Queensbridge Celebrates 1 Year Without Any Shootings

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

good shyt Queens.. was in NYC few years back and could see the drastic changes from the 90s when i use to come and visit my aunt. the city is no longer filled with villains and creeps.

for context: there were 357 Murders in Queens in 1992.. with 22 in Queensbridge. (which would rival any murder rate of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Chicago, Memphis, STL etc today)

 

[Arithmetic]

 

[QU Hectic]

Very Good. Progress in a community >>>>>

 

[Drip Bayless]

Crazy to see the change going on. As long as those people aren't getting pushed out of their communities I salute em

 

[Vancouver Grizzly Fan]

Well at least something good is happening in NY.

 

[Bugsmoran]

 

[Afrodroid]

 

[Harry B]

That violence is for the birds in the middle and south

 

[mobbinfms]

good shyt Queens.. was in NYC few years back and could see the drastic changes from the 90s when i use to come and visit my aunt. the city is no longer filled with villains and creeps.

for context: there were 357 Murders in Queens in 1992.. with 22 in Queensbridge. (which would rival any murder rate of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Chicago, Memphis, STL etc today)

There's only 6,000 people in QB
And the demographics appear to have been virtually untouched by gentrification
As of 2013, Queensbridge had a total population of 6,105. The racial breakdown was 61.4% black, 2.3% white, 1.9% Asian, 1.0% American Indian and 2.4% multiracial. Hispanics and Latinos of any race were 30.1%. [7]

This lack of violence comes in spite of the perseverance of crime in QB

For many years Queensbridge has had a problem with drug dealers and drug users. An 11-month police investigation led to the arrest of 37 people during a drugs bust in February 2005. Another raid in February 2009, following a seven-month investigation, resulted in 59 arrests.[6]

 

[BmoreGorilla]

This is a good thing but we would've never gotten all that dope music if it wasn't for the violence of the 70s, 80s, and 90s

 

[ISO]

And the demographics appear to have been virtually untouched by gentrification

It's a government housing project breh ain't no gentrified projects

 

[Bugsmoran]

This is a good thing but we would've never gotten all that dope music if it wasn't for the violence of the 70s, 80s, and 90s

Who knows

They might've been more creative if they had to rap about other things beside the harsh realities

 

[Urethra Franklin]

Dey need to step their gun and beef game up...NY needs some dope rap again

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Who knows

They might've been more creative if they had to rap about other things beside the harsh realities

Some of the best music comes from pain. No Illmatic or Infamous

 

[Bugsmoran]

Some of the best music comes from pain.