Clay Avenue, Bronx NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026

Grade D, 39 out of 100. How does Clay Avenue in Bronx rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade D, livability 39 out of 100.

Calm 25, ranked against busy avenues. Access 64, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most busy avenues, but a lot within a walk.

That puts Clay Avenue in the bottom 16% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on parking (52) and tree cover (87); housing (0) is the weak spot.

On the record

Residential noise is the most-filed complaint on Clay Avenue, with 423 reports. HPD has cited 609 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 33 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 65 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, parking ranks 52 among busy avenues. About 52% of the 1,833 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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