42 Street, Queens NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade B, 63 out of 100. How does 42 Street in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B, livability 63 out of 100.
Calm 58, ranked against numbered streets. Access 73, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most numbered streets, and a lot within a walk.
That puts 42 Street in the top 17% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on street crime (81) and tree cover (96); parking (26) is the weak spot.
On the record
Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on 42 Street, with 496 reports, and parking ranks 26 among numbered streets. HPD has cited 143 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 5 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 57 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, street crime ranks 81 among numbered streets. About 30% of the 3,036 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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