Far Rockaway, Queens, NYC

[NyWriterdude]

Originally Posted by WildHellcat01

The problem I have with those two neighborhoods and all the vacant land area in those neighborhoods, is that a neighborhood with such a high amount of vacant land is known to have drug dealers and gangbangers. Just out of curiosity have you ever noticed any gangs or drug deals in the vacant lots in Arverne or Edgemere? As much as people may say Arverne is improving, I still feel that there is a lot of room for improvement. Like I said before the neighborhood just gives off a shady vibe when it has so much vacant land area, it's like you can't feel at ease when you travel through a neighborhood like that. I honestly feel that until more of the vacant land areas in Arverne/Edgemere have something put in their place, I'll always look at them and see them as undesirable and unsafe. That's my honest opinion on that if you want to post a rebuttal to what I just said feel free to.

Arverne these days is nice. There's a nice new huge Stop and Shop along with a new Chase, YMCA, new retail stores, and restaurants. All of which are close to Arverne by the Sea. A lot of houses outside of this have been spruced up as well.

I live in Far Rockaway for a year. The Rockaways have a lot of nice areas (Breezy Point, Neponsit, Belle Harbor), and then there's the Jewish section of Far Rockaway. The Rockaways get bad if you go to or hang out in the housing project parts. But I never had anything to do with that when I lived there. When dealing with areas like the Rockaways that have nice areas next to bad areas, how nice or bad people tell you the area depends on who they are hanging out with. Those who go see their buddies in the projects will tell you it is bad. Those who have homeowner friends will tell you how nice it is.