E 34 Street, Manhattan: Grade A · 311, HPD & Crash Data
Grade A, 82 out of 100. How does E 34 Street in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade A, livability 82 out of 100.
Calm 76, ranked against numbered streets. Access 93, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most numbered streets, and a lot within a walk.
That puts E 34 Street in the top 2% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on street crime (96) and food nearby (98). Traffic safety (31) is the weak spot.
On the record
The crash record is the heaviest thing on file for East 34 Street. 156 people have been injured in reported crashes here since 2021, and traffic safety ranks 31 among numbered streets. The 311 file on East 34 Street is led by heat and hot water, with 55 reports. Heat and hot water accounts for 12% of the 464 reports on file here. Illegal parking is the next most-filed at 53 reports, then helicopter noise at 51. In all, 75 distinct 311 categories are represented on East 34 Street. About 14 reports per 100 homes sit on East 34 Street, counting every category.
HPD has cited 22 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 1 per 100 homes on file. The category HPD cites most often here is structure, with 11 violations on file. Pests accounts for 10 more. 36 residential buildings on East 34 Street hold the 3,262 homes on file, 15 of them walk-up apartment buildings and 10 of them buildings with an elevator. That averages about 91 homes to a building.
Of the ten measures on the card, housing ranks 95 among numbered streets and infrastructure ranks 83. That 83 on infrastructure puts East 34 Street in the strongest quarter of numbered streets. Measured against numbered streets, quietness sits at 87 and cleanliness at 83. Transit ranks 97 and tree cover 73, both against every street in the city rather than inside the band. Of the three measures ranked citywide, food nearby is the strongest on East 34 Street, at 98. About 990 numbered streets make up the band East 34 Street is scored inside.
Parking is where East 34 Street ranks best against numbered streets, at 95.
Rent stabilization covers about 9% of the 3,262 homes on file, 294 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.
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E 34 Street runs through Murray Hill and Midtown South, where every scored street in the neighborhood is ranked beside it.
Every scored street in Manhattan, the citywide rankings of all 5,700+ graded streets, or Manhattan vs Brooklyn: How the Two Boroughs Score (2026 Data).