Erasmus Street, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C+, 50 out of 100. How does Erasmus Street in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 50 out of 100.
Calm 39, ranked against built-up residential streets. Access 70, 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 Erasmus Street in the bottom 49% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on cleanliness (89) and food nearby (86); housing (6) is the weak spot.
On the record
Heat and hot water is the most-filed complaint on Erasmus Street, with 177 reports. HPD has cited 78 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 23 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 6 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, cleanliness ranks 89 among built-up residential streets. About 51% of the 340 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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