How safe is this area at night?

carnivore

whynot_31 wrote:
Prospect Heights will continue to begin at either Washington Ave (or -as some prefer- the Franklin Ave Shuttle tracks). The latter allows Prospect High School to be in Prospect Heights.....

No, Prospect Heights begins at Washington. And even if you have the fantasy border as far east as you like, the southern border of Prospect Heights is Eastern Parkway (which is not contested by anyone), so the high school does not lie in the neighborhood, whatever ridiculous definition you want to concoct.

whynot_31

Carnivore,

You are off topic. This is a thread about whether the newbie will like Western Crown Heights, and whether she will be safe.

I think she will like Western Crown Heights, and be just fine.

whyfi

Skip to 2:20 for relevant commentary.

ntfool

Capt. Planet wrote: Two things.
First its often residents of such areas as Bedford and Sterling who say they live in Prospect Heights, because it sounds more prestigious and, yes, safer, so it's more likely someone might actually visit them.
Second, to say that Rochester Avenue and Bedford Avenue are the same community is llike saying that Germany and France are the same country because they share a common border.
When one reads a newspaper headline, as one often does, stating "Shooting/murder/assault/mugging in Crown Heights" and then check the address and it's on Rochester Avenue, those of us living near Nostrand might be justifiably miffed.
So what I'm suggesting is that, in the interest of clarity, and reasonableness, and to help those poor lonely residents of Bedford and Sterling to never get any visitors. we develop a name for western Crown Heights that doesn't lump it in with the criminal ridden nabes to the east beyond Albany or Utica Avenue.
And yes, I am a real estate broker. So please tell me how that facts changes the logic of my arguments.

Ooookay. Let's not forget about the corners of Lincoln and Franklin, which I live right next to, and which sits quite comfortably in your "western" Crown Heights/Prospect Heights/what-have-you. And lets not forget about the several shootings that have taken place in this area in the last few months.

While there is validilty in differentiating the general "feel" of the neighborhood between eastern and western CH, let's be honest, the whole of New York City should be taken on a block-by-block basis. Granted, there may be more "dangerous" blocks in what you refer to as estern CH, but there's plenty ot keep yourself on alert for in the western half as well.

clayfilms

Capt. Planet wrote: Carni, it's your refusal to call the area east of Prospect Heights anything other than "Crown Heights" that's forcing folks to adopt the Prospect Heights moniker. In short, let's change the name of the area between Washington and Albany to something else. Crown Heights is just too loaded.

But it's Crown Heights.

That like wanting to call 2+2 five, because it sounds snazzier than four.

carnivore

CLAYFILMS wrote: [quote=Capt. Planet]Carni, it's your refusal to call the area east of Prospect Heights anything other than "Crown Heights" that's forcing folks to adopt the Prospect Heights moniker. In short, let's change the name of the area between Washington and Albany to something else. Crown Heights is just too loaded.

But it's Crown Heights.

That like wanting to call 2+2 five, because it sounds snazzier than four.
But you don't understand. The area is different now that people like Captain Planet and Jack Krohn have moved there. The old name no longer applies to them, so they have the right to rename the neighborhood as it suits them... :roll:

Personally, I find that attitude so offensive to the people who have lived in Crown Heights all along and continue to do so.