Aquatic Drive, Queens: Grade B · 311, HPD & Crash Data
Grade B, 66 out of 100. How does Aquatic Drive in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B, livability 66 out of 100.
Calm 76, ranked against quiet residential streets. Access 48, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most quiet residential streets, but little within a walk.
That puts Aquatic Drive in the top 12% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on infrastructure (98) and tree cover (65). Food nearby (18) is the weak spot. Access is 35% of this grade. If you drive, it likely understates your block.
On the record
The HPD file on Aquatic Drive holds no Class C violation, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk. PLUTO counts 45 residential buildings and 90 homes on Aquatic Drive, with 0 walk-ups and 0 elevator buildings among them. The average building on Aquatic Drive holds about 2 homes.
NYPD records no injury from a reported crash on Aquatic Drive since 2021.
Against quiet residential streets, parking comes in at 96, with housing at 56. A 56 on housing places Aquatic Drive in the stronger half of quiet residential streets. Measured against quiet residential streets, traffic safety sits at 88 and quietness at 72. Against every street in the city, Aquatic Drive ranks 59 on transit and 18 on food nearby. Tree cover is the strongest of the three citywide measures here, at 65. About 1,970 quiet residential streets make up the band Aquatic Drive is scored inside.
The strongest band-ranked measure on Aquatic Drive is infrastructure, at 98.
The housing file records no rent-stabilized home among the 90 on Aquatic Drive.
Scores are built from 311 complaints, HPD violations, NYPD crash records, NYPD felony complaint 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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Aquatic Drive runs through Rockaway Beach, where every scored street in the neighborhood is ranked beside it.
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