Eldert and Bushwick Ave

j-tron

3 friends and I are checking out an apartment here.

How's the neighborhood?

rtraindweller

my friends live a few blocks from there. i guess it depends on your comfort level. what is sketchy and unsafe to some is fine to others. best way to judge is to go there yourselves at night, walk around a bit and get a feel for the area. again, its a person by person thing.

urbancowgirl

Yeah, I live, what, two or three blocks from there? On Decatur near Wilson. It's fine. I'm 27 female and often walk back to my place late-ish. Never encountered a problem. You can't be stupid, but that's anywhere. I honestly really appreciate the sense of family and community that still exists out here. Once the weather warms up, there's nothing like the mix of Latino/Rap/Jazz(practice) pouring out of the apts at night and the gospel music pouring out windows on the weekends. I forced the bf to install a screen door just so we could let in what we call 'ambient noise'. I also appreciate the nice selection of wine at the corner bodega. No kidding. Come check it out and see what you think.

rtraindweller

Exactly, it's a diverse community. But emphasis on the community part there. People there know each other and look out for one another. If you're into the vibe of it and can become a positive part of it as well i really don't think you'll have any problems. Yea, shit happens there as it does anywhere. I hear a lot more about things happening from my friends who live off the Bedford stop than my friends who live off the Bushwick-Aberdeen L stop.

urbancowgirl

Exactly. What he says. 100% concur.

caaahyoko

Wow you still haven't found a place J-tron?

cccc

I asked a friend of mine, who works in the 83 precinct in Bushwick, about Bushwick and Eldert. He told me that the area around Broadway and Elbert/Macdonough have had a lot of incidents over the last six months, including a fatal shooting on New Year's morning and a night about a month before that in which there were three gang related stabbings. He said if your really want to live in that area of Bushwick its better to live a little further northeast towards Wilson and Irving.

j-tron

Thank you all very much for your help. We actually landed on a place in Manhattan. 147th and Broadway. Quite a change from these Brooklyn neighborhoods, but it seems promising.