72 Drive, Queens NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C, 43 out of 100. How does 72 Drive in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C, livability 43 out of 100.
Calm 40, ranked against built-up residential streets. Access 49, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most built-up residential streets, and little within a walk.
That puts 72 Drive in the bottom 26% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on cleanliness (74) and tree cover (78); infrastructure (2) is the weak spot.
On the record
Heat and hot water is the most-filed complaint on 72 Drive, with 48 reports. HPD has cited 54 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 16 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 9 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, cleanliness ranks 74 among built-up residential streets. About 42% of the 328 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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