20 Avenue, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade B+, 76 out of 100. How does 20 Avenue in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B+, livability 76 out of 100.
Calm 76, ranked against busy avenues. Access 75, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most busy avenues, and a lot within a walk.
That puts 20 Avenue in the top 4% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on infrastructure (96) and tree cover (93); cleanliness (40) is the weak spot.
On the record
Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on 20 Avenue, with 515 reports, and cleanliness ranks 40 among busy avenues. HPD has cited 32 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, 93 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, infrastructure ranks 96 among busy avenues. About 40% of the 1,809 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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