Prospect Heights

Brooklyn19 scored streets

Prospect Heights' middle street scores 53 of 100, 29th of 48 Brooklyn neighborhoods. That median rests on 19 scored streets, so one block moves it further here than in a neighborhood with 80. Six of the 19 grade B or better and one grades C or lower. The streets run from 46 to 76, and the two residential ends are close together, Underhill Ave at 68 and Butler Pl at 61.

Access reads 81 of 100, 2nd in Brooklyn, and traffic safety 60, 4th. Quietness is the weak column at 34, 42nd of 48. Illegal parking is the most-filed record on these streets, 18,015 of 69,699 complaints and violations, and St Johns Pl carries 6,586 of them. Park Slope is the next page southwest, with a middle street at 65.

Median livability · 29th of 48 in Brooklyn

St Johns Pl 46Brooklyn median 55Vanderbilt Ave 76

6 of 19 scored Prospect Heights streets grade B or better.

Best blockUnderhill Ave 68Lowest-scoring blockButler Pl 61

69,699 reports and violations · counted through Sep 15, 2026

Butler Pl61 Underhill Ave68

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Prospect Heights on the record

Prospect Heights' 19 scored streets run from 46 to 76, and half of them sit between 50 and 62.
6 of those 19 streets grade B or better and 1 grades C or lower.
Underhill Ave scores 68, the best of the residential blocks at least half inside Prospect Heights, and Butler Pl scores 61, the lowest. Those two are only 7 points apart, so the full range of 46 to 76 is the better guide to the neighborhood.
Access averages 81 of 100, 2nd of 48 Brooklyn neighborhoods, and traffic safety averages 60, 4th.
Quietness averages 34, 42nd of 48, and the neighborhood's streets run from 4 to 93 on that column.
Illegal parking is the most-filed record on Prospect Heights streets, 18,015 of 69,699 complaints and violations, or 26% of the log.
St Johns Pl carries 6,586 of those records, more than any other street in the neighborhood.

Where Prospect Heights is strong, and where it is not

Each row is Prospect Heights'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.

Quiet3442nd of 48 in Brooklyn

Clean4330th of 48 in Brooklyn

Traffic safety604th of 48 in Brooklyn

Street crime5723rd of 48 in Brooklyn

Access812nd of 48 in Brooklyn

Most filedIllegal parking, 18,015 of 69,699 reports (26%)

The best and lowest-scoring blocks on Prospect Heights

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

Butler Pl61 Underhill Ave68Park SlopeCrown HeightsClinton HillBed-Stuy¼ miN ↑

Every street in Prospect Heights, ranked

19 streets, 19 scored

19 streets in Prospect Heights, 19 of them scored. Sortable by every column.
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1	Vanderbilt Avenue1,291 reports	83	77	34	95	90	76	24% inside Prospect Heights
2	Plaza St E196 reports · single development	93	95	32	73	76	70	22% inside Prospect Heights
3	Underhill Avenue366 reports	42	25	83	90	82	68	100%
4	Carlton Avenue1,306 reports	53	33	48	72	88	62	22% inside Prospect Heights
5	St Marks Avenue3,435 reports	45	8	67	55	85	62	20% inside Prospect Heights
6	Butler Place168 reports	4	96	98	34	72	61	100%
7	Washington Avenue2,284 reports	38	18	30	76	80	57	22% inside Prospect Heights
8	Classon Avenue4,846 reports	46	21	26	72	82	55	11% inside Prospect Heights
9	Grand Avenue1,005 reports	32	5	63	77	73	54	27% inside Prospect Heights
10	Dean Street3,493 reports	37	32	24	44	90	53	15% inside Prospect Heights
11	Pacific Street4,948 reports	32	25	34	31	89	53	14% inside Prospect Heights
12	Atlantic Avenue4,247 reports	49	19	15	40	90	52	5% inside Prospect Heights
13	Bergen Street5,139 reports	35	24	24	38	91	50	14% inside Prospect Heights
14	Flatbush Avenue4,016 reports	45	18	28	56	66	50	3% inside Prospect Heights
15	Lincoln Place4,126 reports	6	23	61	26	87	50	11% inside Prospect Heights
16	Park Place3,660 reports	38	18	32	21	87	49	20% inside Prospect Heights
17	Prospect Place3,617 reports	17	17	48	30	83	49	20% inside Prospect Heights
18	Sterling Place3,831 reports	16	40	39	28	83	49	27% inside Prospect Heights
19	St Johns Place6,586 reports	8	13	19	25	87	46	14% inside Prospect Heights

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Questions about Prospect Heights

Is Prospect Heights a good place to live?

Prospect Heights' middle street scores 53 of 100, 29th of 48 Brooklyn neighborhoods, and six of its 19 scored streets grade B or better while one grades C or lower. Access is the strongest column at 81 of 100, second in Brooklyn, and traffic safety reads 60, fourth. Quietness is the weakest at 34, 42nd of 48.

Is Prospect Heights quiet?

Quietness averages 34 of 100 across Prospect Heights' 19 scored streets, 42nd of 48 Brooklyn neighborhoods, and those streets run from 4 to 93 on the quiet column.

Is Prospect Heights clean?

Cleanliness averages 43 of 100 in Prospect Heights, 30th of 48 Brooklyn neighborhoods, which is the neighborhood's middle reading. Illegal parking is the most-filed record on these streets at 18,015 of 69,699 complaints and violations.