I am seeking an apartment in New York City, how would someone on here rate parkchester?

Nicky

Affordable, comfortable, safe, distant, boring. I have some friends who live there.

I live in Morris Park, the other side of Parkchester. You want an honest opinion. KEEP OUT OF PARKCHESTER. First off, it is LOADED, I mean LOADED w/sex offenders (http://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/nsor/search_index.htm zip code 10462). Secondly, the crime in that area is something you don't want to deal w/. Shootings, drugs, you name it, its there. While the Parkchester Condos are nice, its anything but that inside. There have been old lady robbed in the elevators. This is bc they are allowed to sublease the apts. to whatever...and whatever is exactly what lives there.

It may be affordable but its nothing from safe. I worked there as a cop & saw a different picture, but of course cops always do.

If you wanted to live in the Bronx & are looking to buy an apt. I'd look at Riverdale. It's a little pricier but much cleaner & safer not to mention quieter. Since its now getting cold again, its hard to determine the noise factor & believe me, there is a HUGE problem w/noise here. Other areas in the Bronx that are decent are Morris Park, Pelham Gardens, Pelham Bay, Country Club, City Island & Throgs Neck. The rest of this God foresaken borough I'd be a little skittish on.

I'm not sure what Red meant by boring...I lived in Manhattan for 18 years & was generally bored out my mind.

anyone know what the section of the bronx is called which is at the end of the number 2 subway line?

hi bxgrl74, don't know anything about the Bronx so i am posting this msg just because i am curious to know why you found Manhattan so boring...i mean it's quite thrilling for most of us (who lived there for a while) that i can't imagine what you'd think about Rome! any comments would be highly appreciated, especially cause i am tired of missing NYC every day ...
n.

I bow to bxgrl74's superior Bronxiness.

Nadia, don't worry. She's cranky.

Kennedy, isn't that Wakefield?

Is the end of the 2 Van Cortland Park,? I was up there last weekend.

yes, that's it marea. What is it like?

We were only at the playing fields a little north of the railway station, my son was playing rugby and there were thousands of teenagers competing in a cross country meet. It seemed like a nice area, it was good to see trees, grass and lots of birds. Some of the people who play rugby with Keiran who knew the area said that it was a nice place to live.

Uh, guys, it's the #1 that ends at Van Cortlandt. The #2 ends at 241st Street and White Plains Road in Wakefield, really it does.

Sorry Red, you're right (as usual) we caught the #1, I was hungover at the time. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

I'm not cranky...I just do not & never got & never will get the hype w/living in Manhattan. And I never experienced that hype until I went to high school in the Bronx. These chicks were AMAZED that I lived in "the city" (as they called it). Yeah...ok...whatever floats your boat.

I guess when you did it most of your life, the thrill is LONG gone.