Cherry Avenue, Queens NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026

Grade C+, 55 out of 100. How does Cherry Avenue in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade C+, livability 55 out of 100.

Calm 54, ranked against busy avenues. Access 56, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most busy avenues, and a lot within a walk.

That puts Cherry Avenue in the top 36% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on quietness (92) and tree cover (77); infrastructure (18) is the weak spot.

On the record

Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on Cherry Avenue, with 133 reports. HPD has cited 154 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 20 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 19 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, quietness ranks 92 among busy avenues. About 23% of the 766 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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