Comments on: Is Bushwick Safe?

By: visitor

visitor — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:31:07 +0000

wow. I have just visited this site because I am visiting NY for three weeks, and my apartment is in Bushwick. We arrived here two days ago and, after living in the east end of London for 6 years, I’ve got to say that this place exceeds my lowest expectations. Expect to be shouted at in the street? Don’t walk around on your own, especially if you’re a woman? Dealing with that level of hassle is not ok, and it’s not racist or snobbish to say that it’s unacceptable. Thanks Bushwick, and New Yorkers, for such an unpleasant welcome to your city. I hope if you ever come to London you find some slightly less aggressive people to give you advice.

By: who?

who? — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:25:09 +0000

LOL

By: Robert McArthur

Robert McArthur — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:17:46 +0000

Don’t trash talk the hipsters! They take crime ridden slums and turn them into safe exciting neighborhoods! Sure, the rents go up, but at least you wont get killed!

By: Man

Man — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:46:42 +0000

Oh Mr. Sapienza the degree I hold is in engineering and why the bad vibes is because I’m pro-state, anti-anarchy, and can see what is happening in my neighborhood without having to protest or start a petition.

40 years ago this block was German, then Hispanic know it is mixed soon it’ll be hipster then Latino. It’s a simple pattern.

I like your sarcasm it translates well online which is hard to do these days.

By: Jeremy Sapienza

Jeremy Sapienza — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:08:17 +0000

Yes, thank you for this scintillating analysis of the dynamics of the New York real estate market. You must have a degree in economics from teh lolcats university. Quite prestigious.

By: Man

Man — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:10:30 +0000

I agree with “Lillywhiteliving in Bushwick” and I totally get the pizza comment.
I lived over 20 years in Bushwick/Wyckoff and it has had very bad times but much more good times. Never been mugged, robbed, or hurt in any way. No one whistles at me so that’s disappointing.

The problem with these trashy-hipsters is that they come in raise prices by ten times and then after 5 years they grow up and leave.

They leave behind ridiculously overpriced living conditions that will then turn into slums.

For these hipsters it’s an “experience” like college, just another thing to try, an experiment with with no consequences to themselves let the neighborhood be damned.

By: screamcreampuff

screamcreampuff — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:47:53 +0000

Hear, hear.

By: EC

EC — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:04:25 +0000

ladies, it is true, you will get a lot of comments from men on the street, particularly closer to knickerbocker or irving by myrtle and especially if you are blonde. personally, i hate it. it’s a cultural difference perhaps, but i just don’t like to hear a constant barrage of “hey mami” “you have nice eyes” “you’re beautiful” or “ooh, i think i found what i was looking for”. now i know those are all pretty nice things, and not vulgar, but personally, i just don’t like to talk to guys on the street. i’m doing my own thing and just want to get home. i don’t want to get honked at by random dudes in cars or hear that stupid kissing noise when i’m jogging. (i don’t jog outside when it’s hot, it bugs me that much.) it’s always such a relief to get into manhattan where nobody’s gonna do that. much.

so if this kind of thing bothers you, ladies, you can do what i used to do and ignore it, and know they’ll think you’re a stuck up bitch, or what i do now, which is wear a wedding ring and headphones, and just give em a nod when i walk by.

By: BornOnWyckoffAve

BornOnWyckoffAve — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:19:42 +0000

I didn’t live there, but did hang out a lot in the EV in the early and mid ’80–and indeed, it was a rough place. ’87 is about when I stopped coming down there on a regular basis, so I guess I missed the worst of the crack epidemic.

The EV is a lot safer/cleaner now but also goddamned vapid and annoying compared to what it was then. I think it’s possible to clean up a neighborhood and make it safer without sucking all the character out of it, but it just doesn’t seem to go that way in New York.

By: Mjay

Mjay — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:39:20 +0000

Let’s put things in perspective. East Village,
1987. 6th Street near 1st Ave. Every morning leaving the house there was at least one car window smashed.
I moved in that year: I never carried a purse for the first 4 years because I did not want to be robbed. You carried $10. in your pocket so they wouldn’t kill you.
Even the worst here in Bushwick sounds better than those crack years.
For what it’s worth.