http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/nyregion/25stuy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
It's interesting in that, when people ask where I live, I often use the well known Stuyvesant Town as an example (but half as tall). However, I'm sure FBG is not facing the same kinds of problems Stuyvesant Town is.
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Not yet anyway! Clipper did pay a bundle for this place hoping to flip it. And they are playing copycat to some things at Stuy-Town. How about this new "gym" we're getting? I give it a day before equipment is broken and a week before a beatdown occurs.
Would you say fbg issafe for a single female to live?
Is the garage safe at night?
I dont want to feel as though Im living in the projects. Do people get robbed allot? What about shootings??
I don't know, I'm a single male. I am housing 3 single females at the moment, and they don't seem to feel unsafe. Lately however, they have complained about "creeps". These are mostly harmless things, or rather, physically harmless, emotionally/mentally draining. It's unfortunate. As an example, I think one old guy recently told one of the girls that he wanted to be her body guard... when she got out of the shower. I don't even know what that means. Maybe MM wants to comment.
Garage: No idea. I don't drive, and other than peering down the ramp while walking by, I haven't even seen the inside. Though I've not heard anything bad.
I've never seen any violence, at all. I've read a few articles (posted here). But I've not heard anything bad in a long time. I honestly think it's as safe as any other "safe" area of Brooklyn. I don't know where the "bad" areas of Brooklyn are, but I feel as safe here as in park slope, or maybe even BK heights.
Will it feel like the projects? A little, since it looks like the projects, but otherwise, it's just a normal apartment building. Legitimate complaints include: distance to manhattan, very few good places to eat/drink (very family), average maintenance/management (well, average for NYC, below average for the rest of the country). However, safety is not a complaint.
Would I want my daughter/wife to live alone there? Eh, honestly, having lived here, I'd be ok with it.
Just came across this and I will comment about the safety from my point of view. I am a 20-something, single, white female. Over the past 6-9 months I have felt a little more unsafe than when I moved in in 2008. There does seem to be an increase in the amount of "creepy guys" loitering in the courtyards and they always seem to have something smart to say to me. I do have a tendency to snap back at them so I'm sure that doesn't help my situation. And with summer being here, it's only going to get worse. Come to think of it, it's not just the courtyards, it's the whole neighborhood in general. Am I afraid of physical violence? Honestly, sometimes I am. A group of teenagers tried to start trouble with me one night on the walk to the gym on Flatbush Ave, but a good samaritan interfered. I've started carrying pepper spray.
I'm not afraid of being robbed though. I live in one of the best buildings in the complex and I'm sure that helps my situation alot. I think it would be rather hard to rob someone since it would be VERY obvious what is going on with all tenants always coming and going.
Either way, when my lease is up in Oct, I'm out of here.
All I can say here is that if you are considering the move, ask to see available units in the best buildings-1370, 1372, the ones directly across from there (I don't know the #'s), as well as the one above the maintenance office-these are all well maintained and have lots of friendly neighbors. Spend an afternoon wandering around the neighborhood to see how you feel (night too!). But to be frank, since the economic crash, you can find a cheaper unit closer to Manhattan that will probably have better maintenance and mgmt.
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