Yea but it has a marble bathroom, stainless steel appliances and hardwood floors. In other words, level 2 bulletproofing :DStreetEasy: 230 Brook Ave. - Rental Apartment Rental in Mott Haven, Bronx
$1290 to live on Brook Ave.
My NYC Black Folk......Gentrification
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ogc163
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That spot is right across the street from the Projects,
at hipsters moving in there. Now if the rent was about $400 cheaper 
Exactly
I think there was a time when it was viable for black people to buy our neighborhoods, but it prob seemed pointless, because no white person would ever move to Crown Heights or whatever in 1988. It prob seemed pointless too because a lot of places just were not safe. Why commit to living in a warzone???
Giuliani came through and crushed the buildings, NY rap died, and from there it was a wrap. We are talking about gentrification now, but really the window probably closed a long time ago. If it wasn't for the law, NYCHA facilities would probably be long gone too. A lot of that property is waterfront
Yup. the damage been done.
ogc163
Superstar
StreetEasy: 1119 Forest Ave. - Rental Apartment Rental in Morrisania, Bronx
at these prices, this one is in my old neighborhood. I can't believe people would pay that much to live next to Forest PJ's.
at these prices, this one is in my old neighborhood. I can't believe people would pay that much to live next to Forest PJ's.
ogc163
Superstar
Carolina Slim
Superstar
That spot is right across the street from the Projects,
I don't know if it's that far fetched. I haven't been back up top since October 2012, but when I was up there I went by my old hood (Bushwick Projects), and there was plenty of hipsters living near the projects. I saw hipsters jogging right by the parking lot like everything was sweet.
GhettoTeK
All Star
All of us is heading to those camps bruh.
shieed not me breh
i'm
at a motha fukka that try to take me in .. i aint puttin up without a fight.. 
Low key it kind of is. One of my good friends (white Jewish kid) spent years living down the block from Marcy projects
He actually got in good w/a lot of non hipsters
Carolina Slim
Superstar
Low key it kind of is. One of my good friends (white Jewish kid) spent years living down the block from Marcy projects
He actually got in good w/a lot of non hipsters
Was he Orthodox or Hasidim, or just a regular Jew? Cause if you go down Flushing Ave. a few blocks, you will find a LOAD of Hasidic Jews. They basically run that area.
Regular. He just looked like a regular white dude. I forget where he lived exactly but it was the south side like two blocks off Myrtle. No Orthodox/Hasidim over there.
Francis White
i been away to long, my feeling died.
studio rental at Lenox Avenue, Harlem, posted by Clinton Ukwuani on 02/27/2013 | Naked Apartments i have been dying to move to Manhattan, any Harlem cats know this area? Is it good? Can i catch a cab home to this spot. I saw another deal for 935 in the same area, can i live here without problems?
Carolina Slim
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OK, I know that area... I'm leaving tonight to head back up there as a matter of fact. So I will be able to provide a better report on what I see in the old hood. I'm still getting over the fact that they put up an IHOP near Flushing and Broadway.
ogc163
Superstar
Harlem in general is pretty safe to me
Unless you are really close to the PJ's you are good.
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
good is a pretty relative thing
I'm usually in east harlem when I'm up there and it that seems fine
look out for fake apartments, and a lot of places make you jump through hoops and charge a lot for credit/background checks.
The apartment looks really really small for the price and area
I don't take cabs so I can't help you in that regard...
I see them in the daytime, at night its probably another story..
I have a hard time finding cabs where I live in Brooklyn and usually call a car service.
BIGDENNIS10UK
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Is london dearer than New York?
I was surprised by the prices Of property in amsterdam, though I didn't know exactly where I was, so I might've been in the most expensive part of the city.