Congress Street, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade B+, 71 out of 100. How does Congress Street in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B+, livability 71 out of 100.
Calm 65, ranked against built-up residential streets. Access 81, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most built-up residential streets, and a lot within a walk.
That puts Congress Street in the top 7% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on traffic safety (86) and food nearby (93); parking (14) is the weak spot.
On the record
Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on Congress Street, with 103 reports, and parking ranks 14 among built-up residential streets. On the other side, traffic safety ranks 86 among built-up residential streets. Only about 5% of the 359 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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