15 Avenue, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026

Grade B+, 72 out of 100. How does 15 Avenue in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade B+, livability 72 out of 100.

Calm 79, ranked against busy avenues. Access 60, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most busy avenues, and a lot within a walk.

That puts 15 Avenue in the top 6% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on quietness (97) and tree cover (94); food nearby (45) is the weak spot. Access is 35% of this grade. If you drive, it likely understates your block.

On the record

Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on 15 Avenue, with 518 reports. HPD has cited 52 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 2 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 102 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, quietness ranks 97 among busy avenues. About 22% of the 2,784 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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