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

Grade C, 47 out of 100. How does Chestnut Avenue in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade C, livability 47 out of 100.

Calm 39, ranked against smaller avenues. Access 63, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most smaller avenues, but a lot within a walk.

That puts Chestnut Avenue in the bottom 39% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on street crime (81) and transit (80); infrastructure (0) is the weak spot.

On the record

Heat and hot water is the most-filed complaint on Chestnut Avenue, with 30 reports. HPD has cited 2 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk. On the other side, street crime ranks 81 among smaller avenues. About 100% of the 57 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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