Chelsea & Hudson Yards

Manhattan32 scored streets

The middle street in Chelsea scores 70 out of 100, 9th of 24 Manhattan neighborhoods.

Median livability · 9th of 24 in Manhattan

W 41st St 44Manhattan median 67W 23rd St 83

26 of 32 scored Chelsea streets grade B or better.

Best blockW 23rd St 83Lowest-scoring blockW 29th St 53

65,019 reports and violations · counted through Sep 15, 2026

W 29th St53 W 23rd St83

Best and lowest-scoring blocksFull map ↓

Where Chelsea is strong, and where it is not

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

Quiet498th of 24 in Manhattan

Clean538th of 24 in Manhattan

Traffic safety626th of 24 in Manhattan

Street crime4713th of 24 in Manhattan

Access903rd of 24 in Manhattan

Most filedEncampment, 8,789 of 65,019 reports (14%)

The best and lowest-scoring blocks on Chelsea

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

W 29th St53 W 23rd St83Midtown SouthHell's KitchenWest Village¼ miN ↑

Every street in Chelsea, ranked

37 streets, 32 scored

37 streets in Chelsea, 32 of them scored. Sortable by every column.
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1	West 23 Street1,030 reports	73	53	83	84	93	83	82% inside Chelsea
2	West 18 Street546 reports	56	56	91	71	90	80	80% inside Chelsea
3	West 19 Street390 reports	63	65	67	53	92	79	81% inside Chelsea
4	West 14 Street637 reports	71	57	84	38	90	78	79% inside Chelsea
5	West 16 Street467 reports	75	46	82	51	93	78	80% inside Chelsea
6	West 22 Street725 reports	48	32	92	64	95	78	81% inside Chelsea
7	West 28 Street639 reports · 80% rent-stabilized	56	73	68	60	91	77	56% inside Chelsea
8	West 15 Street500 reports	54	99	74	37	94	76	79% inside Chelsea
9	West 21 Street680 reports	52	18	88	63	93	76	81% inside Chelsea
10	West 37 Street547 reports · 85% rent-stabilized	59	80	53	52	90	76	45% inside Chelsea
11	Ave Of The Americas2,499 reports	65	74	35	44	98	75	15% inside Chelsea
12	West 35 Street423 reports	56	82	52	52	88	75	49% inside Chelsea
13	West 17 Street555 reports	52	56	82	41	86	72	80% inside Chelsea
14	West 24 Street565 reports	53	52	63	55	90	72	83% inside Chelsea
15	11 Avenue1,019 reports · 57% rent-stabilized	51	48	62	85	83	71	58% inside Chelsea
16	West 20 Street801 reports	25	38	82	54	92	70	81% inside Chelsea
17	West 30 Street1,229 reports	23	88	52	68	88	70	57% inside Chelsea
18	8 Avenue3,939 reports	37	49	68	42	93	69	48% inside Chelsea
19	9 Avenue2,481 reports	40	44	78	41	95	68	40% inside Chelsea
20	West 25 Street849 reports	21	40	73	27	91	68	81% inside Chelsea
21	West 34 Street408 reports	75	66	12	17	94	68	53% inside Chelsea
22	West 26 Street549 reports	36	86	47	54	87	67	55% inside Chelsea
23	West 39 Street274 reports	69	59	18	12	86	63	16% inside Chelsea
24	West 33 Street361 reports · single development	60	47	21	37	85	62	56% inside Chelsea
25	West 40 Street378 reports	46	84	18	13	87	61	25% inside Chelsea
26	10 Avenue2,642 reports	24	33	61	37	92	60	41% inside Chelsea
27	West 36 Street592 reports	49	38	17	16	90	55	45% inside Chelsea
28	West 31 Street395 reports · single development	49	21	14	15	83	54	39% inside Chelsea
29	West 29 Street671 reports	39	27	20	25	89	53	56% inside Chelsea
30	West 27 Street344 reports	17	11	20	16	87	52	37% inside Chelsea
31	7 Avenue4,624 reports	4	23	42	18	92	51	25% inside Chelsea
32	West 41 Street303 reports · 60% rent-stabilized	33	41	0	1	84	44	22% inside Chelsea
33	West 27 Drive46 reports	·	·	·	·	69	not scored	100%
34	Hudson Bl E0 reports	·	·	·	·	·	not scored	100%
35	Hudson Bl W0 reports	·	·	·	·	·	not scored	100%
36	Galvin Avenue0 reports	·	·	·	·	·	not scored	100%
37	Dyer Avenue11 reports	·	·	·	·	95	not scored	52% inside Chelsea

Next door to Chelsea

Midtown South7251 streets

Hell's Kitchen7024 streets

West Village7338 streets

Midtown7455 streets

Greenwich Village6741 streets

Questions about Chelsea

Is Chelsea quiet?

Chelsea averages 49 on quietness, 8th of 24 Manhattan neighborhoods. Its streets run from 4 to 75.

What is the best street in Chelsea?

W 23rd St scores 83, the highest of the 32 scored streets in Chelsea.

What do people complain about in Chelsea?

Encampment is the most common record on Chelsea streets: 8,789 of 65,019 logged complaints and violations, 14%.