safety

Subject: Re: safety

SE wrote: People post lots about the safety conditions at the west end of CH's 77th precinct, but what about the more central area east of Nostrand and west of Kingston? What happens to me after I get off the A/C on Fulton and cross Atlantic on my way to my hypothetical home on Dean after dark?

Grew up in a real brownstone on Dean btw Franklin and Bedford over 30 years ago. I'm wondering about safety on Fulton St/Franklin near the A train stop? Tried to do some photography in that area about 15 years ago--Drug dealers all over the place. People telling me not to point my camera their way; a cop that was standing in the background watching for my safety; eventually, I was confronted by a couple of dealers who wanted me to stop taking pictures. Fearing my life, I offered up my camera, but all they wanted me to do was to pull the film out, which I did. After which I took the A train downtown and got Pastrami Sandwich at Junior's and wondered to myself with an internal cold sweat why the hell was I still alive :shock: .

I could have sworn I read something a few years later about somebody getting shot around there for doing what I was trying to do. So yeah, is safety still an issue round there.

i recently started carrying a tire iron with me when i walk around the neighborhood at night. makes me feel pretty safe.

yes, i thought of that -- that's why i keep it in my jacket where people can't see it.

hmmm, what do you mean? if someone carries pepper spray does that mean theyre looking for trouble? trust me, i'm not looking for trouble.

Subject: Re: safety

X-brooklynite wrote: [quote=SE]People post lots about the safety conditions at the west end of CH's 77th precinct, but what about the more central area east of Nostrand and west of Kingston? What happens to me after I get off the A/C on Fulton and cross Atlantic on my way to my hypothetical home on Dean after dark?

Grew up in a real brownstone on Dean btw Franklin and Bedford over 30 years ago. I'm wondering about safety on Fulton St/Franklin near the A train stop? Tried to do some photography in that area about 15 years ago--Drug dealers all over the place. People telling me not to point my camera their way; a cop that was standing in the background watching for my safety; eventually, I was confronted by a couple of dealers who wanted me to stop taking pictures. Fearing my life, I offered up my camera, but all they wanted me to do was to pull the film out, which I did. After which I took the A train downtown and got Pastrami Sandwich at Junior's and wondered to myself with an internal cold sweat why the hell was I still alive :shock: .

I could have sworn I read something a few years later about somebody getting shot around there for doing what I was trying to do. So yeah, is safety still an issue round there.

I had funny experience a few years ago. I was trying to sell an apartment on Sterling Place and Flatbush to a young lady who's father grew in Brooklyn 40 years ago and left for Denver. He was giving her pointers about how to never ride the subway because it wasn't safe, always stay off the streets after dark, etc. She looked at him like he was from Mars. And so did I.

Fifteen years ago is not today. You have to constantly do reality checks in Brooklyn n'hoods. They're always changing. What was an absolute truism 5 years ago maybe as outdated as the Knicks five years later.

I regularly walk south from the Kingston C stop at 10:30 or 11:00pm and have never had any problems--there's always at least a couple of other people from the same train walking with me. I usually take the bus or a car if I'm coming home much later than that, but that's my habit everywhere I've lived in the city. Things are pretty quiet around here at night, and pretty friendly during the day--great neighborhood in general.