Long Island City & Hunters Point

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Long Island City's middle street scores 60 of 100, 1st of 57 Queens neighborhoods, and it holds the borough's highest access reading at 74 of 100. Half of its 46 scored streets grade B or better. The other half is the reason to read the block rather than the rank: ten of them grade C or lower, and the scores run from 37 to 96. Hunter St, the best-scoring residential block, reads 85, and 5th St reads 43.

Illegal parking accounts for 19,499 of the 53,456 complaints and violations filed on these streets, 36% of the log, and 50th Ave carries 9,590 records on its own. Quietness reads 64 of 100, 7th in Queens, and cleanliness 63, 12th. Sunnyside is the next page east, where the middle street scores 57.

Median livability · 1st of 57 in Queens

Borden Ave 37Queens median 48Queens St 96

23 of 46 scored Long Island City streets grade B or better.

Best blockHunter St 85Lowest-scoring block5th St 43

53,456 reports and violations · counted through Sep 15, 2026

5th St43 Hunter St85

Best and lowest-scoring blocksFull map ↓

Long Island City on the record

Long Island City's 46 scored streets run from 37 to 96, and half of them sit between 48 and 75.
23 of those 46 streets grade B or better and 10 grade C or lower.
Hunter St scores 85, the best of the residential blocks at least half inside Long Island City, and 5th St scores 43, the lowest.
Access averages 74 of 100, 1st of 57 Queens neighborhoods, and traffic safety averages 60, 4th.
Quietness averages 64, 7th of 57, and the neighborhood's streets run from 2 to 98 on that column.
Illegal parking is the most-filed record on Long Island City streets, 19,499 of 53,456 complaints and violations, or 36% of the log.
50th Ave carries 9,590 of those records, more than any other street in the neighborhood.
Hunters Point, LIC and Queens West all resolve to this page.

Where Long Island City is strong, and where it is not

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

Quiet647th of 57 in Queens

Clean6312th of 57 in Queens

Traffic safety604th of 57 in Queens

Street crime701st of 57 in Queens

Access741st of 57 in Queens

Most filedIllegal parking, 19,499 of 53,456 reports (36%)

The best and lowest-scoring blocks on Long Island City

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 Long Island City, ranked

57 streets, 46 scored

57 streets in Long Island City, 46 of them scored. Sortable by every column.
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1	Orchard Street65 reports · single development	98	98	98	96	97	96	100%
2	Queens Street44 reports · single development	94	98	99	92	97	96	100%
3	Hunter Street173 reports · 87% rent-stabilized	85	99	99	74	82	85	100%
4	Jackson Avenue1,380 reports · 55% rent-stabilized	93	87	58	94	88	82	100%
5	Malt Drive130 reports · single development	94	99	99	100	57	82	100%
6	Pearson Street57 reports · 57% rent-stabilized	60	57	95	89	81	80	100%
7	Purves Street201 reports · single development	66	63	81	88	96	80	100%
8	28 Street781 reports	92	51	84	91	82	79	8% inside Long Island City
9	42 Road229 reports	86	82	64	86	82	76	74% inside Long Island City
10	24 Street664 reports	78	74	85	72	71	75	11% inside Long Island City
11	27 Street797 reports	85	32	87	63	83	75	23% inside Long Island City
12	Davis Street73 reports · single development	23	100	52	62	95	75	100%
13	29 Street1,554 reports	71	36	78	85	88	73	10% inside Long Island City
14	Center Boulevard878 reports	45	65	97	97	58	70	100%
15	44 Drive359 reports	80	82	26	77	77	69	100%
16	30 Street970 reports	65	35	70	83	78	68	16% inside Long Island City
17	Crescent Street1,382 reports	75	46	29	79	84	67	8% inside Long Island City
18	Thomson Avenue89 reports · single development	42	98	3	65	88	65	32% inside Long Island City
19	Vernon Boulevard1,044 reports	36	61	62	73	70	64	43% inside Long Island City
20	49 Avenue783 reports	94	17	68	87	67	63	46% inside Long Island City
21	50 Avenue9,590 reports	84	60	76	76	54	63	16% inside Long Island City
22	2 Street431 reports	86	64	99	95	18	62	63% inside Long Island City
23	45 Avenue1,696 reports	31	92	49	66	66	60	12% inside Long Island City
24	23 Street1,101 reports	63	21	39	65	87	58	17% inside Long Island City
25	51 Avenue833 reports	82	36	58	66	57	58	17% inside Long Island City
26	43 Avenue2,572 reports	42	72	42	52	71	57	10% inside Long Island City
27	9 Street443 reports	35	98	78	56	53	56	28% inside Long Island City
28	47 Avenue1,368 reports	60	64	38	72	60	55	13% inside Long Island City
29	48 Avenue1,732 reports	64	63	50	76	52	55	10% inside Long Island City
30	45 Road301 reports	78	43	43	24	68	54	26% inside Long Island City
31	10 Street1,095 reports	6	35	87	27	57	53	30% inside Long Island City
32	22 Street111 reports	91	56	2	3	78	52	22% inside Long Island City
33	46 Road217 reports	51	62	50	65	51	52	32% inside Long Island City
34	44 Avenue501 reports	24	82	53	21	69	50	17% inside Long Island City
35	11 Street637 reports	63	10	8	59	76	48	63% inside Long Island City
36	46 Avenue1,239 reports	36	27	44	46	58	48	13% inside Long Island City
37	13 Street62 reports	88	6	18	2	66	46	30% inside Long Island City
38	43 Road31 reports	63	68	20	45	43	46	60% inside Long Island City
39	54 Avenue965 reports	53	37	76	21	49	46	10% inside Long Island City
40	12 Street2,303 reports	2	26	48	12	64	45	12% inside Long Island City
41	53 Avenue890 reports	72	59	41	23	42	44	5% inside Long Island City
42	Queens Plz S68 reports	34	29	2	5	79	44	100%
43	47 Road400 reports	24	18	30	46	80	43	74% inside Long Island City
44	5 Street240 reports	35	3	10	86	58	43	76% inside Long Island City
45	21 Street1,642 reports	16	5	3	24	76	40	22% inside Long Island City
46	Borden Avenue546 reports · 55% rent-stabilized	22	40	1	44	51	37	32% inside Long Island City
47	Crane Street27 reports	·	·	·	·	94	not scored	100%
48	11 Place1 reports	·	·	·	·	·	not scored	100%
49	Davis Court0 reports	·	·	·	·	·	not scored	100%
50	Arch Street0 reports	·	·	·	·	·	not scored	100%
51	25 Street30 reports	·	·	·	·	33	not scored	56% inside Long Island City
52	Pearson Place14 reports	·	·	·	·	53	not scored	100%
53	Court Sq W4 reports	·	·	·	·	·	not scored	100%
54	North Basin Road1 reports	·	·	·	·	·	not scored	100%
55	44 Road400 reports	·	·	·	·	75	not scored	100%
56	Austell Place5 reports	·	·	·	·	57	not scored	100%
57	Dutch Kills Street20 reports	·	·	·	·	96	not scored	100%

Next door to Long Island City

Queensbridge5737 streets

Sunnyside5744 streets

Questions about Long Island City

Is Long Island City a good place to live?

Long Island City's middle street scores 60 of 100, the highest median of the 57 Queens neighborhoods that rank, and 23 of its 46 scored streets grade B or better. Ten grade C or lower, so the range is wide: Hunter St reads 85 and 5th St reads 43. Access is the strongest column at 74 of 100, first in Queens.

Is Long Island City quiet?

Quietness averages 64 of 100 across Long Island City's 46 scored streets, 7th of 57 Queens neighborhoods. The streets themselves run from 2 to 98 on that column.

Is Long Island City clean?

Cleanliness averages 63 of 100 in Long Island City, 12th of 57 Queens neighborhoods. Illegal parking is the most-filed record on these streets at 19,499 of 53,456 complaints and violations, 36% of everything logged.