Melbourne Avenue, Queens NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026

Grade B+, 70 out of 100. How does Melbourne Avenue in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade B+, livability 70 out of 100.

Calm 92, ranked against busy avenues. Access 29, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most busy avenues, but little within a walk.

That puts Melbourne Avenue in the top 8% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on parking (99) and tree cover (66); food nearby (18) is the weak spot. Access is 35% of this grade. If you drive, it likely understates your block.

On the record

Residential noise is the most-filed complaint on Melbourne Avenue, with 37 reports. HPD has cited 4 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 0 per 100 homes on file. On the other side, parking ranks 99 among busy avenues. Only about 4% of the 1,049 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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