Main Street, Manhattan NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade B+, 75 out of 100. How does Main Street in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B+, livability 75 out of 100.
Calm 94, ranked against built-up residential streets. Access 41, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most built-up residential streets, but little within a walk.
That puts Main Street in the top 4% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on parking (100) and food nearby (42); tree cover (0) is the weak spot. Access is 35% of this grade. If you drive, it likely understates your block.
On the record
Heat and hot water is the most-filed complaint on Main Street, with 87 reports. HPD has cited 82 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 1 per 100 homes on file. On the other side, parking ranks 100 among built-up residential streets. Only about 3% of the 11,956 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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