253 Street, Queens NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C, 44 out of 100. How does 253 Street in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C, livability 44 out of 100.
Calm 51, ranked against numbered streets. Access 31, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most numbered streets, but little within a walk.
That puts 253 Street in the bottom 29% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on housing (95) and tree cover (92); infrastructure (4) is the weak spot. Access is 35% of this grade. If you drive, it likely understates your block.
On the record
Crashes are the mark against 253 Street. 26 people have been injured in reported crashes here since 2021, and traffic safety ranks 15 among numbered streets. Complaints are rare by comparison. Illegal parking is the most-filed, with 35 reports. Housing ranks 95, the strongest of the ten dimensions, and access ranks 31 against every street in the city. None of the 356 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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