Avenue U, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026

Grade B, 66 out of 100. How does Avenue U in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade B, livability 66 out of 100.

Calm 71, ranked against busy avenues. Access 56, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most busy avenues, and a lot within a walk.

That puts Avenue U in the top 12% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on housing (97) and tree cover (97); cleanliness (28) 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 Avenue U, with 337 reports, and cleanliness ranks 28 among busy avenues. HPD has cited 42 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 3 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 337 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, housing ranks 97 among busy avenues. Only about 10% of the 1,290 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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