E 46 Street, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026

Grade C+, 51 out of 100. How does E 46 Street in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade C+, livability 51 out of 100.

Calm 52, ranked against numbered streets. Access 50, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most numbered streets, but little within a walk.

That puts E 46 Street in the top 48% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on traffic safety (72) and tree cover (86); transit (28) is the weak spot.

On the record

Heat and hot water is the most-filed complaint on East 46 Street, with 206 reports. HPD has cited 93 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 8 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 21 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, traffic safety ranks 72 among numbered streets. Only about 13% of the 1,124 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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