Kent Street, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C+, 57 out of 100. How does Kent Street in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 57 out of 100.
Calm 43, ranked against built-up residential streets. Access 83, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most built-up residential streets, but a lot within a walk.
That puts Kent Street in the top 30% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on infrastructure (72) and food nearby (93); quietness (9) is the weak spot.
On the record
Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on Kent Street, with 107 reports. HPD has cited 53 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 13 per 100 homes on file. On the other side, infrastructure ranks 72 among built-up residential streets. Only about 12% of the 417 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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