Ditmars Boulevard, Queens: Grade C+ · 311, HPD & Crash Data
Grade C+, 52 out of 100. How does Ditmars Boulevard in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 52 out of 100.
Calm 53, ranked against major corridors. Access 50, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most major corridors, but little within a walk.
That puts Ditmars Boulevard in the top 44% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on street crime (73) and tree cover (97). Cleanliness (19) is the weak spot.
On the record
More 311 reports on Ditmars Boulevard name illegal parking than any other category, 451 of them, and cleanliness ranks 19 among major corridors. Illegal parking accounts for 39% of the 1,147 reports on file here. After that the file runs to commercial noise (170 reports) and blocked driveway (121). Reports on Ditmars Boulevard span 96 distinct 311 categories. About 78 reports per 100 homes sit on Ditmars Boulevard, counting every category.
HPD has cited 20 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 1 per 100 homes on file. HPD's most-cited category on Ditmars Boulevard is bed bugs, at 44 violations. Pests accounts for 42 more, and paint and lead for 12. City housing records put 1,478 homes in 490 residential buildings on Ditmars Boulevard, 82 of them walk-up apartment buildings and 0 of them buildings with an elevator. The average building on Ditmars Boulevard holds about 3 homes.
Reported crashes on Ditmars Boulevard have injured 121 people since 2021.
Among major corridors, Ditmars Boulevard ranks 61 on traffic safety and 34 on parking. A 34 on parking places Ditmars Boulevard in the weaker half of major corridors. Measured against major corridors, quietness sits at 56 and housing at 55. Against every street in the city, Ditmars Boulevard ranks 62 on food nearby and 24 on transit. Ditmars Boulevard ranks 97 on tree cover, the best of its three citywide measures. About 190 major corridors make up the band Ditmars Boulevard is scored inside.
The strongest band-ranked measure on Ditmars Boulevard is infrastructure, at 62.
The housing file puts 4% of the 1,478 homes on Ditmars Boulevard in rent stabilization, 55 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.
Nearest streets in Queens
- 27 Street, Queens
- 28 Street, Queens
- 26 Street, Queens
- 22 Drive, Queens
- 24 Street, Queens
- 21 Drive, Queens
Ditmars Boulevard runs through Astoria and East Elmhurst, where every scored street in the neighborhood is ranked beside it.
Every scored street in Queens, the citywide rankings of all 5,700+ graded streets, or Queens vs Brooklyn: How the Two Boroughs Score (2026 Data).