E 85 Street, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C+, 48 out of 100. How does E 85 Street in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 48 out of 100.
Calm 53, ranked against numbered streets. Access 38, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most numbered streets, but little within a walk.
That puts E 85 Street in the bottom 42% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on cleanliness (83) and tree cover (82); transit (24) is the weak spot.
On the record
Blocked driveway is the most-filed complaint on East 85 Street, with 175 reports. HPD has cited 35 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 3 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 52 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, cleanliness ranks 83 among numbered streets. None of the 1,019 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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