Problems in park slope?

Question

My name is Sarah. I have to do research of an area in New York City. Our area is Park Slope.

What we have to do is ask residents of Park Slope:
*How do they feel about living there?
*If there was anything they could change (a.k.a problems with graffiti) what would help the community?


so if anyone could answer that, it would be great! and raise my grade up too! lol

Answer 1

People who reside in Park Slope generally feel safe living in the neighborhood. The crime rate is low compared 2 other sections of Brooklyn. The area is 15 -30 mins away from Manhattan on the subway. Shopping is nearby at The Atlantic Mall & the Fulton St. mall which is downtown Brooklyn. There's a proposed plan for a basketball arena 4 the N.J. Nets over the Atlantic yards.. There's major division amongst the residents in the community about this plan. Many residents feel this plan will bring employment opportunities 4 the residents of Park Slope & people living in Brooklyn. While others are stating this arena will cause the crime rate 2 increase, & long time residents being forced 2 move.

Answer 2

Adjacent to the western edge of Prospect Park, Park Slope is one of the safest neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

Beginning in the late 1970s, Park Slope began a revival started by a large influx of gay men and women who were drawn by the availability of large, spacious brownstones. Today, it is crowded with young families who can find more space for the money than they can in Manhattan.

The people who live in Park Slope love it for the sense of community and its strong left-leaning political activism.

As far as problems, every area has them. Grafitti, on the other hand, is less a problem than a symptom of other problems. Since Park Slope (as well as Broooklyn and New York in general) is in a better financial position than it was in the 1970s when the city felt out of control, the social ills that spawned problems such as grafitti have largely been solved. (For additional reading, I strongly recommend reading Malcolm Gladwell's book, "The Tipping Point," specifically the chapter on the broken window theory for insight into how treating the symptoms can solve the problem, and vice versa.)

If you want more answers from residents of Park Slope, I would suggest asking more specific questions and posting them on the Brooklyn page of Craigs List.

Good luck.

Answer 3

I hope that this is not premature but I don't think you'll get alot of answers with a targeted location, but also if you make your headline question more exciting like New York Graffiti Problem? I think you will get a much greater response....