7. I'm an 5 to 6 am riser, and went over to the bagel shop that early on Broadway, can't remember the name but it is across the street from the Starbucks on Broadway and very good, and there were some suspicious characters hanging around, which didn't bother me b/c I live in the Tenderloin in SF, but to the unassuming traveler that expects a nice neighorhood to be safe at all times, I'd be a little careful, but that is NY.