160 Street, Queens NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026

Grade C, 44 out of 100. How does 160 Street in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade C, livability 44 out of 100.

Calm 37, ranked against numbered streets. Access 57, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most numbered streets, but a lot within a walk.

That puts 160 Street in the bottom 29% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on housing (65) and tree cover (100); cleanliness (5) is the weak spot.

On the record

Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on 160 Street, with 850 reports, and cleanliness ranks 5 among numbered streets. HPD has cited 91 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 3 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 167 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, housing ranks 65 among numbered streets. Only about 9% of the 3,594 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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