Melba Street, Staten Island NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C+, 50 out of 100. How does Melba Street in Staten Island rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 50 out of 100.
Calm 65, ranked against quiet residential streets. Access 23, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most quiet residential streets, but little within a walk.
That puts Melba Street in the bottom 49% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on street crime (99) and tree cover (70); transit (2) is the weak spot. Access is 35% of this grade. If you drive, it likely understates your block.
On the record
Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on Melba Street, with 13 reports. HPD has cited 1 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 1 per 100 homes on file. No one has been injured in a reported crash here since 2021. On the other side, street crime ranks 99 among quiet residential streets. None of the 153 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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