Lake Street, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026

Grade B+, 69 out of 100. How does Lake Street in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade B+, livability 69 out of 100.

Calm 65, ranked against built-up residential streets. Access 75, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most built-up residential streets, and a lot within a walk.

That puts Lake Street in the top 9% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on street crime (80) and transit (84); infrastructure (6) is the weak spot.

On the record

Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on Lake Street, with 50 reports. On the other side, street crime ranks 80 among built-up residential streets. Only about 2% of the 376 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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