Gelston Avenue, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026

Grade B, 59 out of 100. How does Gelston Avenue in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade B, livability 59 out of 100.

Calm 49, ranked against smaller avenues. Access 77, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most smaller avenues, and a lot within a walk.

That puts Gelston Avenue in the top 25% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on quietness (75) and transit (85); housing (11) is the weak spot.

On the record

Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on Gelston Avenue, with 111 reports. HPD has cited 32 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 6 per 100 homes on file. On the other side, quietness ranks 75 among smaller avenues. About 50% of the 522 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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