Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C+, 51 out of 100. How does Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 51 out of 100.
Calm 38, ranked against major corridors. Access 74, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most major corridors, but a lot within a walk.
That puts Nostrand Avenue in the top 48% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on parking (74) and tree cover (99); cleanliness (5) is the weak spot.
On the record
Heat and hot water is the most-filed complaint on Nostrand Avenue, with 947 reports, and cleanliness ranks 5 among major corridors. HPD has cited 1,337 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 15 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 989 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, parking ranks 74 among major corridors. About 25% of the 9,075 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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