Bushwick Projects and Environs Safe?
Over on Brooklynian, a concerned mother worries that her attractive daughter is planning to move to a new apartment across the street from the Bushwick projects. The feedback from the peanut gallery is pretty unanimous: She’s got good reason to worry. “Simply put,” responds one board member, “This is a dangerous area and probably a…
Over on Brooklynian, a concerned mother worries that her attractive daughter is planning to move to a new apartment across the street from the Bushwick projects. The feedback from the peanut gallery is pretty unanimous: She’s got good reason to worry. “Simply put,” responds one board member, “This is a dangerous area and probably a bad place to live if your daughter is not extremely street savvy, large, or armed.” The sentiment is confirmed by another commenter: “Lived near there for three years. Nothing ever happened to me but my girlfriend was the victim of an attempted “push in” robbery or perhaps rape.” Yikes. Should mom bail out her daughter?
Lived right there for 5yrs, no problems for anyone in my building.
I know two people who just moved from very near that section of Bushwick. They moved because one friend was mugged and beaten unconscious and then, a few months later, his girlfriend was the victim of an attempted rape that was thwarted only by the highly serendipitous passage of a police car.
These are not babes in the woods, either–she grew up in the city and he’s lived here for more than a decade. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to assert that some areas of this city are more dangerous than others.
I hope the girl stays safe.
Okay – this is silly and will not comment anymore.
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interesting.. – how does this girl being attractive relevant to her being robbed or raped?
robbed or raped it doesnt. however being attractive DOES increase her risk of her face being slashed with a boxcutter by a female or group of female attackers.
*rob*
I’m in the office today, so I asked a kid who works for me to answer the question, since he actually lives in da Bush. Albany Houses, to be exact.
In his opinion those projects are mellow, and as long as you stay on the avenues, she’ll be fine.
Of course he was born and raised in Albany Houses, where he still lives, so his perspective may be different than Mom’s.
If Mom don’t like the nabe, maybe she should get a better job so she can get her precious kid a pad on the UES.
MM, that was funny!
Where’s the What when we need him?
OK, I read the Brooklynian post, and it wasn’t worded as badly as I thought it would be, as in “my beautiful, gorgeous young daughter is going to move across the street from the scary, horrible, projects.” And the comments weren’t as bad as they sometimes can be either.
The mother is a bit hysterical, but I understand concern for your daughter, too. She doesn’t sound like she has piles of money, and the daughter is waitressing, so she doesn’t either.
Kind of not important enough to be posting here, if you want my opinion.
Downgrading comments to 20 or so on actual topic, perhaps 50, if a good What derived rant occurs.
THE PJ’s are not safe – and that’s it!
if you choose to live near them, then you are taking the risk.
You may never be a target, but you might get caught in something you had no business being caught up in.
There are houses that are a little better than others in regards to safety – and there are actually really good families(mine)for instance who live there and really don’t want any trouble – but for every family like that – you also have folks who live there and who just hang out there that really are looking for trouble
“Mr. B., why did you post this? Seriously?”
“This will get 200 comments”
I will try to get her mom’s number so I can offer to “protect” her…