263 Street, Queens: Grade C+ · 311, HPD & Crash Data
Grade C+, 58 out of 100. How does 263 Street in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 58 out of 100.
Calm 68, ranked against numbered streets. Access 39, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most numbered streets, but little within a walk.
That puts 263 Street in the top 28% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on quietness (99) and tree cover (92). Transit (15) is the weak spot. Access is 35% of this grade. If you drive, it likely understates your block.
On the record
NYPD collision records are what stand out on 263 Street. Since 2021, reported crashes on 263 Street have injured 35 people, and traffic safety ranks 24 among numbered streets. Complaints are rare by comparison. Illegal parking is the most-filed, with 104 reports. The whole 311 file on 263 Street holds 119 reports, and illegal parking is 87% of it. After that the file runs to residential noise (14 reports) and abandoned vehicle (12). In all, 32 distinct 311 categories are represented on 263 Street. The 311 file works out to about 18 reports for every 100 homes on 263 Street.
No Class C violation, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, sits on 263 Street. City housing records put 656 homes in 249 residential buildings on 263 Street, 8 of them walk-up apartment buildings and 0 of them buildings with an elevator. The average building on 263 Street holds about 2.6 homes.
Among numbered streets, 263 Street ranks 98 on cleanliness and 24 on traffic safety. A 24 on traffic safety places 263 Street in the weakest quarter of numbered streets. Measured against numbered streets, housing sits at 98 and infrastructure at 36. The citywide frame puts food nearby at 45 and transit at 15. 263 Street ranks 92 on tree cover, the best of its three citywide measures. The band those ranks are drawn from holds about 990 numbered streets.
Quietness is where 263 Street ranks best against numbered streets, at 99.
None of the 656 homes on file 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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263 Street runs through Glen Oaks and Douglaston, where every scored street in the neighborhood is ranked beside it.
Every scored street in Queens, the citywide rankings of all 5,700+ graded streets, or Queens vs Brooklyn: How the Two Boroughs Score (2026 Data).