Emerald Street, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C+, 58 out of 100. How does Emerald Street in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 58 out of 100.
Calm 68, ranked against built-up residential streets. Access 38, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most built-up residential streets, but little within a walk.
That puts Emerald Street in the top 28% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on cleanliness (96) and food nearby (42); parking (5) is the weak spot.
On the record
Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on Emerald Street, with 223 reports, and parking ranks 5 among built-up residential streets. HPD has cited 13 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 2 per 100 homes on file. On the other side, cleanliness ranks 96 among built-up residential streets. About 82% of the 609 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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