Crown Heights near Medgar Evers Safe?
I am considering moving across the street from Medgar Evers College, and was wondering which subway provided the safest walk home at night. Would it be safer to walk from the 2/3 on Franklin, or the Q at Prospect Park? It all seems so deserted, and I know things can change from block to block….
I am considering moving across the street from Medgar Evers College, and was wondering which subway provided the safest walk home at night. Would it be safer to walk from the 2/3 on Franklin, or the Q at Prospect Park? It all seems so deserted, and I know things can change from block to block.
Thanks.
OK, thanks for the advice. If I may ask just one more question erring on the side of caution, is there any route that you would recommend I avoid? I will be walking home by myself around 11pm most nights.
Thanks again.
Most people aren’t hurt by opportunists but by people who they know or at least, those who know them. You might be better off rotating randomly between the stops instead of creating a pattern that some ill-willed observer sees.
Would you prefer walking down Bedford or Eastern Pkwy?
Eastern Parkway is always busy…. I would get off at the stop closer to the Parkway..
Wouldn’t the President Street stop on the ‘2’ be closer than Franklin ?
I use the Prospect Park stop on the Q and it’s quite safe, but a loooong walk from Medgar Evers
OK, I see that I was stepping into a forum with older issues about this type of thing, but please know that I am 100% sincerely looking to move into a brand new neighborhood, am NOT IN ANY WAY RACIST, but am a young woman and would be asking the same question about ANY neighborhood I was considering. I work at night and will be taking the subway, so am merely asking for suggestions about the safest routes, or if there are any notorious areas to be avoided. And yes, what worries me is that the area seems deserted, so if anyone, white, black, pink or green tried to hurt me, no one would know.
I hope someone with knowledge of the area can give me some sincere advice.
Thanks.
guest 3:11, 4:04, and 4:19 — I agree sometimes trolls do post to get a reaction, but the wording of this post was not inflammatory, and it’s not the original poster’s fault if a troll answers it this way.
As a woman, I read this post and what struck me as the OP’s concern was the fact of it being “deserted” — that’s what I hate at night. It’s much more safe to have people and open businesses around and the color of the people around you doesn’t matter — just that there ARE people around so you aren’t walking down some lonely stretch at night. So it’s responders who are trying to stir a racial pot when there is absolutely no need to do so.
I’m thinking of starting a post titled “are you scared of black people” just for the hell of it
Maybe yours is a legitimate question but check the forum; these “is it safe” questions are almost always attempts to start fights by fake posters, otherwise known as “trolls” looking to stir the racial pot and fill this board with lurid frightening nonsense for fun. I have been reading the forum for a long time (gave up on the other part) and can’t count how many of these kinds of posts I have read.