Ely Avenue, Bronx NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026

Grade C+, 51 out of 100. How does Ely Avenue in Bronx rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade C+, livability 51 out of 100.

Calm 46, ranked against busy avenues. Access 61, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most busy avenues, but a lot within a walk.

That puts Ely Avenue in the top 48% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on cleanliness (75) and tree cover (88); infrastructure (18) is the weak spot.

On the record

Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on Ely Avenue, with 145 reports. HPD has cited 17 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, 25 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, cleanliness ranks 75 among busy avenues. None of the 758 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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