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

Grade F, 30 out of 100. How does Highland Avenue in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade F, livability 30 out of 100.

Calm 44, ranked against smaller avenues. Access 5, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most smaller avenues, and little within a walk.

That puts Highland Avenue in the bottom 4% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on parking (96) and food nearby (12); tree cover (0) is the weak spot.

On the record

HPD has cited 16 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk. On the other side, parking ranks 96 among smaller avenues. None of the 43 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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