Dorchester Road, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade D, 39 out of 100. How does Dorchester Road in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade D, livability 39 out of 100.
Calm 17, ranked against built-up residential streets. Access 79, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most built-up residential streets, but a lot within a walk.
That puts Dorchester Road in the bottom 16% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on infrastructure (39) and transit (80); housing (2) is the weak spot.
On the record
Heat and hot water is the most-filed complaint on Dorchester Road, with 211 reports. HPD has cited 118 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 25 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 34 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, infrastructure ranks 39 among built-up residential streets. About 71% of the 466 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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