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

Grade A, 83 out of 100. How does Highland Avenue in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade A, livability 83 out of 100.

Calm 84, ranked against busy avenues. Access 82, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most busy avenues, and a lot within a walk.

That puts Highland Avenue in the top 1% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on cleanliness (96) and transit (87); street crime (65) is the weak spot.

On the record

Heat and hot water is the most-filed complaint on Highland Avenue, with 72 reports. HPD has cited 41 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 4 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 15 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, cleanliness ranks 96 among busy avenues. About 30% of the 1,169 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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