Lower East Side

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The middle street in Lower East Side scores 54 out of 100, 19th of 24 Manhattan neighborhoods. Dirty and crash-prone by Manhattan standards.

29,564 reports and violations · counted through Sep 8, 2026

Median livability · 19th of 24 in Manhattan

Jackson St 41Manhattan median 67Cherry St 81

Ridge St41 Grand St69

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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 worst blocks, drawn on Lower East Side

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 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 Street499 reports	73	86	90	84	73	81	19% inside Lower East Side
2	Water Street931 reports	51	82	62	91	89	79	21% inside Lower East Side
3	Bialystoker Place12 reports	99	91	94	47	67	77	100%
4	Grand Street1,104 reports	75	9	25	74	92	69	59% inside Lower East Side
5	Delancey Street777 reports	59	15	7	49	89	62	100%
6	Norfolk Street355 reports	29	10	60	55	87	62	100%
7	Broome Street1,327 reports	39	9	42	55	90	61	48% inside Lower East Side
8	Madison Street1,088 reports	24	26	45	41	86	61	25% inside Lower East Side
9	Orchard Street1,964 reports	2	4	87	22	90	61	65% inside Lower East Side
10	Pitt Street809 reports	5	81	62	7	73	60	100%
11	Eldridge Street1,151 reports	4	0	82	19	90	59	58% inside Lower East Side
12	Henry Street680 reports	26	5	68	26	87	58	24% inside Lower East Side
13	Monroe Street264 reports · 55% rent-stabilized	37	0	86	11	83	56	16% inside Lower East Side
14	Clinton Street758 reports	23	5	42	23	86	54	64% inside Lower East Side
15	East Houston Street880 reports	51	21	2	22	90	54	41% inside Lower East Side
16	East Broadway813 reports	40	0	28	17	87	53	45% inside Lower East Side
17	Rivington Street1,053 reports	25	1	34	32	87	53	99% inside Lower East Side
18	Essex Street416 reports	29	4	7	9	88	51	74% inside Lower East Side
19	Ludlow Street970 reports	3	1	48	3	86	51	67% inside Lower East Side
20	Attorney Street135 reports	15	12	51	2	77	50	96% inside Lower East Side
21	Forsyth Street499 reports	8	7	36	16	90	50	52% inside Lower East Side
22	Bowery1,374 reports	28	0	7	24	94	49	17% inside Lower East Side
23	Baruch Place6 reports	88	49	59	1	32	48	100%
24	Allen Street779 reports	8	1	8	5	95	46	64% inside Lower East Side
25	Chrystie Street514 reports	14	1	3	4	89	45	68% inside Lower East Side
26	Montgomery Street77 reports	17	27	11	50	70	45	30% inside Lower East Side
27	Suffolk Street581 reports	7	5	28	6	87	45	97% inside Lower East Side
28	Stanton Street883 reports	17	6	24	14	78	42	100%
29	Jackson Street104 reports · single development	11	26	17	9	55	41	100%
30	Ridge Street155 reports	19	21	20	1	81	41	97% inside Lower East Side
31	Columbia Street229 reports	·	·	·	·	56	not scored	100%
32	Franklin D Roosevelt Drive162 reports	·	·	·	·	·	not scored	16% inside Lower East Side
33	Cannon Street0 reports	·	·	·	·	·	not scored	100%
34	Sheriff Street5 reports	·	·	·	·	73	not scored	100%
35	Mangin Street2 reports	·	·	·	·	·	not scored	92% inside Lower East Side
36	Gouverneur Slip E4 reports	·	·	·	·	·	not scored	100%
37	Baruch Drive224 reports	·	·	·	·	39	not scored	100%
38	Gouverneur Slip W1 reports	·	·	·	·	·	not scored	100%
39	Abraham Kazan Street0 reports	·	·	·	·	·	not scored	100%
40	Freeman Alley8 reports	·	·	·	·	98	not scored	100%
41	Gouverneur Street86 reports	·	·	·	·	56	not scored	100%
42	Lewis Street8 reports	·	·	·	·	48	not scored	100%
43	Jefferson Street57 reports	·	·	·	·	80	not scored	22% inside Lower East Side
44	Samuel Dickstein Plaza0 reports	·	·	·	·	·	not scored	100%

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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 2 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%.