Bushwick (safe?)
Is Bushwick a safe neighborhood to live in. I want to move to Brooklyn but I can’t believe how expensive it’s gotten since i moved out a few years ago. I was hoping for a one bedroom for under 1600, but I’m not having much luck. I found a really nice new construction in Buchwick,…
Is Bushwick a safe neighborhood to live in. I want to move to Brooklyn but I can’t believe how expensive it’s gotten since i moved out a few years ago. I was hoping for a one bedroom for under 1600, but I’m not having much luck. I found a really nice new construction in Buchwick, I just don’t know about the neighborhood. I will be a female living alone.
Any opinions? Thanks Brooklyn!!
wow. 1:16. I wonnnnder why someone wouldn’t consider those hoods.. Maybe cuz those hoods are the boonies and boring as grandmas house? Oh and it takes me 20 minutes to get into Manhattan from the Rancid Bushwick thankyouvervymuch.
If you have to ask that question, then you probably already know that it’s not ‘safe’. Everyone’s comments are alluding to this, even if they are too PC to state it. Try Prospect Heights, Kensington or Bay Ridge. Actually, your budget is pretty decent; you may be able to find a deal in Park Slope or some of its surrounding areas.
If you have to ask that question, then you probably already know that it’s not ‘safe’. Everyone’s comments are alluding to this, even if they are too PC to state it. Try Prospect Heights, Kensington or Bay Ridge. Actually, your budget is pretty decent; you may be able to find a deal in Park Slope or some of its surrounding areas.
I just don’t understand why anyone would choose to live in Bushwick when there are beautiful options in South Brooklyn. Dyker Heights, Bay Ridge and Midwood have large, gorgeous apartments in your price range. They are all about 30-45 minutes to the city, depending on where you want to go (seaport vs. midtown.)Keep in mind that the subway ride from Bushwick to Manhattan is no quick trip–about 40 minutes, so what’s the point? In my opinion, Bushwick is rancid and so overpriced, but then again, all of the dummies who can’t afford Williamsburg are just lapping it up, so why not??
I moved to Bushwick 9 yrs ago, stayed for 3 yrs. I also spoke spanish and just got back from living in PR, I tend to ‘blend in’, so I felt comfortable there. I liked it better then, than I would now, because it was less gentrified and more ‘real’ to me. Having said that, I made the mistake of my life there – I allowed a guy to start a conversation with me — huge domino effect and 3 yrs later I needed Orders of Protection and to run away from my own apt (he had followed me to manhattan) in order to get rid of him.
However my personal problem had more to do with me and my issues rather than the place, and I wouldn’t trust just anybody, wherever in nyc (not just Bushwick).
Good luck.
My boyfriend and I lived in Bushwick until recently. Things to know:
1. It’s really dirty and smelly. Rats, roaches, sidewalks…you might get sick more often.
2. Unless you are planning on living in a new development, most of the housing is kind of ‘blah’ – unless you want to live in the lofts, which is still ‘blah’ depending on your standards.
3. Your take out, restaurant, and going out options are limited. Be warned.
4. The post office REALLY sucks in Bushwick. You may have never had a problem with the post office, but you will.
5. As for safety, you’ll probaly be fine, just might feel somewhat generally threatened or more ‘aware.’
And you should definately be able to get a one bedroom or even a two bedroom for under $1600.
Bushwick is pretty big, so it depends where you’re talking about. My sis has lived there for almost 10 years, an early pioneer, but she’s about three blocks from a subway stop and next to a cop station. She also speaks fluent Spanish and is tight with the neighbors, who look after her. Prices are inflated there because it’s the where the overflow and the priced-out have moved from Williamsburg. It’s a predominantly working-class Latino neighborhood, so do with that info what you will. There’s a stoop culture, and people tend to play their radios loud. Not my bag, but hey, it’s their neighborhood.
It has changed dramatically since she first moved in, but if you’re not one of those devil-may-care types, perhaps you’ll feel uncomfortable. My brother got jumped there are few years ago, and he’s a big guy, but on the other hand, he was walking home drunk at 2 am, q.e.d.
The housing stock is not particularly pretty, so if aesthetics are your thing, you’re better off in gentrifying brownstone brooklyn.
Hope this helps. But you certainly wouldn’t be the only single white female living there, by a long shot.
I’d take a look in Clinton Hill and Sunnyside queens. You should have no problem finding a one bedroom for that price
I get that, 2:18. Bushwick is safe if you don’t mind the rats and roaches. Nice