In Reply to: i walked in Harlem shortly after dusk... posted by wangmr on July 17, 2015 at 12:49:14:
From a real estate web site:
The 20 NYC Neighborhoods with Highest Violent Crime Rates
These neighborhoods have the highest rates of violent crime per capita across New York City:
Vinegar Hill (Brooklyn)
Downtown Brooklyn (Brooklyn)
Theatre District / Times Square (Manhattan)
Meatpacking District (Manhattan)
Koreatown (Manhattan)
Port Morris (Bronx)
Garment District (Manhattan)
Greenwood Heights (Brooklyn)
Hunts Point (Brooklyn)
East New York (Brooklyn)
Ocean Hill (Brooklyn)
Union Square (Manhattan)
Fort Greene (Brooklyn)
Brownsville (Brooklyn)
Bronx River (Bronx)
Navy Hill (Brooklyn)
Mount Eden (Bronx)
Longwood (Bronx)
Mott Haven (Bronx)
Fordham (Bronx)
Brooklyn and the Bronx win hands down. Harlem ain't even on that list.
Don't forget that Harlem was for many decades a cultural Mecca, which drew Black artists and intellectuals from all over the U.S. Great jazz scene ever since the Cotton Club, and after WWII totally eclipsed other cities for modern jazz. To this day, they have the highest number of volunteer community service organizations, parents' clubs, churches, etc. per capita of any neighborhood in NYC.
When I grew up in Flushing, Queens, I went to PS 20 with Black, Jewish, Puerto Rican, Chinese, and many other ethnicities kids. We all got along pretty well -- the tribal divisions didn't really start to kick in until about 8th grade -- but we all lived in dread of the tough little Irish and Italian hoodlums from St. Michael's. They were so oppressed by the nuns all day that as soon as school let out, they were shrugging out of their uniform ties and jackets and looking for public school kids to thump on.
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Follow Ups
- Harlem's a WHOLE lot nicer than some areas - Brian H P 12:58:51 07/18/15 (1)
- Well said..nt - JoeKool 14:42:33 07/21/15 (0)