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

Grade D, 38 out of 100. How does Locust Street in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade D, livability 38 out of 100.

Calm 17, ranked against quiet residential streets. Access 77, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most quiet residential streets, but a lot within a walk.

That puts Locust Street in the bottom 14% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on infrastructure (35) and transit (91); quietness (4) is the weak spot.

On the record

Commercial noise is the most-filed complaint on Locust Street, with 172 reports, and the block ranks in the louder half of quiet residential streets. HPD has cited 3 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 3 per 100 homes on file. On the other side, infrastructure ranks 35 among quiet residential streets. Only about 2% of the 104 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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