E 98 Street, Manhattan NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C+, 51 out of 100. How does E 98 Street in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 51 out of 100.
Calm 33, ranked against numbered streets. Access 84, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most numbered streets, but a lot within a walk.
That puts E 98 Street in the top 48% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on housing (70) and transit (90); cleanliness (4) is the weak spot.
On the record
Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on East 98 Street, with 52 reports, and cleanliness ranks 4 among numbered streets. HPD has cited 4 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 2 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 15 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, housing ranks 70 among numbered streets. Only about 19% of the 231 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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