Lower East Side

Manhattan30 scored streetsAlso covers BoweryFJMZ

The middle street in Lower East Side scores 54 out of 100, 19th of 24 Manhattan neighborhoods.

Median livability · 19th of 24 in Manhattan

Jackson St 41Manhattan median 67Cherry St 81

11 of 30 scored Lower East Side streets grade B or better.

Best blockGrand St 69Lowest-scoring blockRidge St 41

29,564 reports and violations · counted through Sep 15, 2026

Ridge St41 Grand St69

Best and lowest-scoring blocksFull map ↓

Where Lower East Side is strong, and where it is not

Each row is Lower East Side'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.

Quiet3019th of 24 in Manhattan

Clean2023rd of 24 in Manhattan

Traffic safety4023rd of 24 in Manhattan

Street crime2323rd of 24 in Manhattan

Access8021st of 24 in Manhattan

Most filedResidential noise, 3,787 of 29,564 reports (13%)

The best and lowest-scoring blocks on Lower East Side

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

Ridge St41 Grand St69East VillageChinatownSoHo¼ miN ↑

Every street in Lower East Side, ranked

44 streets, 30 scored

44 streets in Lower East Side, 30 of them scored. Sortable by every column.
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1	Cherry Street495 reports	73	86	90	84	73	81	19% inside Lower East Side
2	Water Street909 reports	51	81	62	91	89	79	21% inside Lower East Side
3	Bialystoker Place12 reports	99	91	94	48	66	76	100%
4	Grand Street1,079 reports	75	9	25	74	92	69	59% inside Lower East Side
5	Delancey Street762 reports	59	15	7	49	89	62	100%
6	Norfolk Street342 reports	30	10	60	55	86	62	100%
7	Broome Street1,301 reports	39	9	42	55	90	61	48% inside Lower East Side
8	Madison Street1,063 reports	23	30	45	41	86	61	25% inside Lower East Side
9	Orchard Street1,937 reports	1	4	87	22	90	60	65% inside Lower East Side
10	Pitt Street798 reports	5	80	62	7	73	60	100%
11	Eldridge Street1,135 reports	4	0	82	19	90	59	58% inside Lower East Side
12	Henry Street665 reports	28	4	68	26	87	58	24% inside Lower East Side
13	Monroe Street263 reports · 55% rent-stabilized	36	0	86	11	83	56	16% inside Lower East Side
14	Clinton Street748 reports	23	5	42	23	86	54	64% inside Lower East Side
15	East Broadway782 reports	40	0	28	17	87	54	45% inside Lower East Side
16	East Houston Street865 reports	50	20	2	22	90	54	41% inside Lower East Side
17	Rivington Street1,030 reports	25	1	34	32	87	53	99% inside Lower East Side
18	Essex Street406 reports	30	5	7	9	88	51	74% inside Lower East Side
19	Ludlow Street932 reports	3	1	48	3	86	51	67% inside Lower East Side
20	Forsyth Street492 reports	8	7	36	16	90	50	52% inside Lower East Side
21	Attorney Street134 reports	14	12	51	2	77	49	96% inside Lower East Side
22	Bowery1,360 reports	28	0	7	24	94	49	17% inside Lower East Side
23	Baruch Place6 reports	87	48	59	1	32	48	100%
24	Allen Street767 reports	8	1	8	5	95	46	64% inside Lower East Side
25	Chrystie Street497 reports	15	1	3	4	89	45	68% inside Lower East Side
26	Montgomery Street73 reports	20	27	11	50	70	45	30% inside Lower East Side
27	Suffolk Street548 reports	7	5	28	6	87	45	97% inside Lower East Side
28	Stanton Street868 reports	17	6	24	14	78	42	100%
29	Jackson Street104 reports · single development	10	25	17	9	55	41	100%
30	Ridge Street152 reports	19	21	20	1	81	41	97% inside Lower East Side
31	Columbia Street225 reports	·	·	·	·	56	not scored	100%
32	Gouverneur Slip E4 reports	·	·	·	·	·	not scored	100%
33	Sheriff Street5 reports	·	·	·	·	73	not scored	100%
34	Baruch Drive217 reports	·	·	·	·	39	not scored	100%
35	Mangin Street1 reports	·	·	·	·	·	not scored	92% inside Lower East Side
36	Cannon Street0 reports	·	·	·	·	·	not scored	100%
37	Franklin D Roosevelt Drive152 reports	·	·	·	·	·	not scored	16% inside Lower East Side
38	Freeman Alley7 reports	·	·	·	·	98	not scored	100%
39	Gouverneur Street85 reports	·	·	·	·	56	not scored	100%
40	Gouverneur Slip W1 reports	·	·	·	·	·	not scored	100%
41	Lewis Street6 reports	·	·	·	·	48	not scored	100%
42	Samuel Dickstein Plaza0 reports	·	·	·	·	·	not scored	100%
43	Abraham Kazan Street0 reports	·	·	·	·	·	not scored	100%
44	Jefferson Street56 reports	·	·	·	·	80	not scored	22% inside Lower East Side

Next door to Lower East Side

East Village6627 streets

Chinatown5636 streets

SoHo6636 streets

Greenwich Village6741 streets

Questions about Lower East Side

Is Lower East Side quiet?

Lower East Side averages 30 on quietness, 19th of 24 Manhattan neighborhoods. Its streets run from 1 to 99.

What is the best street in Lower East Side?

Grand St scores 69, the highest of the 30 scored streets in Lower East Side.

What do people complain about in Lower East Side?

Residential noise is the most common record on Lower East Side streets: 3,787 of 29,564 logged complaints and violations, 13%.