245 Street, Queens: Grade C+ · 311, HPD & Crash Data
Grade C+, 55 out of 100. How does 245 Street in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 55 out of 100.
Calm 67, ranked against numbered streets. Access 32, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most numbered streets, but little within a walk.
That puts 245 Street in the top 36% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on parking (96) and tree cover (75). Transit (6) is the weak spot. Access is 35% of this grade. If you drive, it likely understates your block.
On the record
More 311 reports on 245 Street name damaged tree than any other category, 14 of them. In all, 40 distinct 311 categories are represented on 245 Street.
The HPD file on 245 Street holds no Class C violation, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk. 143 residential buildings on 245 Street hold the 164 homes on file, 1 of them walk-up apartment buildings and 0 of them buildings with an elevator.
Since 2021, 8 people have been injured in reported crashes here.
Of the ten measures on the card, housing ranks 95 among numbered streets and infrastructure ranks 25. A 25 on infrastructure places 245 Street in the weaker half of numbered streets. Measured against numbered streets, cleanliness sits at 94 and traffic safety at 30. Against every street in the city, 245 Street ranks 48 on food nearby and 6 on transit. Of the three measures ranked citywide, tree cover is the strongest on 245 Street, at 75. 245 Street is ranked against about 990 numbered streets citywide.
The strongest band-ranked measure on 245 Street is parking, at 96.
Of the 164 homes on file, none are rent-stabilized.
Scores are built from 311 complaints, HPD violations, NYPD crash records, NYPD felony complaint 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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245 Street runs through Douglaston, Rosedale and Bellerose, where every scored street in the neighborhood is ranked beside it.
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