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

Grade D, 38 out of 100. How does Forest Avenue in Bronx rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade D, livability 38 out of 100.

Calm 24, ranked against smaller avenues. Access 63, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most smaller avenues, but a lot within a walk.

That puts Forest Avenue in the bottom 14% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on traffic safety (44) and transit (65); housing (5) is the weak spot.

On the record

Heat and hot water is the most-filed complaint on Forest Avenue, with 47 reports. HPD has cited 34 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 13 per 100 homes on file. On the other side, traffic safety ranks 44 among smaller avenues. Only about 15% of the 261 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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