56 Avenue, Queens NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C+, 52 out of 100. How does 56 Avenue in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 52 out of 100.
Calm 55, ranked against busy avenues. Access 46, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most busy avenues, but little within a walk.
That puts 56 Avenue in the top 45% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on cleanliness (83) and tree cover (97); parking (22) is the weak spot.
On the record
Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on 56 Avenue, with 374 reports, and parking ranks 22 among busy avenues. HPD has cited 35 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, 54 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, cleanliness ranks 83 among busy avenues. About 27% of the 1,587 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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