Heyward Street, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C+, 57 out of 100. How does Heyward Street in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 57 out of 100.
Calm 50, ranked against built-up residential streets. Access 69, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most built-up residential streets, and a lot within a walk.
That puts Heyward Street in the top 30% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on quietness (86) and transit (81); traffic safety (19) is the weak spot.
On the record
Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on Heyward Street, with 28 reports. HPD has cited 1 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 0 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 13 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, quietness ranks 86 among built-up residential streets. Only about 3% of the 310 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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