Barrow Street, Manhattan NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade B+, 67 out of 100. How does Barrow Street in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B+, livability 67 out of 100.
Calm 54, ranked against built-up residential streets. Access 90, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most built-up residential streets, and a lot within a walk.
That puts Barrow Street in the top 11% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on traffic safety (84) and food nearby (98); quietness (25) is the weak spot.
On the record
Heat and hot water is the most-filed complaint on Barrow Street, with 51 reports. HPD has cited 19 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 4 per 100 homes on file. On the other side, traffic safety ranks 84 among built-up residential streets. Only about 10% of the 509 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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