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

Grade C, 45 out of 100. How does Hillside Avenue in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade C, livability 45 out of 100.

Calm 43, ranked against major corridors. Access 49, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most major corridors, and little within a walk.

That puts Hillside Avenue in the bottom 32% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on parking (69) and tree cover (99); transit (28) is the weak spot.

On the record

Residential noise is the most-filed complaint on Hillside Avenue, with 992 reports. HPD has cited 166 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, 744 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, parking ranks 69 among major corridors. About 41% of the 3,962 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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