Newtown Avenue, Queens NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026

Grade B+, 76 out of 100. How does Newtown Avenue in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade B+, livability 76 out of 100.

Calm 75, ranked against busy avenues. Access 79, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most busy avenues, and a lot within a walk.

That puts Newtown Avenue in the top 4% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on infrastructure (98) and food nearby (93); parking (49) is the weak spot.

On the record

Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on Newtown Avenue, with 90 reports, and parking ranks 49 among busy avenues. HPD has cited 24 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 3 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 14 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, infrastructure ranks 98 among busy avenues. About 56% of the 701 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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