Montague Street, Brooklyn NYC — Heights Main Street | 2026
Montague Street is Brooklyn Heights' charming main drag. Cafes, shops, and Promenade access. See safety and noise scores.
Livability score
Grade B+, livability 73 out of 100.
Calm 69, ranked against built-up residential streets. Access 81, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most built-up residential streets, and a lot within a walk.
That puts Montague Street in the top 5% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on traffic safety (92) and transit (88); housing (56) is the weak spot.
On the record
Real time enforcement is the most-filed complaint on Montague Street, with 68 reports. HPD has cited 36 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 4 per 100 homes on file. On the other side, traffic safety ranks 92 among built-up residential streets. Only about 10% of the 1,005 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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