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Safest American Neighborhood In Brooklyn?

NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- New York City's safest neighborhood is in the Midwood section of Brooklyn.

The company NeighborhoodScout revealed its rankings of U.S. neighborhoods, based on FBI data, on Monday.

The group said the Bedford Avenue area was safer than 90-percent of all neighborhoods in the nation, with a crime rate of only two per 1,000 and with the chances of your becoming a crime victim only one in 500.

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