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I am a female and I may not live there but I walk over there a lot because I prefer to walk to the mall and no one has ever bothered me I have walked home by myself as late as 11 and still no one really bothered me. You may get the occasional guy trying to talk to you but as long as I have my headphones I am okay.
I am not sure if you are from the ny area at all. I may be from long island and not harlem but I am also black and hispanic and so I blend in quite well. I am not sure how a white female(just guessing) might blend in ; however, I do see them walk around and I have never witness them being harassed in anyway. You should be fine, be cautious no matter where you live in the city. See a large group of men cross the street. Walk where it is well lit and there are people. If you see fighting or anything sketchy move away instead of watching so you don't become an injured bystander.
Why wouldn't it be safe? Try the Puerto Rican coffee on 116th street closer to 3rd Ave on the southside of the street. It's a bakery but I can't remember the name.
There's actually an Italian wine bar now on 116th across from the supermarket. The owner is a nice, young Italian guy and everyone in there is very friendly. The food is great, too.
The neighborhood is still scuzzy but it's changing.
There's actually an Italian wine bar now on 116th across from the supermarket. The owner is a nice, young Italian guy and everyone in there is very friendly. The food is great, too.
The neighborhood is still scuzzy but it's changing.
East Harlem from 96th Street to 125th once a no man's land from basically Park Avenue going east is slowly changing. Even west of "the tracks" is slowly coming up as well when at one time you stuck to mainly near Mount Sinai and nothing further.
i would stay far, far away from the housing projects on 115th. yeah you'll prob have no problems but hearing people get shot and stabbed, robbed, beat up in your vicinity is not worth the quality of life
This dopey girl I know is buying a condo up in that area for over $500K. She's a transplant from the south...I said you must be nuts.
Down the block from me the condos are going for 575K starting. Ridiculous considering last summer one person got shot directly across the street and down the block a teenager got stabbed
This is why I dont even bring my kids to the park & sprinklers in this neighborhood, its really sad that I cant even do that. If I do go, I wake them up super early and we are there by 9-10 am and out by 12 noon when all the drug dealers come to hang out and teenagers up to no good hang out and take up all the benches.
You will be fine, you are going to be close to the subway and the neighborhood really isn't that bad (despite what some posters here might say (most are full of ****)). You might get some comments like another poster said but it would rarely (if ever) escalate beyond that.
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