Bradhurst Avenue, Manhattan: Grade B · 311, HPD & Crash Data
Grade B, 63 out of 100. How does Bradhurst Avenue in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B, livability 63 out of 100.
Calm 54, ranked against busy avenues. Access 79, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most busy avenues, and a lot within a walk.
That puts Bradhurst Avenue in the top 17% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on parking (77) and transit (91). Quietness (22) is the weak spot.
On the record
Illegal parking leads the 311 file on Bradhurst Avenue, with 220 reports. Across every category, 797 reports sit on this street's 311 file, and 28% of them name illegal parking. After that the file runs to residential noise (190 reports) and street/sidewalk noise (190). Reports on Bradhurst Avenue span 63 distinct 311 categories. Divided by the homes on file, Bradhurst Avenue carries roughly 61 reports per 100 of them.
The HPD file on Bradhurst Avenue carries 113 Class C violations, the most serious of the three classes an inspector can write, about 9 per 100 homes on file. HPD's most-cited category on Bradhurst Avenue is paint and lead, at 120 violations. Behind it the file holds pests (96 violations) and doors (57). The housing file lists 42 residential buildings on Bradhurst Avenue holding 1,315 homes, with 20 walk-ups and 5 elevator buildings among them. That averages about 31 homes to a building.
Reported crashes on Bradhurst Avenue have injured 21 people since 2021.
Against busy avenues, traffic safety comes in at 71, with housing at 34. That 34 on housing puts Bradhurst Avenue in the weaker half of busy avenues. The card also puts cleanliness at 64 and infrastructure at 63 among busy avenues. Against every street in the city, Bradhurst Avenue ranks 69 on tree cover and 65 on food nearby. Of the three measures ranked citywide, transit is the strongest on Bradhurst Avenue, at 91. About 550 busy avenues make up the band Bradhurst Avenue is scored inside.
Parking is where Bradhurst Avenue ranks best against busy avenues, at 77.
Rent stabilization covers about 42% of the 1,315 homes on file, 549 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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Bradhurst Avenue runs through Hamilton Heights, where every scored street in the neighborhood is ranked beside it.
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