12 Street, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade B+, 71 out of 100. How does 12 Street in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B+, livability 71 out of 100.
Calm 63, ranked against numbered streets. Access 85, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most numbered streets, and a lot within a walk.
That puts 12 Street in the top 7% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on traffic safety (95) and food nearby (90); cleanliness (13) is the weak spot.
On the record
Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on 12 Street, with 173 reports, and cleanliness ranks 13 among numbered streets. HPD has cited 98 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 8 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 9 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, traffic safety ranks 95 among numbered streets. Only about 14% of the 1,283 homes on file are rent-stabilized.
Scores are built from 311 complaints, HPD violations, NYPD crash records, MTA stop locations, DOHMH food permits, and the street tree census, divided by the homes and businesses on the street, updated weekly. Read the scoring method or the data sources.
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