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

Grade C+, 53 out of 100. How does College Avenue in Bronx rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade C+, livability 53 out of 100.

Calm 39, ranked against busy avenues. Access 78, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most busy avenues, but a lot within a walk.

That puts College Avenue in the top 42% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on traffic safety (80) and tree cover (83); housing (7) is the weak spot.

On the record

Heat and hot water is the most-filed complaint on College Avenue, with 416 reports. HPD has cited 502 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 29 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 21 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, traffic safety ranks 80 among busy avenues. About 61% of the 1,743 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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