You're right, and the OP has not been active on this site since 2002, probably didn't listen to the cops and kept going to score weed, from bodegas, in dangerous neighborhoods in the middle of the night. Oh, well.
Crime was probably worse, but it's still bad over there. Crime stats go up and down, but they always have more murders in that neighborhood than many nations in Europe, and elsewhere. Going to Bushwick at 2 AM to buy drugs from a known drug location, they were VERY lucky that the cops were outside the place. Wonder what eventually happened to the OP? Here's a report about Bushwick crime, from October, 2010: Man Shot Dead in Projects, Murder Rate Up in 2010 » The Bushwick News/BushwickBK