Prospect Lefferts Gardens - corner of Parkside and Flatbush (leases, low crime)

[Shoshanarose]

If you had an offer to stay for cheap ($125 for a family) during a trip to NYC at this address at an air bnb would you do it?
Is it a safe neighborhood?

Asking for a friend.

Thank you!

[SeventhFloor]

Yeah its safe. Just take normal precautions at night. I know the area very well.

[Shoshanarose]

Originally Posted by SeventhFloor

Yeah its safe. Just take normal precautions at night. I know the area very well.

Thank you.

Why is it in a "red" area on the trulia crime map?
The highest crime area on the map?

It seems there are shootings near there sometimes...

[Aquarius37]

As a renter, I can't tell you how much Air B n B people are terrible. They let anyone in the building if and when they get in cuz they have to wait for others to let them into the building. Unlike residents with leases and are neighbors, they know nothing about the dogs and other pets that live in the building. If my dog bites one of these transients, am I on the hook?

[l1995]

Originally Posted by Shoshanarose

Thank you.

Why is it in a "red" area on the trulia crime map?
The highest crime area on the map?

It seems there are shootings near there sometimes...

Ignore the trulia map, look at the NYPD map instead.

[SeventhFloor]

Originally Posted by Shoshanarose

Thank you.

Why is it in a "red" area on the trulia crime map?
The highest crime area on the map?

It seems there are shootings near there sometimes...

There are, but it's getting heavily gentrified....

The shootings and such occur mostly south of Parkside Avenue.

I have nothing to gain by speaking up on it, but the neighborhood has definitely changed in the past 30 years.

[ShirlMastic Beach]

Originally Posted by l1995

Ignore the trulia map, look at the NYPD map instead.

So stick to the 70th and 71st precincts. Try to avoid the 67th precinct.

[l1995]

Originally Posted by G-Dale

So stick to the 70th and 71st precincts. Try to avoid the 67th precinct.

Trulia seems to shade anything red that's not extremely low crime, it seems kind of suburban centric. It shades Jackson Heights and Brownsville the same color, but we all know that the crime rate is not the same.

With the NYPD maps, they use different gradients and it paints a much more accurate picture in my opinion.

[l1995]

That neighborhood is fine though, I go to the area slightly to the West of there all the time.

[ShirlMastic Beach]

Originally Posted by l1995

Trulia seems to shade anything red that's not extremely low crime, it seems kind of suburban centric. It shades Jackson Heights and Brownsville the same color, but we all know that the crime rate is not the same.

With the NYPD maps, they use different gradients and it paints a much more accurate picture in my opinion.

Trulia doesn't weight daytime density heavy enough.