164 Street, Queens NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade D, 33 out of 100. How does 164 Street in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade D, livability 33 out of 100.
Calm 25, ranked against numbered streets. Access 47, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most numbered streets, and little within a walk.
That puts 164 Street in the bottom 7% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on cleanliness (50) and tree cover (99); quietness (2) is the weak spot.
On the record
Drug activity is the most-filed complaint on 164 Street, with 5,342 reports. HPD has cited 107 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 5 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 308 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, cleanliness ranks 50 among numbered streets. About 20% of the 2,041 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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