Hancock Street, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C+, 52 out of 100. How does Hancock Street in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 52 out of 100.
Calm 36, ranked against built-up residential streets. Access 81, 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 Hancock Street in the top 45% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on parking (54) and tree cover (98); cleanliness (15) is the weak spot.
On the record
Residential noise is the most-filed complaint on Hancock Street, with 479 reports, and cleanliness ranks 15 among built-up residential streets. HPD has cited 204 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 6 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 60 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, parking ranks 54 among built-up residential streets. Only about 10% of the 3,550 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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