I live near Grand St and Bushwick Ave. The place is also for a 4 bedroom and we only have 3 dudes which lets us have office space. If you look hard enough, great deals emerge.
I haven't lived in Brooklyn since 1988 and back then when I visited my friend's in Bushwick and stayed late she'd drive me home cause she felt I'd probably get mugged on the way to the subway station.
Given that her dad's bodega was robbed on a regular basis, I think she had a reason to be concerned!
(If we were talking california, it'd be "45 minutes away on the freeway")