Is the neighborhood safe?

[Wesley W.]

Hi all,

I've had this question come up from prospective tenants (always from single women) a few times recently, and I'm curious as to how you would answer it.

I personally have no concerns about the neighborhood, but I'm a guy.   I worry how to answer this concern without creating some type of  culpability (it's NY, after all) or prefacing it with some disclaimer which sounds like there is something to hide.

What are your thoughts?

[Marc Winter]

That kind of question comes up a lot.  My response, and the response of all owners should be, "well, the best thing you could is do an internet search about the statistics here".  

Almost anything else you might say (or fail to say) COULD end up coming back to bite.  We make no personal judgments, let the prospect do their own research and make their decision based on their studied considerations.