Lincoln Avenue, Bronx: Grade B+ · 311, HPD & Crash Data
Grade B+, 79 out of 100. How does Lincoln Avenue in Bronx rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B+, livability 79 out of 100.
Calm 85, ranked against busy avenues. Access 68, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most busy avenues, and a lot within a walk.
That puts Lincoln Avenue in the top 2% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on infrastructure (96) and transit (82). Tree cover (23) is the weak spot.
On the record
NYPD collision records are what stand out on Lincoln Avenue. Since 2021, reported crashes on Lincoln Avenue have injured 34 people, and traffic safety ranks 70 among busy avenues. Complaints are rare by comparison. Illegal parking is the most-filed, with 75 reports. Across every category, 298 reports sit on this street's 311 file, and 25% of them name illegal parking. Residential noise is the next most-filed at 42 reports, then street/sidewalk noise at 38. Reports on Lincoln Avenue span 53 distinct 311 categories. About 15 reports per 100 homes sit on Lincoln Avenue, counting every category.
Inspectors have written 28 Class C violations on Lincoln Avenue, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 1 per 100 homes on file. Paint and lead is what HPD writes up most on Lincoln Avenue, 28 violations of it. The housing file lists 6 residential buildings on Lincoln Avenue holding 2,050 homes, with 1 walk-ups and 3 elevator buildings among them. That averages about 342 homes to a building.
Against busy avenues, quietness comes in at 93, with traffic safety at 70. That 70 on traffic safety puts Lincoln Avenue in the stronger half of busy avenues. Parking ranks 91 on the same scale, with housing at 88. Against every street in the city, Lincoln Avenue ranks 74 on food nearby and 23 on tree cover. Transit is the strongest of the three citywide measures here, at 82. Lincoln Avenue is ranked against about 550 busy avenues citywide.
Infrastructure is where Lincoln Avenue ranks best against busy avenues, at 96.
The housing file puts 46% of the 2,050 homes on Lincoln Avenue in rent stabilization, 937 homes in all.
Scores are built from 311 complaints, HPD violations, NYPD crash records, NYPD felony complaint 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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Lincoln Avenue runs through Mott Haven, where every scored street in the neighborhood is ranked beside it.
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