Lenox Avenue, Manhattan NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026

Grade C+, 54 out of 100. How does Lenox Avenue in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade C+, livability 54 out of 100.

Calm 35, ranked against busy avenues. Access 90, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most busy avenues, but a lot within a walk.

That puts Lenox Avenue in the top 38% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on parking (90) and tree cover (97); street crime (12) is the weak spot.

On the record

Heat and hot water is the most-filed complaint on Lenox Avenue, with 836 reports. HPD has cited 458 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 11 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 207 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, parking ranks 90 among busy avenues. About 34% of the 4,147 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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