 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Dambudziko remari reNew York City ra1975 rakateverwa neNew York City blackout ra1977, iyo yakaparira kupamba kukuru uko kwakaparadza zvitoro. Pakazosvika 1979, nharaunda zhinji dzeBronx dzakapiswa ndokuparadzwa. Zvivako zvemafurati zvakasiyiwa kana kuti zvakatengeswa kuvaridzi venzvimbo vaduku pakati pokuparara kwemaguta nokukurumidza. Zvikoro zvaro zvepamusoro zvakava zvakashata sezvakaipa zvikurusa zveguta racho, uye rakarohwa nehosha yecrack. Mukati ma1970, NYPDs 41st Precinct Station House pa1086 Simpson Street yakazivikanwa se Fort Apache, The Bronx. Pakazosvika 1980, 41st yakatumidzwa zita rokuti The Little House on the Prairie, sezvo zvikamu zviviri kubva muzvitatu zvevagari vemo 94 000 vakanga vatiza, uye imba yechiteshi chechitima yaiva imwe yezvivako zvishomanana zvakanga zvisina kusiyiwa kana kupiswa. Pakazara, pamusoro pe40 yeSouth Bronx yakapiswa kana kusiiwa pakati pa1970 na1980; 44 nzvimbo dzekuverenga vanhu dzakarasikirwa neanopfuura 50 yenzvimbo yavo kumoto, uye manomwe akarasikirwa neanopfuura 97 ezvivakwa zvavo kupisa kana kusiiwa. Chitarisiko chacho kazhinji kazhinji chaienzaniswa necheguta reEurope rakaputirwa uye rakasiyiwa pashure peHondo yeNyika II. Muenzaniso wakakomba zvikurusa waiva Charlotte Street muCrotona Park East. Mugwagwa wacho wakanga waparara zvikuru zvokuti chikamu chawo chakabviswa pamapu muna 1974. Pashure pokunge Purezidhendi Jimmy Carter ashanyira Charlotte Street pachake muna 1977, akarayira mukuru weU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development kuti atore matanho okuponesa nharaunda yacho. 