Nelson Street, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C, 40 out of 100. How does Nelson Street in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C, livability 40 out of 100.
Calm 28, ranked against quiet residential streets. Access 63, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most quiet residential streets, but a lot within a walk.
That puts Nelson Street in the bottom 18% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on street crime (45) and food nearby (74); cleanliness (3) is the weak spot.
On the record
Unsanitary condition is the most-filed complaint on Nelson Street, with 18 reports, and cleanliness ranks 3 among quiet residential streets. HPD has cited 51 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 22 per 100 homes on file. On the other side, street crime ranks 45 among quiet residential streets. Only about 10% of the 230 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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