5 Avenue, Manhattan NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade B+, 67 out of 100. How does 5 Avenue in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B+, livability 67 out of 100.
Calm 51, ranked against major corridors. Access 96, 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 11% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on traffic safety (77) and tree cover (100); quietness (20) is the weak spot.
On the record
Residential noise is the most-filed complaint on 5 Avenue, with 1,479 reports, and the block ranks in the louder half of major corridors. HPD has cited 353 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 2 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 332 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, traffic safety ranks 77 among major corridors. Only about 19% of the 16,775 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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