E 61 Street, Brooklyn: Grade C · 311, HPD & Crash Data
Grade C, 44 out of 100. How does E 61 Street in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C, livability 44 out of 100.
Calm 56, ranked against numbered streets. Access 22, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most numbered streets, but little within a walk.
That puts E 61 Street in the bottom 29% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on cleanliness (92) and food nearby (39). Infrastructure (1) is the weak spot.
On the record
More 311 reports on East 61 Street name illegal parking than any other category, 16 of them. The whole 311 file on East 61 Street holds 57 reports, and illegal parking is 28% of it. After that the file runs to blocked driveway (15 reports) and abandoned vehicle (12). In all, 21 distinct 311 categories are represented on East 61 Street. About 62 reports per 100 homes sit on East 61 Street, counting every category.
Inspectors have written 2 Class C violations on East 61 Street, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk. City housing records put 92 homes in 56 residential buildings on East 61 Street, 0 of them walk-up apartment buildings and 0 of them buildings with an elevator.
NYPD records 5 people injured in crashes on East 61 Street since 2021.
Among numbered streets, East 61 Street ranks 73 on quietness and 23 on traffic safety. That 23 on traffic safety puts East 61 Street in the weakest quarter of numbered streets. The card also puts housing at 64 and parking at 63 among numbered streets. Against every street in the city, East 61 Street ranks 23 on tree cover and 12 on transit. Food nearby is the strongest of the three citywide measures here, at 39. East 61 Street is ranked against about 990 numbered streets citywide.
Cleanliness is the strongest of the measures ranked inside the band, at 92.
Of the 92 homes on file, none are rent-stabilized.
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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