163 Street, Queens NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C, 46 out of 100. How does 163 Street in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C, livability 46 out of 100.
Calm 42, ranked against numbered streets. Access 53, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most numbered streets, but a lot within a walk.
That puts 163 Street in the bottom 35% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on quietness (53) and tree cover (95); housing (21) is the weak spot.
On the record
Unsanitary condition is the most-filed complaint on 163 Street, with 162 reports. HPD has cited 127 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 12 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 36 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, quietness ranks 53 among numbered streets. Only about 13% of the 1,040 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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