Hawthorne Street, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C+, 58 out of 100. How does Hawthorne Street in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 58 out of 100.
Calm 47, ranked against built-up residential streets. Access 78, 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 Hawthorne Street in the top 28% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on traffic safety (86) and food nearby (82); housing (4) is the weak spot.
On the record
Heat and hot water is the most-filed complaint on Hawthorne Street, with 318 reports. HPD has cited 399 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 24 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 5 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, traffic safety ranks 86 among built-up residential streets. About 40% of the 1,648 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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