The Q at Parkside

(for those for whom the Parkside Q is their hometrain)

News and Nonsense from the Brooklyn neighborhood of Lefferts and environs, or more specifically a neighborhood once known as Melrose Park. Sometimes called Lefferts Gardens. Or Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. Or PLG. Or North Flatbush. Or Caledonia (west of Ocean). Or West Pigtown. Across From Park Slope. Under Crown Heights. Near Drummer's Grove. The Side of the Park With the McDonalds. Jackie Robinson Town. Home of Lefferts Manor. West Wingate. Near Kings County Hospital. Or if you're coming from the airport in taxi, maybe just Flatbush is best.

Saturday, May 28, 2016

Misery By the Numbers

Some folks need to see reality in hard facts. This chart of "threatened neighbors" syncs with common knowledge. It's hard out there for a renter. Real hard. Employment and median income stats also tell the tale of two Brooklyns (three, four, five?). This wouldn't be nearly as apparent to us if we weren't living right on top of each other. I appreciate the distillation of data. There is really just one issue that Trumps (sick) all others.


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Anonymous said...

Ta-Nehisi Coates is making up stories again. Unsafe for him to live in PLG because he writes about race? What a crock. He's worried because there's too much of a chance that random -- black -- violence would find his kid. He'll do a Spike Lee and stick to an affluent white neighborhood.

And he won't feel bad if he scalps an extra $300K from the sale of his PLG property.

http://nypost.com/2016/05/31/writer-ta-nehisi-coates-selling-2m-brooklyn-brownstone-over-safety-concerns/

May 31, 2016 at 8:56 AM

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