Lee Avenue, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade B+, 77 out of 100. How does Lee Avenue in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B+, livability 77 out of 100.
Calm 84, ranked against busy avenues. Access 64, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most busy avenues, and a lot within a walk.
That puts Lee Avenue in the top 3% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on parking (100) and transit (76); food nearby (39) is the weak spot. Access is 35% of this grade. If you drive, it likely understates your block.
On the record
Crashes are the mark against Lee Avenue. 41 people have been injured in reported crashes here since 2021, and traffic safety ranks 59 among busy avenues. HPD has cited 12 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 2 per 100 homes on file. Complaints are rare by comparison. Residential noise is the most-filed, with 29 reports. Parking ranks 100, the strongest of the ten dimensions, and access ranks 64 against every street in the city. Only about 15% of the 630 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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