Barnes Avenue, Bronx NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026

Grade C, 44 out of 100. How does Barnes Avenue in Bronx rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade C, livability 44 out of 100.

Calm 28, ranked against busy avenues. Access 75, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most busy avenues, but a lot within a walk.

That puts Barnes Avenue in the bottom 29% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on cleanliness (60) and tree cover (94); housing (7) is the weak spot.

On the record

Residential noise is the most-filed complaint on Barnes Avenue, with 659 reports. HPD has cited 717 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 26 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 121 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, cleanliness ranks 60 among busy avenues. About 35% of the 2,794 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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