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

Grade D, 32 out of 100. How does Kneeland Avenue in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade D, livability 32 out of 100.

Calm 24, ranked against smaller avenues. Access 47, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most smaller avenues, and little within a walk.

That puts Kneeland Avenue in the bottom 6% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on traffic safety (47) and food nearby (53); infrastructure (2) is the weak spot.

On the record

Residential noise is the most-filed complaint on Kneeland Avenue, with 56 reports. HPD has cited 1 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk. On the other side, traffic safety ranks 47 among smaller avenues. None of the 86 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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