Canal Avenue, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026

Grade D, 37 out of 100. How does Canal Avenue in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade D, livability 37 out of 100.

Calm 47, ranked against smaller avenues. Access 17, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most smaller avenues, and little within a walk.

That puts Canal Avenue in the bottom 12% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on infrastructure (82) and transit (21); food nearby (12) is the weak spot.

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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