168 Street, Queens NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C, 40 out of 100. How does 168 Street in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C, livability 40 out of 100.
Calm 35, ranked against numbered streets. Access 49, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most numbered streets, and little within a walk.
That puts 168 Street in the bottom 18% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on quietness (72) and tree cover (99); traffic safety (10) is the weak spot.
On the record
Crashes are the mark against 168 Street. 152 people have been injured in reported crashes here since 2021, and traffic safety ranks 10 among numbered streets. HPD has cited 109 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 7 per 100 homes on file. Complaints are rare by comparison. Illegal parking is the most-filed, with 123 reports. Tree cover ranks 99, the strongest of the ten dimensions, and access ranks 49 against every street in the city. Only about 17% of the 1,617 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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