Finlay Avenue, Staten Island: Grade C+ · 311 & City Data
Grade C+, 56 out of 100. How does Finlay Avenue in Staten Island rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 56 out of 100.
Calm 68, ranked against smaller avenues. Access 33, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most smaller avenues, but little within a walk.
That puts Finlay Avenue in the top 33% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on quietness (90) and tree cover (45). Food nearby (12) is the weak spot. Access is 35% of this grade. If you drive, it likely understates your block.
On the record
Reports on Finlay Avenue span 10 distinct 311 categories.
The HPD file on Finlay Avenue holds no Class C violation, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk. City housing records put 43 homes in 30 residential buildings on Finlay Avenue, 0 of them walk-up apartment buildings and 0 of them buildings with an elevator.
Since 2021, reported crashes on Finlay Avenue have injured no one.
Among smaller avenues, Finlay Avenue ranks 70 on traffic safety and 46 on housing. Finlay Avenue sits in the weaker half of smaller avenues on housing. The card also puts infrastructure at 67 and parking at 55 among smaller avenues. Transit ranks 40 and food nearby 12, both against every street in the city rather than inside the band. Of the three measures ranked citywide, tree cover is the strongest on Finlay Avenue, at 45. About 1,360 smaller avenues make up the band Finlay Avenue is scored inside.
Quietness is where Finlay Avenue ranks best against smaller avenues, at 90.
Of the 43 homes on file, none are rent-stabilized.
Scores are built from 311 complaints, HPD violations, NYPD crash records, NYPD felony complaint 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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Finlay Avenue runs through Annadale, where every scored street in the neighborhood is ranked beside it.
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