According to the ABC13 Neighborhood Safety Tracker, in the Greenspoint area, there has been a 53% drop in crime over the last 12 months.
The ABC13 Neighborhood Safety Tracker can raise red flags about violence in the community, but it can also reveal neighborhoods where the streets are getting safer. That's the case in Greenspoint, which has sometimes been called "Gunspoint" because of its reputation for crime. Residents in that community have made it a point to change that narrative, and what they're doing is working.
Fatma Kalkan is also a property investor. Her company, Kalkan Capital, only buys multi-family properties in high-crime areas. "It is very easy to turn around the neighborhood as long as investors, the city, the management district, and churches work together," Fercan Kalkan said.