5 Avenue, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade B+, 75 out of 100. How does 5 Avenue in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B+, livability 75 out of 100.
Calm 69, ranked against major corridors. Access 86, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most major corridors, and a lot within a walk.
That puts 5 Avenue in the top 4% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on street crime (84) and tree cover (98); housing (46) is the weak spot.
On the record
Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on 5 Avenue, with 1,020 reports. HPD has cited 323 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 6 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 433 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, street crime ranks 84 among major corridors. About 22% of the 5,447 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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