I ve been reading questions and answers on here so dumb about the Bronx NY where i was born and raised and still live on Bainbridge avenue. People ask if the Bronx is safe and all of you airheads say Oh yes it is very safe! unless your talking about Riverdale, no. where i live there is ALWAYS stabbings, shootings, rapes, muggings whatever. There is also tensions on my block between Irish and Dominican youths that leads into fights and murders. But the question is why must you say the Bronx is so safe? IMO the bronx is 3rd world in certain parts because many people come to the bronx from the 3rd world (Albanians, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Irish, Mexicans, Africans etc.). so why does everyone sugar coat things on here and use crime stats to back up their answers? in my neighborhood i barely see the cops. i m just getting sick of people and their stupid statements about stuff they know NOTHING about.
Not everywhere in the Bronx is bad, but there certainly are some areas that should be avoided if you can. By statistics, NYC is the safest big city. We are also the largest. That means that in the volume of crime, we still rank high.Thank you, you do everyone a service to say that it is not all roses in the Bronx. But they do have a lovely Rose Garden in the Botanical Park.
I agree 100%. It is stupid, that people are giving advice on here that is wrong. But you are right unfortunately that most of the bronx is crime ridden. i live in the bronx as well, although i m a washington heights native. the bronx is the poorest county in the US. also unless your going to the bronx zoo or botanical gardens why else would you visit here if your coming for site-seeing? But the truth is people on here give out wrong bogus advice. only good thing with the bronx is you get very cheap rent.