Myrtle Avenue, Queens NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade B+, 77 out of 100. How does Myrtle Avenue in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B+, livability 77 out of 100.
Calm 81, ranked against busy avenues. Access 69, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most busy avenues, and a lot within a walk.
That puts Myrtle Avenue in the top 3% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on housing (97) and tree cover (98); traffic safety (50) is the weak spot. Access is 35% of this grade. If you drive, it likely understates your block.
On the record
Crashes are the mark against Myrtle Avenue. 255 people have been injured in reported crashes here since 2021, and traffic safety ranks 50 among busy avenues. HPD has cited 27 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 2 per 100 homes on file. Complaints are rare by comparison. Illegal parking is the most-filed, with 336 reports. Tree cover ranks 98, the strongest of the ten dimensions, and access ranks 69 against every street in the city. Only about 8% of the 1,377 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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