[BinxBolling]

Originally Posted by WaHi

The problem with threads about Washington Heights is that it really represents a rather large area that is made up of many sub neighborhoods that have very distinct feels and are divided by huge barriers, such as 100 foot cliffs and 8 lane highways. WH is a neighborhood geographically unlike any other in Manhattan. I would say there are at least 7 different neighborhoods that make up WH. Someone living on Edgecome is going to have totally different experience than someone living on Broadway Terrace, yet they supposedly live in the same area. People here are very against renaming neighborhoods in the Heights as if it is an act of treason or something, but personally, NY has always been a place of change and if naming neighborhoods helps create a better sense of community, I am all for it.

What 8 lane highways? The highway is below street level, it doesn't divide anything.

[silverbullnyc]

Originally Posted by silverbullnyc

you're a real estate agent and/or investor in properties.

As i said a few months ago.

[WaHi]

Originally Posted by BinxBolling

What 8 lane highways? The highway is below street level, it doesn't divide anything.

Yes, while it technically is not a barrier, I was thinking of it more as a boundary and that in my opionion for example 5 blocks north of the highway on an Amsterdam is very different than 5 blocks South of the highway.