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I have been reading some threads and am hearing mixed reviews. Honestly, some are freaking me out, but a lot of these threads are outdated (2007ish). I go to NYU and will be hypothetically commuting from a safe building. The train is conveniently located across the street (the building is on GC), so I wouldn't be venturing down these "notorious" streets like 194th, Valentine Ave., etc. Should I just look elsewhere? I live in Bushwick now and am complete comfortable in neighborhood, so I guess I am okay with slight dicey. I understand crime can happen anywhere, but I honestly do not feel like getting mugged for my laptop coming back from school late at night when I could've just lived elsewhere. Is it hype?
The Grand Concourse is a very,very long street that goes through many,many different neighborhoods of many different varieties.It sort of depends on where on The GC you are talking about.There are parts of The Grand Concourse that anyone could live on and parts that most people would prefer not to.
@BlueDog, I have read your posts and you appear to be very knowledgable on the Bronx! I would really appreciate your advice. Like I said above, the building is on GC at Kingsbridge Ave. Right next to the Edgar Allen Poe cottage, with this eerie 194th street behind it.
It looks fine on googlemaps, but I surely cannot rely on that. Though I will be checking the place out, I would really appreciate info on the area during the day AND late at night.
I have a buddy who lives 6 blocks up from there but I read that the neighborhood improves after Kingsbridge. He says it's nothing to worry about but he's a native New Yorker- I am not!
Well,first of all ,if you don't mind Bushwick you shouldn't mind a lot of The Bronx because much of it is much nicer than Bushwick.Can't actually recommend Kingsbridge/ concourse though.It's not the worst but there are so many better areas of The Bx.The GC is much nicer even just a few blocks further North around Bedford Park and Mosholu Parkway.It's better down by Yankee Stadium and the court house too.
@BlueDog
I didn't. I was just looking for something in the $900 range for a studio, and that's where the closest one to the train (actually on my block, 2 buildings down) is. I am not looking for a picturesque place to live. That would be nice, but impossible I feel with that budget. I need to be out of my apartment in 8 days. I just want to be safe- assuming one is not talking on my iPhone and doing other illogical things.
I think the kingsbridge/Grand Concourse is arguably one of the worst parts of the GC. All you have to is see how close it is to one of the worst, drug ridden corridors in the city, E 194th street. Look further up. Take it from me. I hang out in both morris and kingsbridge and E 195th and decatur and know how hardcore these blocks are.
@BlueDog
I didn't. I was just looking for something in the $900 range for a studio, and that's where the closest one to the train (actually on my block, 2 buildings down) is. I am not looking for a picturesque place to live. That would be nice, but impossible I feel with that budget. I need to be out of my apartment in 8 days. I just want to be safe- assuming one is not talking on my iPhone and doing other illogical things.
You should be able to easily find a studio for 900/mo in Bedford Park/Mosholu or in Norwood around the 205th st stop of the D train.Those neighborhoods also have a number of college students in them because of proximity to Fordham and Lehman.And I still see a few ads for studios for 900/mo around Pelham Parkway and Morris Park, though it will be a bit harder.Also over around Westchester Sq and Pelham Bay along the 6 train.
Rents in The Bronx don't seem to vary that much by neighborhood.If you look hard enough you can find either a great apartment in a nice neighborhood or a total crap hole in a deep ghetto neighborhood or a crap hole in a nice neighborhood or a decent apartment in a ghetto neighborhood , all for around the same price.It's weird.Might be because there seems to be a floor in NYC rental prices and The Bronx is the floor.
You might want to DM hilltopjay.He is a CD poster who owns a couple of buildings in Norwood and might have vacant apartments.
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I am acquainted enough with city data not to fall for that, lol.
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This is all very helpful. I guess I will pass on that showing today. Damn for being so convenient to the train! Those side areas were exactly my concern. I have a friend who lives around the corner from the potential building I'd be looking at, and he says its no concern at all. I have another friend a few block sup whose sister is saying don't do it. I'd rather be safe than sorry, I guess.
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