E 74 Street, Brooklyn: Grade C+ · 311, HPD & Crash Data
Grade C+, 55 out of 100. How does E 74 Street in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 55 out of 100.
Calm 73, ranked against numbered streets. Access 21, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most numbered streets, but little within a walk.
That puts E 74 Street in the top 36% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on traffic safety (99) and tree cover (64). Transit (3) is the weak spot. Access is 35% of this grade. If you drive, it likely understates your block.
On the record
Blocked driveway is the most-filed complaint on East 74 Street, with 10 reports. The whole 311 file on East 74 Street holds 75 reports, and blocked driveway is 13% of it. In all, 33 distinct 311 categories are represented on East 74 Street. The 311 file works out to about 40 reports for every 100 homes on East 74 Street.
The HPD file on East 74 Street carries 15 Class C violations, the most serious of the three classes an inspector can write, about 8 per 100 homes on file. 132 residential buildings on East 74 Street hold the 187 homes on file, 5 of them walk-up apartment buildings and 0 of them buildings with an elevator.
Since 2021, reported crashes on East 74 Street have injured no one.
Of the ten measures on the card, quietness ranks 96 among numbered streets and infrastructure ranks 26. That 26 on infrastructure puts East 74 Street in the weaker half of numbered streets. Measured against numbered streets, cleanliness sits at 94 and housing at 40. Against every street in the city, East 74 Street ranks 23 on food nearby and 3 on transit. Of the three measures ranked citywide, tree cover is the strongest on East 74 Street, at 64. About 990 numbered streets make up the band East 74 Street is scored inside.
Traffic safety is where East 74 Street ranks best against numbered streets, at 99.
None of the 187 homes on file 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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