Effington Avenue, Queens: Grade C+ · 311, HPD & Crash Data
Grade C+, 54 out of 100. How does Effington Avenue in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 54 out of 100.
Calm 70, ranked against smaller avenues. Access 24, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most smaller avenues, but little within a walk.
That puts Effington Avenue in the top 39% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on quietness (89) and tree cover (53). Transit (12) is the weak spot. Access is 35% of this grade. If you drive, it likely understates your block.
On the record
Abandoned vehicle leads the 311 file on Effington Avenue, with 10 reports. Reports on Effington Avenue span 13 distinct 311 categories.
HPD has cited no Class C violation on Effington Avenue, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk. City housing records put 41 homes in 38 residential buildings on Effington Avenue, 0 of them walk-up apartment buildings and 0 of them buildings with an elevator.
NYPD records no injury from a reported crash on Effington Avenue since 2021.
Of the ten measures on the card, housing ranks 72 among smaller avenues and parking ranks 47. A 47 on parking places Effington Avenue in the weaker half of smaller avenues. The card also puts traffic safety at 69 and cleanliness at 55 among smaller avenues. Food nearby ranks 23 and transit 12, both against every street in the city rather than inside the band. Of the three measures ranked citywide, tree cover is the strongest on Effington Avenue, at 53. About 1,360 smaller avenues make up the band Effington Avenue is scored inside.
Quietness is where Effington Avenue ranks best against smaller avenues, at 89.
The housing file records no rent-stabilized home among the 41 on Effington Avenue.
Scores are built from 311 complaints, HPD violations, NYPD crash records, NYPD felony complaint 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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Effington Avenue runs through Auburndale, where every scored street in the neighborhood is ranked beside it.
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