Lexington Avenue, Manhattan NYC — East Side Artery | 2026

Lex Ave runs through Midtown, UES, and East Harlem. Major subway lines, varied blocks. See safety and noise data here.

Livability score

Grade B+, livability 68 out of 100.

Calm 53, ranked against major corridors. Access 96, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most major corridors, and a lot within a walk.

That puts Lexington Avenue in the top 10% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on traffic safety (76) and transit (97); housing (30) is the weak spot.

On the record

Residential noise is the most-filed complaint on Lexington Avenue, with 491 reports. HPD has cited 345 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 3 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 298 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, traffic safety ranks 76 among major corridors. Only about 17% of the 9,876 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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