NYPD Records Crime Dip in Brooklyn North
Here’s a hopeful report: Crime in Brooklyn North precincts—which cover East New York, Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, and Brownsville—is down by more than 3 percent so far this year, according to the Daily News, with the murder rate 20 percent lower than in 2007 and burglaries down by 12 percent. There have been nine fewer murders…
Here’s a hopeful report: Crime in Brooklyn North precincts—which cover East New York, Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, and Brownsville—is down by more than 3 percent so far this year, according to the Daily News, with the murder rate 20 percent lower than in 2007 and burglaries down by 12 percent. There have been nine fewer murders in East New York in 2008 than there were at this point in 2007. The neighborhood had the highest number of murders, 31, in the city last year. There’s also been a 12 percent crime reduction in Bed-Stuy and a 10 percent decrease in Crown Heights. The NYPD says the city’s decision earlier this year to have more rookie cops patrolling the streets of high-crime neighborhoods has led to the declines.
Influx of Cops Helps Cut Crime, Residents Still Wary [Daily News]
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Brooklyn North is down but Queens South crime has gone really high this year. If one of the precints in that area keeps on it can reach 1990 murder status. =/
What this doesn’t report is that inter-gang violence has spiked. i.e. Crips vs. Bloods. And the hostility has taken its hold in Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, and Bed-Stuy. They are becoming more ruthless than in the past; even mugging black folks now.
I can attest to this, as I witnessed a Crip-Blood shootout on Prospect Place (between grand and classon) at 12am back in May.
Watch your back. Even though there are new “luxe” condo’s it doesn’t mean the area is safe. Don’t let the realtors fool you into thinking otherwise.
And for all you arrogant suburban folks moving in (though, not all of you are arrogant, but most) you all have a bad case of Cognitive Dissonance. Stop thinking that just because you are 22 and still have a firm ass that you can wish a shitty Starbucks and crummy pottery-barn into every fucking neighborhood. Get to know where you live and adapt; it’s good for you to grow beyond your cul-de-sac.
Hi ALL, don’t believe the hype; yes…we are the new proud gentrifies of Bed Stuy! and more of us are coming to a condo loft near you; deal with it!!!
To the Asshat Posted by: guest at July 1, 2008 11:08 PM
1# Nope Asshole, I was posting on NJswingers.com. There was a picture of your wife “sword swallowing” me. Then I gave her a new set of “Braces”. OO—-> —
2# Plenty of things are coming true, Asshat! Plus when this Fall hits, they will give me my own TV show.
#3 Go back to watching Crammer on TV! Plus stop reading the “Flip you house from home” Mutant Real Estate Bubble” Propaganda! The economy is in serious trouble homeboy and No Assfuck this is not my Father’s Economy.
“the easy mortgages do not produce gentrification – quite the reverse, they have created a population of people with artificially inflated networths.”
Please don’t tell that to the Asshats on Asshat Hill. They will jump from their Brownstone windows.
“grow up – blame the real criminals, the system that promotes easy mortgages and took the fictional ‘welfare state'(and the food stamps queens) ”
Oh I love this thinking! The biggest recipients of “Welfare” is some of the biggest corporations in the US. Please do a Google search while you still have lights. Aid to dependent families accounts for 2% of the federal budget , while Corporate welfare accounts for 20%! Hey Dumbfuck do you see the “Mortgage bailout” bill coming down the pike and that “Bear Sterns” deal is backstopped by the US (Asshat) Taxpayer. All the toxic securities the FED has taken on will be paid by the Taxpayer!
“so I gentrify by default, because I can’t afford not to”
So when someone kicks you ass and robs you I hope they say ” I Rob you bitchass by default, because I can’t afford not to”…
The What (Please kill youself)
Someday Asshats will not have access to a computer…
It’s called the Robin Hood theory.
#1 I am certain the What used to post to NJRealestateblog a couple of years ago – driving that blog to lock down status. He basically was saying the same thing about northern NJ, particularly on the topic of Maplewood, and the oranges, calling them slum borders and predicting the crash would unleash vengeful crime zombies.
#2 the what is rather clueless, this ’90 days’ has been happening for 240 days and has about another 240 to 300 days left in it. have you looked at the recent sales here, stuff is going for asking and below asking in ‘real’ neighborhoods.
#3 The US has not been the worlds driving economy for almost a generation – a slide here turns us into a playground for the foreign rich. We just lost bear stearns, citi has announced layoffs and the city seems to be doing ok. Rents in Manhattan for a 2br are well above 3000 – who is paying that WHAT? who? somebody. and you know what? the somebodies need lots of nobodies around them and some of us nobodies make well above the median US income (50K) so, given the fact that there is a war on now, we would need a couple of other wars to really destroy this city. This is not your fathers economy and its not your uncles.
the easy mortgages do not produce gentrification – quite the reverse, they have created a population of people with artificially inflated networths.
I can’t afford to live where people skew to my demo (college educated, 6 figure salary) i can barely afford my neighborhood because I don’t want to pay 50% of my net to housing.
so I gentrify by default, because I can’t afford not to.
grow up – blame the real criminals, the system that promotes easy mortgages and took the fictional ‘welfare state'(and the food stamps queens) and spun a private industry out of it. admit that de-regulation (from airlines to SOX) has produced this house of cards because it was greed at the highest levels, but hey Hummers and flatscreens for all and housing values doubling every 5 years, just don’t bother asking where the money is coming from when your pay goes up ~3%/YR (and youhave a good job)
Excellent post, 1:36.
Yeah, the What’s from B’lyn. You can tell. Someone made a crack about poor, long-suffering Lodi, NJ, and it stuck for some reason, but I don’t think it originated with him.
But I don’t think he needs to be so insistent about the downward trend of the economy, since you’d be hard pressed to find someone who disagrees with his *general* thesis. I’m not particularly looking forward to the nose-dive in the quality of life in the neighborhood, but I’m not sure it’s an absolute given, and that’s where I think people part ways with him. Do we have to go back to the 80s and early 90s? We’ll see. I hope not. They sucked around here.
It’s been a while since I thought twice about what jewelry I wear out at night, but now it’s on my mind again. That’s okay. It’s the city. Let’s hope we don’t return to the days when getting robbed was more of a certainty than a possibility.
Oh and BTW!
Starbucks to Close 600 Stores, May Cut 12,000 Jobs (Update2)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aeRM5wL1gkfQ&refer=home
July 1 (Bloomberg) — Starbucks Corp. will close 600 U.S. coffee shops and eliminate as many as 12,000 jobs, the most in its history, as Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz slows the chain’s expansion after it doubled in size in four years.
Hey didn’t that retard Gabby posted a story in the NY Post Ny gained 36K jobs? With Wall Street showing the Asshats the door, how many people can afford the MYNT?
LMMFAO, you are finished!
The What
Someday this war is gonna end…
3:33… where does 2:51 mention race? He or she is refuting another statement with some facts. Learn to read, and don’t be such a knee-jerk racist yourself. Big loser.