Avenue M, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C+, 52 out of 100. How does Avenue M in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 52 out of 100.
Calm 54, ranked against busy avenues. Access 49, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most busy avenues, but little within a walk.
That puts Avenue M in the top 45% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on housing (90) and tree cover (98); traffic safety (15) is the weak spot.
On the record
Crashes are the mark against Avenue M. 294 people have been injured in reported crashes here since 2021, and traffic safety ranks 15 among busy avenues. HPD has cited 25 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 2 per 100 homes on file. Complaints are rare by comparison. Illegal parking is the most-filed, with 267 reports. Tree cover ranks 98, the strongest of the ten dimensions, and access ranks 49 against every street in the city. Only about 3% of the 1,600 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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