Kingston Avenue, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026

Grade B, 60 out of 100. How does Kingston Avenue in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade B, livability 60 out of 100.

Calm 55, ranked against busy avenues. Access 68, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most busy avenues, and a lot within a walk.

That puts Kingston Avenue in the top 23% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on infrastructure (91) and tree cover (85); housing (38) is the weak spot.

On the record

Heat and hot water is the most-filed complaint on Kingston Avenue, with 442 reports. HPD has cited 306 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 23 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 113 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, infrastructure ranks 91 among busy avenues. About 29% of the 1,330 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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