Central Park S, Manhattan: Grade A · 311, HPD & Crash Data
Grade A, 82 out of 100. How does Central Park S in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade A, livability 82 out of 100.
Calm 81, ranked against built-up residential streets. Access 85, 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 Central Park S in the top 2% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on cleanliness (100) and transit (99). Tree cover (32) is the weak spot.
On the record
Illegal parking leads the 311 file on Central Park S, with 153 reports. Across every category, 270 reports sit on this street's 311 file, and 57% of them name illegal parking. For hire vehicle complaint follows with 85 reports, and taxi complaint with 45. The file runs across 52 distinct 311 categories in all. Divided by the homes on file, Central Park S carries roughly 14 reports per 100 of them.
HPD has cited 2 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 0 per 100 homes on file. The housing file lists 18 residential buildings on Central Park S holding 1,995 homes, with 0 walk-ups and 10 elevator buildings among them. That averages about 111 homes to a building.
Reported crashes on Central Park S have injured 20 people since 2021.
Against built-up residential streets, quietness comes in at 95, with traffic safety at 62. A 62 on traffic safety places Central Park S in the stronger half of built-up residential streets. The card also puts infrastructure at 82 and parking at 77 among built-up residential streets. Food nearby ranks 96 and tree cover 32, both against every street in the city rather than inside the band. Transit is the strongest of the three citywide measures here, at 99. The band those ranks are drawn from holds about 790 built-up residential streets.
Cleanliness is where Central Park S ranks best against built-up residential streets, at 100.
4% of the 1,995 homes recorded on Central Park S are rent-stabilized, 78 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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