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I just found a room in a shared apartment on Granite Street (between Broadway Junction, Chauncey St and Bushwick Av Aberdeen St subway stops).
The place seems really nice, the roomates too. Although, the price of the rent is really low (compared to everything else). It's explain because the room is not very big, but I was wondering about the safety of the area.
From what I heard, Bushwick is a "tricky" area. Years ago it was really bad, now hipsters and couples are moving in this neighborhood. I also heard that some places in Bushwick are really good and safe, and some other are not at all.
What do you think ? I'm a french dude, 20 years old. I'm tall but thin as ****. I'll be living here for 6 months so I don't want to be freaked out everytime I come home a bit late etc.
Thanks, (and sorry if my English is not perfect, I'm here to improve it)
My budget is about 800$ monthly. I can go for 900$ if I found something really really worth.
I'm looking for a housing since 2 weeks, and with my budget I can get something in Washington Heights, Harlem, Queens (Astoria, Ridgweood), and Brooklyn (Bedsuy, very rare, Bushwick etc).
I visited a place in Washington Heights two days ago after work, and the neighborhood was pretty worrying.
The place in Bushwick I'm visiting tomorrow, seems to be a great deal (several roomates, from my age, not expensive at all 550$/monthly, and furnished, I just need to spend 100$ more to buy the furnitures).
I feel like something is not "clear" with this prize, but...
Will you be a student or working nearby? Broadway Junction is a very unsafe area, one of the worst in Brooklyn. You might see younger white people there and generally you won't have problems during the day if you keep to yourself. Getting home late at night is something I wouldn't do in that area.
Check out Inwood west of Broadway in Manhattan, bay Ridge in Brooklyn Kingsbridge in the Bronx.
My budget is about 800$ monthly. I can go for 900$ if I found something really really worth.
I'm looking for a housing since 2 weeks, and with my budget I can get something in Washington Heights, Harlem, Queens (Astoria, Ridgweood), and Brooklyn (Bedsuy, very rare, Bushwick etc).
I visited a place in Washington Heights two days ago after work, and the neighborhood was pretty worrying.
The place in Bushwick I'm visiting tomorrow, seems to be a great deal (several roomates, from my age, not expensive at all 550$/monthly, and furnished, I just need to spend 100$ more to buy the furnitures).
I feel like something is not "clear" with this prize, but...
Maybe you'll luck out on the place in Bushwick. Don't prejudge until you actually visit the place.
And basically you should be reasonably safe in those neighborhoods. Most of the victims of crimes in those neighborhoods are criminals. You might not want to come home drunk late though. For that just take Uber or Lyft home and you'll be fine.
You might not want to come home drunk late though. For that just take Uber or Lyft home and you'll be fine.
The price of Uber/taxi is something to take into account. If he likes going out at night twice a week all that taxi money will add up quickly
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