E 78 Street, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C+, 50 out of 100. How does E 78 Street in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 50 out of 100.
Calm 52, ranked against numbered streets. Access 47, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most numbered streets, but little within a walk.
That puts E 78 Street in the bottom 49% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on cleanliness (77) and tree cover (67); infrastructure (18) is the weak spot.
On the record
Blocked driveway is the most-filed complaint on East 78 Street, with 41 reports. Since 2021, 8 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, cleanliness ranks 77 among numbered streets. None of the 352 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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