Upper East Side Home To City's Safest Blocks

Apparently the city's safety zone is between 5th and Park Avenues, from 77th to 84th Street. The patch of space was just deemed the safest neighborhood in the city, according to a WalletPop.com survey. They note that there's a 1 in 625 chance of becoming a victim here, and the Daily News points out that the area has the highest median home prices in the country, with an average household earning around $5 million. One resident told the paper, "I always find it very safe. I even have a uniformed police officer in my building 24 hours a day, seven days a week because an ambassador lives in my building." Well la-di-da. And of course when there is a crime in the neighborhood, it's going to be high profile.

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By Jen Carlson in News on February 24, 2010 4:32 PM

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potsmoker

10028.

Police now use abbreviations for descriptions of Fashion crimes.

ABWC- another boring white clone

AGIO- another guy in an overcoat

JCBFTG- just coming back from the gym

CYME- carrying yoga mat everywhere

TBSG- those big sunglasses

MOSSTSC- mommy on skateboard scooter thinks shes cool

BNWTWK- black nanny with two white kids

DWSTJ- double wide stroller traffic jam

OSWITBDDH- oh shit what is that black dude doing here

jgonzz

I live in 10028 and still wear warmups outside...

pk4l

I goin to rob someone there tmrw ... =)

wow 14th street

One of the reasons is that it has wealthy tightly knit

families living there of the Land of the Torah.

Well off Temples to pray in and Hatzolah ambulances

at the ready near 84th street to take the sick away faster

that 9-11, cool.

Jesse

wow thats insane for the average household income!

Joan Angelson

Where does our Mayor live? Oh I mean our father.

sidenote

Hey, gotta take care of the VIP taxpayers.

inkhorn

"They note that there's a 1 in 625 chance of becoming a victim here.."

..And a 1 in 1 chance of becoming a FASHION victim.

db

I'm very sorry for your loss. Your mother was a terribly attractive woman

40oz.killa

Average household income is $5,000,000?

Willie Nillie

We left Buckley.

SP

Wow, SHOCKING. That patch of land is home to the wealthiest people in the world. Just in those blocks alone, you have a larger GDP than most nations. In other news, water is still wet. *Yawns*