[9YearLurker]

I have read that other Barnard students have said that they’d been warned to stay out of that park, which indeed is just a block over from their college, after dark.

[mass55th]

"I have read that other Barnard students have said that they’d been warned to stay out of that park..."

I think somebody on FR posted this article earlier. Not sure if you've seen it:

Spiraling Morningside Park crime stats show a neighborhood gripped by violence