Davidson Avenue, Bronx: Grade B · 311, HPD & Crash Data

Grade B, 59 out of 100. How does Davidson Avenue in Bronx rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade B, livability 59 out of 100.

Calm 43, ranked against busy avenues. Access 89, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most busy avenues, but a lot within a walk.

That puts Davidson Avenue in the top 25% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on traffic safety (91) and tree cover (91). Housing (5) is the weak spot.

On the record

Heat and hot water leads the 311 file on Davidson Avenue, with 724 reports. The whole 311 file on Davidson Avenue holds 4,561 reports, and heat and hot water is 16% of it. Street/sidewalk noise follows with 509 reports, and residential noise with 449. In all, 71 distinct 311 categories are represented on Davidson Avenue. About 140 reports per 100 homes sit on Davidson Avenue, counting every category.

Davidson Avenue carries 1,010 Class C violations on its HPD file, the most serious of the three classes an inspector can write, about 31 per 100 homes on file. HPD's most-cited category on Davidson Avenue is pests, at 565 violations. Behind it the file holds paint and lead (497 violations) and doors (336). City housing records put 3,261 homes in 210 residential buildings on Davidson Avenue, 77 of them walk-up apartment buildings and 39 of them buildings with an elevator. Across those buildings the average is about 16 homes each.

Since 2021, 22 people have been injured in reported crashes here.

Among busy avenues, Davidson Avenue ranks 68 on infrastructure and 9 on quietness. That 9 on quietness puts Davidson Avenue in the weakest quarter of busy avenues. Measured against busy avenues, parking sits at 54 and cleanliness at 35. The citywide frame puts transit at 90 and food nearby at 85. Tree cover is the strongest of the three citywide measures here, at 91. About 550 busy avenues make up the band Davidson Avenue is scored inside.

Traffic safety is where Davidson Avenue ranks best against busy avenues, at 91.

The housing file puts 69% of the 3,261 homes on Davidson Avenue in rent stabilization, 2,234 homes in all.

Scores are built from 311 complaints, HPD violations, NYPD crash records, NYPD felony complaint 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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