53 Drive, Queens NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade D, 34 out of 100. How does 53 Drive in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade D, livability 34 out of 100.
Calm 35, ranked against quiet residential streets. Access 33, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most quiet residential streets, and little within a walk.
That puts 53 Drive in the bottom 8% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on housing (58) and food nearby (59); parking (5) is the weak spot.
On the record
Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on 53 Drive, with 176 reports, and parking ranks 5 among quiet residential streets. Since 2021, 6 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, housing ranks 58 among quiet residential streets. About 22% of the 197 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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