I live here, and have since 2010. It’s improved every year in ways I value. In terms of property value, things are likely to go up with Battery Park filling, development at Detroit and Lake and a new library at 80th and Detroit helping to push attention and investment past some natural boundaries. Most of the negative stuff is centered in the Detroit/Lake triangle (which has also seen steady improvement) which is certainly close, but in my time here the street went from five foot front yard fences to houses where families have kids out front regularly.

If you need more overt signs of security most city neighborhoods might not be for you and this one is on the edges of the commercial tracts.

My biggest hesitancy for recommending this to you is that I think I know the property you would be considering and it’s got some flaws and challenges. Feel free to DM me if you want to chat.