Balcom Avenue, Bronx NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade B+, 69 out of 100. How does Balcom Avenue in Bronx rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B+, livability 69 out of 100.
Calm 85, ranked against busy avenues. Access 39, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most busy avenues, but little within a walk.
That puts Balcom Avenue in the top 9% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on cleanliness (99) and tree cover (82); transit (19) 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 Balcom Avenue, with 123 reports. HPD has cited 5 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 0 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 17 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, cleanliness ranks 99 among busy avenues. None of the 1,363 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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