Cheney Street, Queens NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026

Grade C, 44 out of 100. How does Cheney Street in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade C, livability 44 out of 100.

Calm 55, ranked against quiet residential streets. Access 23, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most quiet residential streets, but little within a walk.

That puts Cheney Street in the bottom 29% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on infrastructure (88) and food nearby (35); housing (5) is the weak spot.

On the record

Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on Cheney Street, with 11 reports. HPD has cited 1 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk. No one has been injured in a reported crash here since 2021. On the other side, infrastructure ranks 88 among quiet residential streets. None of the 26 homes on file are rent-stabilized.

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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