How safe is LIC? Are there hookers & crack addicts? Occasionally.

I don't even know why having hookers around is a "safety" issue... you are totally safe if you don't solicit them. No big deal.

My only personal crime run-in was that my bike got jacked from out front my apartment, but that's mainly my fault for not having a better chain (I had a cable... but it was an old bike I didn't think was worth anything... garage sale $25 is where I got it). Oh well.

Wasn't there a rape at the G Train Stop on Jackson Ave a few years ago also?

Yep and there was a lot more in the UWS and UES. Kids lets remember we are not in Kansas anymore so keep your eyes open and play it safe.

Yes, it's very comforting that there are more rapes on the UES, thank you.

there’s a very strong police presence by the waterfront thanks to all the new development. It’s definitely safe enough, and as more people move in, it’s feeling even cozier

oh please is right! saying there are sex workers in "Court Square/Queens Plaza" is like saying there are sex workers in the"Times Square/Columbus Circle" area. Do you really live around here? There's literally like a half a mile difference between these two areas. Don't get me wrong, court square is still pretty desolate and it would certainly spice up the hood if there were prostitutes hanging around the area, but I've honestly never seen one hanging out in front of the court house. Perhaps they dress like lawyers?

Apologies, I should have said "the Court Square and Queens Plaza areas." Between the courthouse and the Plaza proper are plenty of short streets that are dead-ended by the Sunnyside Yards. You can find them there.

Furthermore, I've lived "here" longer than you, and I don't particularly care if there are prostitutes here or not.

P.S. Cafe Henri is hardly what I'd call a pioneer outpost in LIC.

Why would anyone choose to live in LIC over the UWS or UES?

Because it's way cheaper and there are fewer yuppies and families and fratboys and upscale BS. Those neighborhoods are lame. And it's way easier to get to Williamsburg/Greenpoint from here. But still easy if you've gotta get to midtown for your dang dayjob.

Whoever has never seen a hooker in courthourse square must only be going there during the daytime. At night, CS is a whole different ballgame. Though it's gotten better over the last couple years.

Hi guys - nice comments. Just for clarification, hookers do not necessarily make a neighborhood more dangerous. The point is that LIC is still mostly industrial, and at night especially desolate. Seems like there's some 'living in a bubble' thinking going on about LIC that just because there are $800+/SF condos, that the area is free from illicit going-ons. It's not. Be alert and watch out. I didn't mention in the post bc I didn't want a free-for-all about all the bad things that happen in LIC because mostly it's quiet and peaceful, but I've also been chased by a van twice while on my bicycle and on foot. Both times at night, and traveling from DK to HP. Bad shit of course happens anywhere and everywhere - LIC is not immune, and hookers don't necessarily increase the likelihood.

never seen a hooker in Court Square at night...

i've seem them by Queens Plaza...

liQcity - u sound like a tool. where do you live and what do you do beside write a shitty, unknowledgeable blog?

I like him/her. It's a nice contrast to the polished/upscale/trendy/yuppie image of the neighborhood those condo people are trying to sell. He's telling it like it is.

telling it with a bias, sounds like a tool. anyway, i live in several nabes in manhattan, no one would say the upper east or west sides were filled with crack addicts and prostitutes, but you see them everyday up there for real. been living in lic for several years myself (a couple of apts) never seen a pro neat court sq or the waterfront, no crack addicts either, queens plaza, yes, but it seems to be changing there already.

there's been hookers in LIC for years...nyc, love it or move back to Cleveland.

I believe there are hookers in Cleveland too, Yusef.

when did cat stevens move to LIC???!

#15, another tool, born and bred in da bronx, lived in manhattan for 18 years, and now queens, parents from brooklyn, you are clueless. tell me where in lic i can find a real crack addict or prostitute...i really want to know, really, i need a hit of crack and a bj..