East 18th Street, Newkirk and Foster

Hey pseudo. I live a little bit northeast of that location, within a couple of blocks and closer to Cortelyou Rd. I'm part of the gentrifying horde—I've been here for about a year and I've generally found it to be very safe and pleasant.

I'm male and I've never had a lick of trouble, but my girlfriend has occasionally been verbally harrassed as she walks east from the Cortelyou Rd. station. She claims it's nothing that she wouldn't get elsewhere in New York, but still I generally go and walk with her after dark.

Long-time residents will surely know more about this than I do, but there have been a couple of news stories about gangs to the east of the neighborhood, on E. 21st St at Ditmas and on Cortelyou and Nostrand. I occassionally cycle up Bedford and take the B41 on weekends when the Q is screwy, but I wouldn't generally walk east of Ocean Ave at night.

Hope that helps.