71 Avenue, Queens NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade B, 59 out of 100. How does 71 Avenue in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B, livability 59 out of 100.
Calm 63, ranked against busy avenues. Access 51, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most busy avenues, but little within a walk.
That puts 71 Avenue in the top 25% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on cleanliness (91) and tree cover (98); transit (31) is the weak spot. Access is 35% of this grade. If you drive, it likely understates your block.
On the record
Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on 71 Avenue, with 236 reports. HPD has cited 53 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, 69 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, cleanliness ranks 91 among busy avenues. About 21% of the 2,487 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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