7. Prospect Heights/Crown Heights
The 77th precinct is made up of Prospect and Crown Heights, next on our list of neighborhoods to avoid in Brooklyn. While locals will rave more about the dangers of Crown Heights, the adjacent neighborhoods have a combined population of 90,744 with a rate of 1.102 crimes per 1,000 residents. Of the 100 reported crimes this year, alone 24 of them were burglaries, 21 felony assaults, 29 grand larcenies, 7 grand larcenies of motor vehicles, 17 robberies and two rapes. But, luckily these numbers are substantially lower this year than last. This doesn’t do much good for the Petro-Nixon family who lost their daughter, Chanel back in 2006. The honor student was said to have left for a job interview and never returned. Her strangled body was found on Crown Heights’ border with her killer still on the loose, nearly 11 years later.
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