E 196 Street, Bronx NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C+, 48 out of 100. How does E 196 Street in Bronx rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 48 out of 100.
Calm 35, ranked against numbered streets. Access 72, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most numbered streets, but a lot within a walk.
That puts E 196 Street in the bottom 42% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on cleanliness (73) and transit (86); housing (7) is the weak spot.
On the record
Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on East 196 Street, with 304 reports. HPD has cited 198 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 22 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 31 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, cleanliness ranks 73 among numbered streets. About 70% of the 902 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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