Central Park W, Manhattan: Grade B+ · 311, HPD & Crash Data
Grade B+, 75 out of 100. How does Central Park W in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B+, livability 75 out of 100.
Calm 67, ranked against major corridors. Access 90, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most major corridors, and a lot within a walk.
That puts Central Park W in the top 4% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on street crime (90) and transit (94). Infrastructure (55) is the weak spot.
On the record
Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on Central Park W, with 559 reports. The whole 311 file on Central Park W holds 1,224 reports, and illegal parking is 46% of it. After that the file runs to helicopter noise (112 reports) and homeless person assistance (108). The file runs across 101 distinct 311 categories in all. Set against the 7,625 homes on file, that is about 16 reports per 100 homes.
Inspectors have written 37 Class C violations on Central Park W, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 0 per 100 homes on file. Paint and lead is what HPD writes up most on Central Park W, 49 violations of it. Pests follows at 25 violations, then doors at 18. City housing records put 7,625 homes in 79 residential buildings on Central Park W, 6 of them walk-up apartment buildings and 46 of them buildings with an elevator. The average building on Central Park W holds about 97 homes.
Reported crashes on Central Park W have injured 207 people since 2021.
Against major corridors, traffic safety comes in at 65, with housing at 58. A 58 on housing places Central Park W in the stronger half of major corridors. The card also puts parking at 65 and cleanliness at 58 among major corridors. Against every street in the city, Central Park W ranks 91 on tree cover and 83 on food nearby. Transit is the strongest of the three citywide measures here, at 94. About 190 major corridors make up the band Central Park W is scored inside.
The strongest band-ranked measure on Central Park W is quietness, at 73.
The housing file puts 8% of the 7,625 homes on Central Park W in rent stabilization, 626 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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Central Park W runs through Upper West Side, where every scored street in the neighborhood is ranked beside it.
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