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

Grade C, 44 out of 100. How does Jefferson Avenue in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade C, livability 44 out of 100.

Calm 28, ranked against smaller avenues. Access 74, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most smaller avenues, but a lot within a walk.

That puts Jefferson Avenue in the bottom 29% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on infrastructure (92) and food nearby (93); parking (4) is the weak spot.

On the record

Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on Jefferson Avenue, with 47 reports, and parking ranks 4 among smaller avenues. Since 2021, 14 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, infrastructure ranks 92 among smaller avenues. About 21% of the 112 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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