E 161 Street, Bronx NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C+, 53 out of 100. How does E 161 Street in Bronx rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 53 out of 100.
Calm 36, ranked against numbered streets. Access 84, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most numbered streets, but a lot within a walk.
That puts E 161 Street in the top 42% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on parking (80) and tree cover (86); traffic safety (6) is the weak spot.
On the record
Crashes are the mark against East 161 Street. 315 people have been injured in reported crashes here since 2021, and traffic safety ranks 6 among numbered streets. HPD has cited 226 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 11 per 100 homes on file. Complaints are rare by comparison. Heat and hot water is the most-filed, with 151 reports. Tree cover ranks 86, the strongest of the ten dimensions, and access ranks 84 against every street in the city. About 38% of the 2,022 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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