Which part of harlem is bad

Originally Posted by Mekitor. Unlike many other ghettos, most of the crime happens really late at night most of the time after midnight. Originally Posted by allygory. Is that unusual? Honestly, Harlem is becoming less and less "bad," even during the night.

I live in Harlem and absolutely love it. Unfortunately the name cannot shake the image of the black urban blight that was a problem in the 80s and 90s.

Harlem is actually a very vibrant, culturally diverse although it retains a lot of its African American culture neighborhood. Where I live on 5th Avenue, many of the streets are tree-lined and full of beautiful brownstones Desolate areas like under the Metro North tracks on Park Avenue and the projects are areas that should be avoided, but everywhere else seems to be nicer than most people think.

There are better areas South of th St, Hamilton Heights and worse areas central Harlem north of th St , but nowhere is "very dangerous" by the standards of a non-NYC American city. Originally Posted by BrownstoneNY.

There is a site that rated neighborhoods by violent crime according to census tracts, There was an area in Harlem in the top 15 in the country where the chance of being a victim was 1 in 8. Harlem has some very violent pockets but I wouldn't worry about it too as these are blocks where there is a lot of poverty and it's not likely you will live on one of those blocks.

At the same time Harlem in general does have a lot of crime but mostly ignorant individual on ignorant individual. Just keep an eye out and avoid wondering when it's late and you will be fine.

In Harlem things do happen during the day but without as much frequency as after dark. Usually because there are way less people after dark lingering. By Carole Sakar Last updated Mar 19, Contents hide. Related Answers.

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