crownroyal56

I have been a resident of Cypress Hills for 25 years. I read the reviews and I am sad to see people have actually posted comments about where I live without facts. First I will deal with the attractions.The City Line Shopping area along Grant Avenue has so many shops. We also have a cooperative building on Highland Blvd across from the mansions that are located along Highland Blvd. Highland Blvd gives the view of Brooklyn.The average resident has a place to go away from everything. Highland Blvd has its own park as well. We have a free golf course and a huge park named Highland Park which is one of the largest in Brooklyn. The YMCA provides fitness for the young, seniors, families, and everyone else. The YMCA caters to everyone that lives in this neighborhood. I have been through the good times and the bad times in my neighborhood. It is quieter than the other side of Atlantic Avenue. For the people that posted that the Housing Projects were near. The housing projects Cypress Hills, Pink Houses, & Linden Plaza are actually more than two miles away. They are not in close proximity. The 75 precinct has the Compstat reports and guess what Cypress Hills is the lowest crime rate out of all of them. There are 3 sectors that the 75 precinct split East Brooklyn in half by. City Line, Cypress Hills, and then East New York. Cypress Hills has a low level crime rate. In all the years I lived here I can never remember hearing gun shots as I leave my front door. Matter fact walking over dead bodies or people involved in fighting in the middle of the street. The key is to mind your business. There are a number of cab stands that will take you where ever you want to go. The B13 bus takes you to the Shopping Mall(Targets, Red Lobsters, Home Depot etc.)It is quiet however just like other neighborhoods you will have civil issues. Be it loud music, or dog poop. This is expected considering there are close to 40,000 people that live in the community. In addition everyone is not on food stamps or welfare...We have politicians, doctors, lawyers and other professionals who live in this neighborhood and call it home. There are college graduates and higher that choose to live here. It is a residential community close to the border of Woodhaven Queens. The schools some are good and some are not. The Cypress Hills Development Corporation has been in existence for 30 years. During this time with the help of the community coming together it now has a strong bond between businesses and the community residents. Yes we have our issues no different than any other neighborhood yet I would not trade the peace and quiet here for any place else in NYC. Finally the population is divided between Spanish, Guyanese, Bangladesh, Black, & Chinese. People do not move from here. When there is an apartment they always move in someone they know to keep the culture going for the community.