Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn NYC — From Downtown to Ditmas | 2026
Flatbush Ave spans Brooklyn from downtown to the southern tip. Diverse neighborhoods, varied scores. See block-level data.
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 50 out of 100.
Calm 42, ranked against major corridors. Access 66, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most major corridors, but a lot within a walk.
That puts Flatbush Avenue in the bottom 49% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on parking (76) and tree cover (99); cleanliness (19) is the weak spot.
On the record
Heat and hot water is the most-filed complaint on Flatbush Avenue, with 766 reports, and cleanliness ranks 19 among major corridors. HPD has cited 370 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 7 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 1,396 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, parking ranks 76 among major corridors. About 36% of the 5,507 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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