Williamsburg
Williamsburg's middle street scores 55 of 100, 24th of the 48 Brooklyn neighborhoods with enough scored blocks to rank. Seventeen of its 56 scored streets grade B or better and five grade C or lower, so the address decides more than the name does. N 9th St, the best-scoring residential block, reads 69. Borinquen Pl reads 38. The 31 points between them sit inside one neighborhood.
Cleanliness is the weak column, averaging 15 of 100 across Williamsburg streets, the lowest average of the 48 Brooklyn neighborhoods. Access is the opposite reading at 76, 7th in the borough. Illegal parking is the most-filed record on these blocks, 6,074 of 49,510 complaints and violations, and Bedford Ave carries 7,313 records on its own. Greenpoint is next door to the northeast, where the middle street scores 58.
17 of 56 scored Williamsburg streets grade B or better.
Williamsburg on the record
- Williamsburg's 56 scored streets run from 37 to 81, and half of them sit between 50 and 59.
- 17 of those 56 streets grade B or better and 5 grade C or lower.
- N 9th St scores 69, the best of the residential blocks at least half inside Williamsburg, and Borinquen Pl scores 38, the lowest.
- Cleanliness averages 15 of 100, 48th of 48 Brooklyn neighborhoods, and Williamsburg's own streets run from 0 to 98 on that column.
- Quietness averages 30, 44th of 48, and access averages 76, 7th of 48.
- Illegal parking is the most-filed record on Williamsburg streets, 6,074 of 49,510 complaints and violations, or 12% of the log.
- Bedford Ave carries 7,313 of those records, more than any other street in the neighborhood.
Where Williamsburg is strong, and where it is not
Each row is Williamsburg'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.
The best and lowest-scoring blocks on Williamsburg
Every street with at least a tenth of its length inside the neighborhood. Streets are scored end to end.
Every street in Williamsburg, ranked
61 streets, 56 scored| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wharf Way11 reports · single development | 98 | 81 | 100% |
| 2 | North 4 Place66 reports · single development | 46 | 74 | 100% |
| 3 | Hewes Street259 reports | 91 | 72 | 26% inside Williamsburg |
| 4 | North 9 Street241 reports | 53 | 69 | 100% |
| 5 | North 6 Street621 reports · 57% rent-stabilized | 23 | 68 | 100% |
| 6 | Leonard Street887 reports | 82 | 66 | 11% inside Williamsburg |
| 7 | Driggs Avenue1,005 reports | 41 | 65 | 65% inside Williamsburg |
| 8 | South 10 Street41 reports | 49 | 65 | 100% |
| 9 | Devoe Street344 reports | 69 | 64 | 13% inside Williamsburg |
| 10 | North 7 Street423 reports | 41 | 63 | 100% |
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Questions about Williamsburg
Is Williamsburg a good place to live?
By the records this site scores, Williamsburg's middle street reads 55 of 100, 24th of 48 Brooklyn neighborhoods, and 17 of its 56 scored streets grade B or better. The spread is the part worth reading: N 9th St scores 69 and Borinquen Pl scores 38. Access is the strongest column at 76 of 100 and cleanliness the weakest at 15, the lowest average in Brooklyn.
Is Williamsburg quiet?
Quietness averages 30 of 100 across Williamsburg's 56 scored streets, 44th of 48 Brooklyn neighborhoods. Those streets run from 3 to 98 on the quiet column, so the block decides the answer.
Is Williamsburg clean?
Cleanliness averages 15 of 100 in Williamsburg, the lowest of the 48 Brooklyn neighborhoods with a score. Illegal parking is the most-filed record here at 6,074 of 49,510 complaints and violations, and the cleanest Williamsburg block reads 98 on the same column.