Ocean Avenue N, Queens: Grade B · 311, HPD & Crash Data

Grade B, 66 out of 100. How does Ocean Avenue N in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade B, livability 66 out of 100.

Calm 73, ranked against smaller avenues. Access 54, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most smaller avenues, and a lot within a walk.

That puts Ocean Avenue N in the top 12% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on infrastructure (93) and transit (68). Tree cover (0) is the weak spot.

On the record

In all, 6 distinct 311 categories are represented on Ocean Avenue N.

No Class C violation, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, sits on Ocean Avenue N. PLUTO counts 51 residential buildings and 101 homes on Ocean Avenue N, with 0 walk-ups and 0 elevator buildings among them.

NYPD records no injury from a reported crash on Ocean Avenue N since 2021.

Of the ten measures on the card, traffic safety ranks 90 among smaller avenues and housing ranks 46. That 46 on housing puts Ocean Avenue N in the weaker half of smaller avenues. Parking ranks 82 on the same scale, with quietness at 67. Food nearby ranks 31 and tree cover 0, both against every street in the city rather than inside the band. Of the three measures ranked citywide, transit is the strongest on Ocean Avenue N, at 68. About 1,360 smaller avenues make up the band Ocean Avenue N is scored inside.

Infrastructure is where Ocean Avenue N ranks best against smaller avenues, at 93.

None of the 101 homes on file are rent-stabilized.

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.

Nearest streets in Queens

Ocean Avenue N runs through Rockaway Beach, where every scored street in the neighborhood is ranked beside it.

Every scored street in Queens, the citywide rankings of all 5,700+ graded streets, or Queens vs Brooklyn: How the Two Boroughs Score (2026 Data).

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