Ellwood Street, Manhattan NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C+, 52 out of 100. How does Ellwood Street in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 52 out of 100.
Calm 41, ranked against built-up residential streets. Access 72, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most built-up residential streets, but a lot within a walk.
That puts Ellwood Street in the top 45% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on traffic safety (79) and food nearby (87); quietness (1) is the weak spot.
On the record
Heat and hot water is the most-filed complaint on Ellwood Street, with 250 reports. HPD has cited 251 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 37 per 100 homes on file. On the other side, traffic safety ranks 79 among built-up residential streets. About 83% of the 675 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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