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

Grade B+, 68 out of 100. How does Dekalb Avenue in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade B+, livability 68 out of 100.

Calm 58, ranked against busy avenues. Access 87, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most busy avenues, and a lot within a walk.

That puts Dekalb Avenue in the top 10% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on parking (78) and tree cover (96); cleanliness (26) is the weak spot.

On the record

Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on Dekalb Avenue, with 631 reports, and cleanliness ranks 26 among busy avenues. HPD has cited 236 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 4 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 331 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, parking ranks 78 among busy avenues. About 30% of the 6,429 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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