Bay 37 Street, Brooklyn: Grade C+ · 311, HPD & Crash Data

Grade C+, 57 out of 100. How does Bay 37 Street in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade C+, livability 57 out of 100.

Calm 54, ranked against built-up residential streets. Access 63, 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 Bay 37 Street in the top 30% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on cleanliness (76) and transit (71). Parking (10) is the weak spot.

On the record

More 311 reports on Bay 37 Street name illegal parking than any other category, 255 of them, and parking ranks 10 among built-up residential streets. After that the file runs to blocked driveway (40 reports) and heat and hot water (34). In all, 36 distinct 311 categories are represented on Bay 37 Street. About 66 reports per 100 homes sit on Bay 37 Street, counting every category.

The HPD file on Bay 37 Street carries 20 Class C violations, the most serious of the three classes an inspector can write, about 5 per 100 homes on file. Bed bugs is what HPD writes up most on Bay 37 Street, 21 violations of it. Behind it the file holds pests (14 violations) and doors (10). The housing file lists 93 residential buildings on Bay 37 Street holding 382 homes, with 40 walk-ups and 1 elevator buildings among them. Across those buildings the average is about 4.1 homes each.

Against built-up residential streets, traffic safety comes in at 66, with housing at 39. A 39 on housing places Bay 37 Street in the weaker half of built-up residential streets. The card also puts quietness at 65 and infrastructure at 63 among built-up residential streets. Against every street in the city, Bay 37 Street ranks 67 on food nearby and 35 on tree cover. Bay 37 Street ranks 71 on transit, the best of its three citywide measures. About 790 built-up residential streets make up the band Bay 37 Street is scored inside.

Cleanliness is where Bay 37 Street ranks best against built-up residential streets, at 76.

About 35% of the 382 homes on file are rent-stabilized, 132 homes in all.

Scores are built from 311 complaints, HPD violations, NYPD crash records, NYPD felony complaint 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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