New Jersey Avenue, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C+, 53 out of 100. How does New Jersey Avenue in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 53 out of 100.
Calm 44, ranked against busy avenues. Access 71, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most busy avenues, but a lot within a walk.
That puts New Jersey Avenue in the top 42% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on traffic safety (65) and tree cover (90); street crime (8) is the weak spot.
On the record
Heat and hot water is the most-filed complaint on New Jersey Avenue, with 112 reports. HPD has cited 88 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 10 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 19 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, traffic safety ranks 65 among busy avenues. Only about 2% of the 893 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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