Bedford-Stuyvesant

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The middle street in Bed-Stuy scores 52 out of 100, 30th of 48 Brooklyn neighborhoods. Dirty and heavy on street crime by Brooklyn standards, and among the best connected.

121,963 reports and violations · counted through Sep 8, 2026

Median livability · 30th of 48 in Brooklyn

Park Ave 35Brooklyn median 55Dekalb Ave 68

Stockton St35 Herkimer Pl67

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Where Bed-Stuy is strong, and where it is not

Each row is Bed-Stuy's average on a 0 to 100 scale. The grey span is how far its own streets spread. The thin line is the Brooklyn median.

Quiet4036th of 48 in Brooklyn

Clean2744th of 48 in Brooklyn

Traffic safety4632nd of 48 in Brooklyn

Street crime3340th of 48 in Brooklyn

Access748th of 48 in Brooklyn

Most filedIllegal parking, 19,503 of 121,963 reports (16%)

The best and worst blocks, drawn on Bed-Stuy

Every street with at least a tenth of its length inside the neighborhood. Streets are scored end to end.

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Every street in Bed-Stuy, ranked

87 streets, 78 scored

87 streets in Bed-Stuy, 78 of them scored. Sortable by every column.
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1	Dekalb Avenue2,711 reports	75	26	40	64	87	68	40% inside Bed-Stuy
2	Herkimer Place81 reports	4	79	87	52	74	67	100%
3	Kane Place41 reports · 71% rent-stabilized	82	95	98	37	58	66	100%
4	Skillman Street168 reports	90	41	45	79	68	66	100%
5	Agate Court12 reports	95	18	78	45	66	63	100%
6	Fulton Street4,880 reports	63	54	13	36	94	63	36% inside Bed-Stuy
7	Myrtle Avenue2,805 reports	66	21	27	34	87	63	32% inside Bed-Stuy
8	Tompkins Avenue1,246 reports	51	55	30	57	75	62	100%
9	Hart Street1,741 reports	45	15	65	53	85	61	49% inside Bed-Stuy
10	Verona Place14 reports	41	65	74	12	74	61	100%
11	Irving Place48 reports	67	18	98	11	70	60	30% inside Bed-Stuy
12	Jefferson Avenue2,174 reports	43	23	74	43	80	59	70% inside Bed-Stuy
13	Kent Avenue1,348 reports	45	11	32	91	63	59	18% inside Bed-Stuy
14	Brevoort Place58 reports	35	92	23	49	79	58	100%
15	Malcolm X Boulevard835 reports	26	15	79	54	74	58	100%
16	Patchen Avenue844 reports	47	15	36	53	77	58	100%
17	Franklin Avenue2,381 reports	36	11	29	67	86	57	53% inside Bed-Stuy
18	Greene Avenue3,033 reports	31	16	59	47	82	57	51% inside Bed-Stuy
19	Lafayette Avenue2,373 reports	50	12	37	44	85	57	60% inside Bed-Stuy
20	Macon Street1,207 reports	51	4	71	36	81	57	93% inside Bed-Stuy
21	Hopkins Street30 reports	41	82	35	38	74	56	100%
22	Marcus Garvey Boulevard764 reports	47	20	39	66	70	56	100%
23	Alice Court16 reports	86	46	57	2	67	55	100%
24	Classon Avenue4,972 reports	46	20	26	72	82	55	21% inside Bed-Stuy
25	Claver Place53 reports	15	81	52	5	75	55	100%
26	Lefferts Place468 reports	48	13	81	30	79	55	74% inside Bed-Stuy
27	Throop Avenue810 reports	78	19	10	61	76	55	77% inside Bed-Stuy
28	Lewis Avenue531 reports	63	54	17	31	70	54	100%
29	Spencer Court63 reports · 56% rent-stabilized	24	3	28	95	86	54	100%
30	Clifton Place691 reports	22	7	63	27	87	53	71% inside Bed-Stuy
31	Mac Donough Street1,495 reports	57	5	53	31	80	53	88% inside Bed-Stuy
32	Putnam Avenue2,566 reports	26	9	64	34	76	53	67% inside Bed-Stuy
33	Suydam Place17 reports	30	5	68	81	59	53	100%
34	Atlantic Avenue4,320 reports	48	19	15	40	90	52	14% inside Bed-Stuy
35	Decatur Street1,587 reports	40	11	47	36	81	52	57% inside Bed-Stuy
36	Hancock Street1,996 reports	40	15	43	41	81	52	68% inside Bed-Stuy
37	Kosciuszko Street737 reports	40	12	58	11	78	52	92% inside Bed-Stuy
38	Marcy Avenue1,164 reports	33	7	15	30	88	52	53% inside Bed-Stuy
39	Sandford Street39 reports	56	93	33	18	58	52	100%
40	Saratoga Avenue904 reports	72	22	18	37	69	52	13% inside Bed-Stuy
41	Spencer Place191 reports	4	2	87	36	77	52	100%
42	Willoughby Avenue2,451 reports	20	6	50	38	84	52	46% inside Bed-Stuy
43	Columbus Place80 reports	80	39	48	8	72	51	100%
44	Marion Street534 reports	20	19	52	32	76	51	52% inside Bed-Stuy
45	Nostrand Avenue8,283 reports	29	5	48	43	74	51	17% inside Bed-Stuy
46	Hull Street1,769 reports	0	27	73	34	73	50	13% inside Bed-Stuy
47	Kossuth Place38 reports	10	75	33	13	71	50	13% inside Bed-Stuy
48	Quincy Street1,667 reports	35	18	49	28	78	50	95% inside Bed-Stuy
49	Albany Avenue2,027 reports	63	40	17	47	57	49	6% inside Bed-Stuy
50	Bainbridge Street1,191 reports	7	3	61	13	82	49	78% inside Bed-Stuy
51	Bedford Avenue7,415 reports	31	9	35	56	79	49	14% inside Bed-Stuy
52	Herkimer Court9 reports	73	32	42	6	67	49	100%
53	Spencer Street447 reports	54	46	56	32	67	49	100%
54	Sumpter Street1,021 reports	23	4	67	39	73	48	46% inside Bed-Stuy
55	Gates Avenue3,160 reports	21	12	31	17	83	47	57% inside Bed-Stuy
56	Halsey Street1,866 reports	37	13	15	26	83	47	65% inside Bed-Stuy
57	Howard Avenue1,394 reports	63	10	14	25	74	47	30% inside Bed-Stuy
58	Lexington Avenue1,211 reports	13	5	66	12	76	47	93% inside Bed-Stuy
59	St Andrews Place24 reports	25	44	54	27	70	47	100%
60	Stuyvesant Avenue849 reports	48	12	14	36	69	47	100%
61	Arlington Place162 reports	8	12	34	35	79	46	100%
62	Chauncey Street1,530 reports	27	16	49	29	78	46	50% inside Bed-Stuy
63	Madison Street2,202 reports	16	21	51	19	76	46	75% inside Bed-Stuy
64	Herkimer Street2,506 reports	17	26	33	11	83	44	57% inside Bed-Stuy
65	Mac Dougal Street750 reports	19	30	26	11	76	44	37% inside Bed-Stuy
66	Vernon Avenue1,158 reports	9	3	55	13	79	44	100%
67	Downing Street173 reports	42	13	27	32	73	43	18% inside Bed-Stuy
68	Monroe Street1,594 reports	13	6	53	13	72	43	100%
69	Van Buren Street673 reports	33	19	25	33	65	43	88% inside Bed-Stuy
70	Buffalo Avenue577 reports	74	11	1	21	63	42	15% inside Bed-Stuy
71	Rochester Avenue595 reports	31	11	2	13	75	42	12% inside Bed-Stuy
72	Taaffe Place418 reports	28	20	39	30	67	42	83% inside Bed-Stuy
73	Walworth Street100 reports	90	17	10	5	60	42	100%
74	Pulaski Street743 reports	19	4	22	11	77	40	100%
75	Ellery Street324 reports	11	13	18	7	80	39	79% inside Bed-Stuy
76	Park Avenue913 reports	15	7	12	9	70	35	36% inside Bed-Stuy
77	Ralph Avenue2,336 reports	24	15	4	13	57	35	21% inside Bed-Stuy
78	Stockton Street285 reports	2	5	26	2	62	35	100%
79	Little Nassau Street51 reports	·	·	·	·	31	not scored	100%
80	Hattie Jones Place4 reports	·	·	·	·	·	not scored	100%
81	Hunterfly Place21 reports	·	·	·	·	59	not scored	100%
82	Perry Place7 reports	·	·	·	·	91	not scored	100%
83	Delmonico Place17 reports	·	·	·	·	67	not scored	100%
84	Martin Luther King Jr Place23 reports	·	·	·	·	79	not scored	100%
85	Jewell Mckoy Lane4 reports	·	·	·	·	·	not scored	100%
86	Warsoff Place5 reports	·	·	·	·	51	not scored	100%
87	Bedford Place12 reports	·	·	·	·	76	not scored	100%

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Questions about Bed-Stuy

Is Bed-Stuy quiet?

Bed-Stuy averages 40 on quietness, 36th of 48 Brooklyn neighborhoods. Its streets run from 0 to 95.

What is the best street in Bed-Stuy?

Herkimer Pl scores 67, the highest of the 78 scored streets in Bed-Stuy.

What do people complain about in Bed-Stuy?

Illegal parking is the most common record on Bed-Stuy streets: 19,503 of 121,963 logged complaints and violations, 16%.