E 83 Street, Brooklyn: Grade C+ · 311, HPD & Crash Data

Livability score

Grade C+, livability 56 out of 100.

Calm 63, ranked against numbered streets. Access 44, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most numbered streets, but little within a walk.

That puts E 83 Street in the top 33% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on quietness (84) and tree cover (80). Transit (28) is the weak spot. Access is 35% of this grade. If you drive, it likely understates your block.

On the record

NYPD collision records are what stand out on East 83 Street. 32 people have been injured in reported crashes here since 2021, and traffic safety ranks 32 among numbered streets. Complaints are rare by comparison. Blocked driveway is the most-filed, with 83 reports. Across every category, 253 reports sit on this street's 311 file, and 33% of them name blocked driveway. Residential noise follows with 65 reports, and illegal parking with 26. The file runs across 49 distinct 311 categories in all. About 31 reports per 100 homes sit on East 83 Street, counting every category.

Inspectors have written 10 Class C violations on East 83 Street, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 1 per 100 homes on file. HPD's most-cited category on East 83 Street is pests, at 27 violations. City housing records put 819 homes in 390 residential buildings on East 83 Street, 57 of them walk-up apartment buildings and 0 of them buildings with an elevator. The average building on East 83 Street holds about 2.1 homes.

Of the ten measures on the card, cleanliness ranks 82 among numbered streets and traffic safety ranks 32. A 32 on traffic safety places East 83 Street in the weaker half of numbered streets. The card also puts housing at 73 and parking at 57 among numbered streets. Food nearby ranks 45 and transit 28, both against every street in the city rather than inside the band. Of the three measures ranked citywide, tree cover is the strongest on East 83 Street, at 80. The band those ranks are drawn from holds about 990 numbered streets.

Quietness is the strongest of the measures ranked inside the band, at 84.

None of the 819 homes on file are rent-stabilized.

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