http://brooklynian.com/forum/tags/crime en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 08:56:46 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://brooklynian.com/forum/search.php http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/tree-branch-breaker/page/11#post-768517 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:33:16 +0000 inpixels 768517@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>"He finally caught the tree chopper in action with an infared camera."<br /> <a href="http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/05/21/serial-tree-killer-chopping-cedars-in-el-dorado-county/" rel="nofollow">http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/05/21/serial-tree-killer-chopping-cedars-in-el-dorado-county/</a> </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/top-6-stop-and-frisk-locations-in-new-york#post-768398 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:01:13 +0000 whynot_31 768398@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>The NYT is stating that the judge won't make a decision on the case for a few months.</p> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/nyregion/judge-skeptical-of-new-york-police-stops-effectiveness.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/nyregion/judge-skeptical-of-new-york-police-stops-effectiveness.html</a> </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/top-6-stop-and-frisk-locations-in-new-york#post-768312 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:36:57 +0000 whynot_31 768312@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Given everything else that is in the news, the Stop and Frisk Trial has not been something that the media and public has spent a lot of time on.</p> <p>This article points out that this trial is coming to a close, closing arguments are expected to be made on Monday.</p> <p><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ny-frisk-judge-calls-criticism-belt-19211855#.UZmMTCtARZ8" rel="nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ny-frisk-judge-calls-criticism-belt-19211855#.UZmMTCtARZ8</a> </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/but-who-would-pay-a-million-to-live-in-a-crime-zone#post-768226 Thu, 16 May 2013 21:00:32 +0000 whynot_31 768226@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>P.S. We are certainly not the only ones who are concerned about there being a bubble:</p> <p><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-05-16/brooklyn-to-california-bubble-threat-grows-in-rebound-mortgages" rel="nofollow">http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-05-16/brooklyn-to-california-bubble-threat-grows-in-rebound-mortgages</a> </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/buying-in-bed-stuy#post-768207 Thu, 16 May 2013 10:28:15 +0000 abstuy 768207@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Ninja,</p> <p>Sorry to hear that. Could you tell me the house number? </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/buying-in-bed-stuy#post-768193 Wed, 15 May 2013 16:17:51 +0000 Ninja 768193@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Abstuy,</p> <p>Unfortunately we weren't able to get that house (even though nothing is definite yet)but we are still looking. I think the prices went up alot because nothing seems to be in our price range anymore.:( </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/but-who-would-pay-a-million-to-live-in-a-crime-zone#post-768135 Tue, 14 May 2013 16:22:00 +0000 whynot_31 768135@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Large swaths of Manhattan are losing population, yet the prices are soaring.</p> <p>The answer is in part due to people who have second homes there.</p> <p>...they are partly responsible for people being unable to afford in Manhattan moving to the less desirable neighborhoods in Brooklyn and (gasp) The Bronx. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/buying-in-bed-stuy#post-768132 Tue, 14 May 2013 15:14:24 +0000 abstuy 768132@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Ninja,</p> <p>Wanted to know if you were successful in your bid. I actually live on this block for five years with my husband, 2yr old daughter, and soon to be baby boy. It is changing quickly with a lot of young families and professionals moving on the block which has helped to positively stabilize the block. Also a lot of the distressed properties have been renovated. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/but-who-would-pay-a-million-to-live-in-a-crime-zone#post-768110 Mon, 13 May 2013 20:36:33 +0000 landlord 768110@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>"I feel though that this is a balloon that is going to get deflated and come crushing down. Anyway I would rather live in a safer area if I have to pay the same amount for housing, but that's just me."</p> <p>Agreed. </p> <p>The only thing that would prevent the "balloon" from deflating is if Brooklyn continues to grow in population as it has in the past few years. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/but-who-would-pay-a-million-to-live-in-a-crime-zone#post-768092 Mon, 13 May 2013 10:07:45 +0000 whynot_31 768092@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Lots of "pretty wealthy" people seem willing to give up things (like safety and proximity to Manhattan) in order to get a brownstone. ...especially people with families.</p> <p><a href="http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/05/the-brooklyn-real-estate-market-summed-up-in-one-flier/#disqus_thread" rel="nofollow">http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/05/the-brooklyn-real-estate-market-summed-up-in-one-flier/#disqus_thread</a></p> <p>Needless to say, lots of people are not.</p> <p>At this very moment, cranes and laborers are toiling in places like LIC, to give people glass-walled condos, in a safe neighborhood, close to Manhattan.</p> <p>We recently discussed it here:</p> <p><a href="http://brooklynian.com/forum/the-lounge-random-stuff/sunset-park-vs-the-area-west-of-lic-between-hunterspoint-ave-and-green-point-ave" rel="nofollow">http://brooklynian.com/forum/the-lounge-random-stuff/sunset-park-vs-the-area-west-of-lic-between-hunterspoint-ave-and-green-point-ave</a></p> <p>Prices for a 1000 sq ft condo in LIC are running about $800k. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/but-who-would-pay-a-million-to-live-in-a-crime-zone#post-768091 Mon, 13 May 2013 09:46:50 +0000 Ninja 768091@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Whynot_31, my point is that the prices in Bed Stuy have almost reached the prices in the "best" areas in Brooklyn and Queens which are also very close to Manhattan and they offer much more amenities and safety. A very simple example is Sunnyside, Queens where I am currently looking into. Its a hidden gem, 13 minutes from midtown Manhattan and a stone's throw from greenpoint, willy B and LIC. VEry safe area, super green and full of amenities. A million there would buy you a beautiful two family on a tree lined street. So why would someone want to pay the same amount to get an equal space in an area which is filled with crime? And yes I do understand that Bed Stuy is becoming better for the last ten years but it sure has a long way to go to be consider a safe area. My assumption is that as mentioned above in other posts, some investors are buying the houses, price them very high and due to the lack of housing stock people have no choice but to buy. I feel though that this is a balloon that is going to get deflated and come crushing down. Anyway I would rather live in a safer area if I have to pay the same amount for housing, but that's just me. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/but-who-would-pay-a-million-to-live-in-a-crime-zone#post-768086 Mon, 13 May 2013 07:33:36 +0000 landlord 768086@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>"If I could afford a million I could live in Boerum Hills and not have to walk around with with pepper spray or be home before sunset."</p> <p>It would be ok if its just you...but if you have a family and kids, I am sure you would not want them subjected to a crime zone. Personally, I would buy a smaller place that was in a safer area....but if your a single guy, its a different story </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/but-who-would-pay-a-million-to-live-in-a-crime-zone#post-768077 Sun, 12 May 2013 20:32:40 +0000 whynot_31 768077@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Ninja-<br /> For some people, paying a million is easier than you paying half a million.</p> <p>...hence, they may be willing (and able) to pay a million to live in a crime filled neighborhood that you would not. </p> <p>Increasingly, they are finding that they can't pay a million and live somewhat close to the city without living in the less than desirable neighborhoods.</p> <p>...as more and more of such people move in, the neighborhoods tend to become more desirable for a myriad of reasons. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/but-who-would-pay-a-million-to-live-in-a-crime-zone#post-768076 Sun, 12 May 2013 20:27:43 +0000 Ninja 768076@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>"Seems like you were willing to live there for half a million", Exactly my point.!I would only live there because its cheaper. If I could afford a million I could live in Boerum Hills and not have to walk around with with pepper spray or be home before sunset. Thank you for helping me emphasize my point. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/but-who-would-pay-a-million-to-live-in-a-crime-zone#post-768075 Sun, 12 May 2013 19:48:18 +0000 whynot_31 768075@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>I just hope people are not spending more than they can afford.</p> <p>...I would hate for them end up with something they can't afford in the event that they lose their job and/or the market tanks in the near future. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/but-who-would-pay-a-million-to-live-in-a-crime-zone#post-768039 Sat, 11 May 2013 18:21:51 +0000 landlord 768039@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>"But who would pay a million to live in a crime zone?" - Seems like you were willing to live there for half a million. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/but-who-would-pay-a-million-to-live-in-a-crime-zone#post-768025 Sat, 11 May 2013 11:39:25 +0000 Alana 768025@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Some of it is probably the Hassids branching out from Williamsburg. Groups in their community pool their resources and purchase several places all at once and renovated them the same way. We had two homes and a tenement building purchased on our street by them and renovated by the same company so they all look alike and terribly designed btw. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/but-who-would-pay-a-million-to-live-in-a-crime-zone#post-768010 Fri, 10 May 2013 13:19:21 +0000 whynot_31 768010@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>This short article was published today and explains why renters are paying so much in "undesirable" areas:</p> <p><a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130510/crown-heights/bigger-spaces-smaller-rents-lure-new-faces-eastward-crown-heights" rel="nofollow">http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130510/crown-heights/bigger-spaces-smaller-rents-lure-new-faces-eastward-crown-heights</a></p> <p>Owners respond to the same pressures.</p> <p>...and both groups seem to believe that NYC neighborhoods will only continue to improve over the course of their "stay".</p> <p>I hope they are correct. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/but-who-would-pay-a-million-to-live-in-a-crime-zone#post-768006 Fri, 10 May 2013 12:05:53 +0000 PragmaticGuy 768006@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Read an article yesterday that stated housing prices in Brooklyn will probably jump about 6% this year while in other parts of the city only about 1%. With low mortgage rates people are sucking up properties quickly. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/but-who-would-pay-a-million-to-live-in-a-crime-zone#post-768000 Fri, 10 May 2013 10:50:35 +0000 thecameralady 768000@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <blockquote><p><cite>Ninja <a href="http://brooklynian.com/forum/fort-greene-clinton-hill-bed-stuy/but-who-would-pay-a-million-to-live-in-a-crime-zone#post-767998">said</a>:</cite><br /> I am still wondering what happen, and who are these crazies who are gonna spend a million dollars to live on a street that had three crime incidents in one month and next to a vibrant project building??!! </p></blockquote> <p>The people who have been priced out places like BoCoCa and Williamsburg and even the far reaches of Park Slope. </p> <blockquote><p>Cant afford New York anymore, time to get going.</blockquote> Maybe if everyone else left, housing prices might go down. Ah, not likely. &lt;img src=&quot;http://brooklynian.com/forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/eusa_snooty.gif&quot; title=&quot;[-(&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p>