21 Street, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026

Grade C+, 54 out of 100. How does 21 Street in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade C+, livability 54 out of 100.

Calm 48, ranked against numbered streets. Access 66, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most numbered streets, but a lot within a walk.

That puts 21 Street in the top 38% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on infrastructure (90) and food nearby (83); housing (24) is the weak spot.

On the record

Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on 21 Street, with 74 reports. HPD has cited 52 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 10 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 14 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, infrastructure ranks 90 among numbered streets. Only about 9% of the 533 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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