Ladies of Nyc get in here.

[Au-natural]

Mainly those who have visited or are from harlem.
Do you think there should be some sort of summons of harrasment for the african women on 125th who hound u get get your "hair braid"? Im just saying... I hate it and I get so annoyed by them.

Working towards long, strong beautiful hair.

 

[Rina88]

Uh no they are just trying to make a dollar, but I get what you're saying. I feel sort of insulted like they are trying to say my hair looks busted but it's w/e just ignore them. Why did something peculiar happen to you by one of them?

 

[hair4romheaven]

Hilarious! I grew up in NY don't live there anymore, but as a teen we would ask them before they ask us. "Haair braaiding miss?" LOL It is annoying though.

 

[Amoreofcurls]

Hahhaa


girl let them get their hustle on


Closed mouths dont get fed on this boulevard


Just keep it moving, dont even bother to make eye contact...

 

[Simply_elle]

LOL!

I feel your pain I cringe at the Xfer at 125th from LGA, because I know Ill be getting the "hair braid miss?!?" calls up and down the block. With that said it's no worse than the cat calls from the men on 125th or shoot the men of the NY/NJ metro area!! I've know some street vendors in Midtown to get a bit pushy too... I think a strong eyeroll will suit the purpose, this is NY... they, you and I are just getting our hustle on... Nothing more nothing less. However if I know i'll be up there I wear the biggest bushiest afro I can!!! Haha!!!

 

[Au-natural]

The final straw was when I walked pasted a braiding salon which was packed with braiders who might I add all had customers in there chair banging on the window asking for "hair braid".

Working towards long, strong beautiful hair.

 

[so1913]

Hahahaha...it's all part of the 125th experience!

 

[pookaloo83]

The final straw was when I walked pasted a braiding salon which was packed with braiders who might I add all had customers in there chair banging on the window asking for "hair braid".

Working towards long, strong beautiful hair.

And is that what they're saying? "hair braid" This is tickling me.

 

[Myjourney2009]

I dont even respond anymore. The only time I get annoyed is when I see them in the ABCD train station and in the BSS stores, I'm thinking dam what is going on here.

I have seen them for so long they dont even faze me anymore. When they say hair braiding miss I just give them a blank look. My DD when she was younger used to say mommy why dont you answer, I just laughted and told her you will figure it out when you get older.

When Guiliani cleaned up 125th st. they were not on the streets and it was refreshing. You think its bad now back then it was ridiculous.

I would not even think of stepping foot in those sweat shops they call braid shops. They are filthy looking. I only went into one a few years ago because i was desperate but never again.

 

[30something]

Not really, nyc is the land of the hustlers. I miss that, can be annoying at times but these people doing their thing is quite convenient.. when you need them.. well at least for me. I miss having everything at your fingers even when you don't need it.

 

[Myjourney2009]

And is that what they're saying? "hair braid" This is tickling me.

Yes its what they say.

When I was a teenager and first heard tehm I cracked the heck up just like you are.

When they are outside they say"hair braiding, hair braiding miss". You have to say it in your head in a heavy accent

 

[~You Da Truth~]

Hahhaa


girl let them get their hustle on


Closed mouths dont get fed on this boulevard


Just keep it moving, dont even bother to make eye contact...

@ the bold: You ain't never lied! We recently visited NY for spring break, everybody & their mama's was getting their grind on.

ETA: I NY!

 

[luckiestdestiny]

I now pay an extra $25 for her to take the train and come to me in the village (my braids are done by a wonderful lady and she has even done my weave these past couple times for my protective style to give myself a different look than regular braids with just my hair) and I'm okay with it because #1 they're so much cheaper than anything around me in the village even after the $25 xtra, and #2 she's just simply the best. She's been my braider for two years now and my hair is growing just fine because she doesn't jerk or rush (and no she's very clean I was reading some of the comments). Added bonus I don't have to hear the constant braid beg but really it's also just convenient as she comes to my place.

 

[RossBoss]

Whenever I'm in NY, I don't go to Harlem til nighttime, so I don't get to witness that.

My grandmother used to tell me how her sister used to live in Harlem back in the 1940s and she used to visit her a lot and how they would visit all the cool clubs they had back then. Too bad those times are gone and replaced with foolishness like this.

 

[RossBoss]

I would not even think of stepping foot in those sweat shops they call braid shops. They are filthy looking. I only went into one a few years ago because i was desperate but never again.

I don't get my hair braided but the ones I see here look filthy as well. I went into one with a friend of mine a few years ago and it smelled like greasy food and some other weird smell and everybody just looked like they stunk. Never again.

 

[Daeuiel]

I'm used to the hounding 'hair braid' etc, the only time I got really tight was when I was just leaving the train station on 125th and a bony chick actually grabbed my arm with her skeletal claw as she attempted to pull me in some direction. I looked at her like 'are you nuts?!' She let go but still tried to say 'give you nice braid?' I laugh now but at the time I shouted 'NO!' and stomped away. I couldn't even remember why I had gotten off the train for a minute.

 

[MsSanz92]

I know! I have literally ran from them with my sister that's how desperate they get sometimes but someone's gotta teach them that there is a right and wrong way to solicit people on the streets. Yelling, "hair braid miss?!" at me in the middle of 125th street is not gonna make me wanna go get my hair braided in your sweatbox braiding shop. Now I do get my hair done on 125th street I've been going to the same woman since I was 10 (I'm 18 now) but I didn't meet her off the street I met her through my father who taught English at a ESL class in Harlem LOL

 

[lala89]

I don't really ever mind them, there's so much else wrong on 125th that the hair braiders are nothing really. Id much rather pass 900 hair braider's yelling to braid my hair than spend 15 minutes at the mcdonalds by pathmark.

 

[lala89]

I also would like to add that the handbag hustlers are the worst (imo). Not to hijack the thread but I remember being on the 6 and a man coming and yelling to me" I don't got that fake sh*t, I got that stolen sh*t"

 

[MsEveMarie]

I dont even respond anymore. The only time I get annoyed is when I see them in the ABCD train station and in the BSS stores, I'm thinking dam what is going on here.

I have seen them for so long they dont even faze me anymore. When they say hair braiding miss I just give them a blank look. My DD when she was younger used to say mommy why dont you answer, I just laughted and told her you will figure it out when you get older.

When Guiliani cleaned up 125th st. they were not on the streets and it was refreshing. You think its bad now back then it was ridiculous.

I would not even think of stepping foot in those sweat shops they call braid shops. They are filthy looking. I only went into one a few years ago because i was desperate but never again.

Lol this sounds exactly like me! Sometimes they're down on the platforms, ready to harass you as soon as you stop off the train! It used to be really terrible to me but now I barely notice them, I've become immune lol

 

[MsEveMarie]

I also would like to add that the handbag hustlers are the worst (imo). Not to hijack the thread but I remember being on the 6 and a man coming and yelling to me" I don't got that fake sh*t, I got that stolen sh*t"

Lol really they're hustling handbags on the train now? Wow they're bold...I have yet to experience that...

 

[mzteaze]

I also would like to add that the handbag hustlers are the worst (imo). Not to hijack the thread but I remember being on the 6 and a man coming and yelling to me" I don't got that fake sh*t, I got that stolen sh*t"

the quintessential NYC experience.

I never hear the braiders cuz I purposely put my headphones in and walk fast.

 

[MrsMe]

I know what you're talking about! They used to offer to retwist my locs instead.
It's like Canal Street. "You want Louis Vuitton" "DVD"!
You just have to keep it moving with no eye contact.

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[Duchesse]

125 wouldn't be the same without them! Just like the bad weaves, the insence men, and
the smell of Popeyes chicken lol!

My best friend lives right around there and she's natural as well. We get such a cacophony of "Braids?! Braids?!" with the hand passing out the cards whenever we take a stroll down there it's kinda funny, albeit a bit annoying. The way I see it, they are somebody's mother tryna make a $ like everybody else.

 

[Golden75]

Mainly those who have visited or are from harlem.
Do you think there should be some sort of summons of harrasment for the african women on 125th who hound u get get your "hair braid"? Im just saying... I hate it and I get so annoyed by them.

Working towards long, strong beautiful hair.

I hated it too. I mean there were times I wasn't getting my hair done, and get followed 1/2 way down a NYC block. You tell em No thank you, they start yelling prices, then get a 'tude. Some are polite and except no, others, I thought I was gonna catch a beat down, and some micro braids.

 

[Myjourney2009]

I have to go to 125th st today to return some stuff. I will be cracking up as I pass a shop thinking of this thread

 

[Simply_elle]

I don't get my hair braided but the ones I see here look filthy as well. I went into one with a friend of mine a few years ago and it smelled like greasy food and some other weird smell and everybody just looked like they stunk. Never again.

Haha!!

AROUND Valentine's day, I went into a shop between...Madison and something...OMG there is a seafood place across the street and they would go get fish and bring it back in shifts, So the fish smell stayed there the whole two or so hours I was there!!! UGH! This poor pregnant chick next to me literally looked like she was going to throw up at any moment... I now know, and not to mention those places are suicide for your edges!!

 

[Carmelella]

Any good or OK places in Harlem

Well I actually wanna get my hair braided soon So does anyone know of any good or OK places that I can go to?? You can't beat those prices and I just make sure to yell out "ehh eh eh!! go easy on the edges" lol

 

[lovenharmony]

Surprisingly when I've been though Harlem, they don't ask me. Maybe I have a look about me that says "don't even think about asking me"! they keep bothering my sister though...she has a TWA.

 

[Cocoeuro]

Mainly those who have visited or are from harlem.
Do you think there should be some sort of summons of harrasment for the african women on 125th who hound u get get your "hair braid"? Im just saying... I hate it and I get so annoyed by them.

Working towards long, strong beautiful hair.

That was the only reason why I used to go to Harlem was to get my hair braided!! So for me it was not annoying!! However, I've read a blog post on another site where a young lady would get "harrased" daily on her way to work by hair braiders. She felt somewhat profiled since her hair wasn't relaxed, weaved, or braided up.