E 79 Street, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C+, 53 out of 100. How does E 79 Street in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 53 out of 100.
Calm 56, ranked against numbered streets. Access 48, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most numbered streets, but little within a walk.
That puts E 79 Street in the top 42% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on housing (90) and tree cover (75); infrastructure (16) is the weak spot.
On the record
Residential noise is the most-filed complaint on East 79 Street, with 60 reports. Since 2021, 19 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, housing ranks 90 among numbered streets. None of the 420 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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