Morningside Drive, Manhattan NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade A, 87 out of 100. How does Morningside Drive in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade A, livability 87 out of 100.
Calm 91, ranked against built-up residential streets. Access 80, 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 Morningside Drive in the top 1% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on cleanliness (99) and transit (85); tree cover (66) is the weak spot.
On the record
Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on Morningside Drive, with 15 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. Since 2021, 8 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, cleanliness ranks 99 among built-up residential streets. About 49% of the 1,760 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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