Elm Avenue, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026

Grade C+, 54 out of 100. How does Elm Avenue in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade C+, livability 54 out of 100.

Calm 50, ranked against smaller avenues. Access 60, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most smaller avenues, and a lot within a walk.

That puts Elm Avenue in the top 38% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on cleanliness (87) and food nearby (72); tree cover (20) is the weak spot.

On the record

Noise is the most-filed complaint on Elm Avenue, with 15 reports. HPD has cited 14 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 12 per 100 homes on file. On the other side, cleanliness ranks 87 among smaller avenues. About 69% of the 117 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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