In Which The Mayoress Narrowly Avoids a Stabbing

Oh, the irony.

Perp is seated next to guy in background;
guy in foreground is blocking my view of him.

After nearly six months of searching, I'd finally found an affordable, adorable apartment.  I had a few reservations, one of which was its subway stop and distance from the main street I really want to live off of, so last night Nicolle and I went on a "safety walk" to assess my comfort level (not comfortability, that is not a word) in the area after dark.

We were doing okay, all was good, entering the Q train at Church (Caton Ave entrance) we were chatting about how enriched our lives have been having lived in Brooklyn (you can see this coming, can't you?), and we go down to the platform and the train is stopped as if it's stalled, people standing in the doorways and whatnot.  And we duck into the first car, ask what's going on, and some guy says there's been a fight.  Then we notice a man in the car covered in blood.  Um, where are the cops?  What happened?

What's Your Ideal NYC Neighborhood?

Check this out! As part of their neighborhoods issue, New York magazine has this cool tool for finding your perfect hood match based on several lifestyle factors. Perfect for me since I'm apt hunting... and if I just look at the green results, which are for Brooklyn, it's pretty accurate to where I'm already looking. Nice job NY Mag!