Newton Street, Brooklyn: Grade B · 311, HPD & Crash Data
Grade B, 62 out of 100. How does Newton Street in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B, livability 62 out of 100.
Calm 63, ranked against quiet residential streets. Access 61, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most quiet residential streets, and a lot within a walk.
That puts Newton Street in the top 19% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on cleanliness (98) and food nearby (80). Tree cover (24) is the weak spot.
On the record
In all, 21 distinct 311 categories are represented on Newton Street. About 19 reports per 100 homes sit on Newton Street, counting every category.
Newton Street carries 1 Class C violations on its HPD file, the most serious of the three classes an inspector can write, about 0 per 100 homes on file. The housing file lists 21 residential buildings on Newton Street holding 225 homes, with 17 walk-ups and 1 elevator buildings among them. That averages about 11 homes to a building.
Against quiet residential streets, parking comes in at 95, with housing at 25. That 25 on housing puts Newton Street in the weaker half of quiet residential streets. Infrastructure ranks 90 on the same scale, with traffic safety at 46. The citywide frame puts transit at 64 and tree cover at 24. Food nearby is the strongest of the three citywide measures here, at 80. About 1,970 quiet residential streets make up the band Newton Street is scored inside.
Cleanliness is the strongest of the measures ranked inside the band, at 98.
Rent stabilization covers about 50% of the 225 homes on file, 112 homes in all.
Scores are built from 311 complaints, HPD violations, NYPD crash records, NYPD felony complaint 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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