James Street, Manhattan: Grade C+ · 311, HPD & Crash Data
Grade C+, 54 out of 100. How does James Street in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 54 out of 100.
Calm 32, ranked against quiet residential streets. Access 95, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most quiet residential streets, but a lot within a walk.
That puts James Street in the top 39% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on quietness (87) and food nearby (96). Tree cover (0) is the weak spot.
On the record
In all, 15 distinct 311 categories are represented on James Street.
Inspectors have written 4 Class C violations on James Street, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk.
Among quiet residential streets, James Street ranks 72 on parking and 6 on housing. A 6 on housing places James Street in the weakest quarter of quiet residential streets. Measured against quiet residential streets, infrastructure sits at 28 and cleanliness at 10. The citywide frame puts transit at 94 and tree cover at 0. James Street ranks 96 on food nearby, the best of its three citywide measures. About 1,970 quiet residential streets make up the band James Street is scored inside.
Quietness is where James Street ranks best against quiet residential streets, at 87.
About 89% of the 35 homes on file are rent-stabilized, 31 homes in all.
Scores are built from 311 complaints, HPD violations, NYPD crash records, NYPD felony complaint 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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James Street runs through Chinatown, where every scored street in the neighborhood is ranked beside it.
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