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

Grade C, 41 out of 100. How does Otis Avenue in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade C, livability 41 out of 100.

Calm 37, ranked against smaller avenues. Access 48, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most smaller avenues, and little within a walk.

That puts Otis Avenue in the bottom 21% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on cleanliness (97) and food nearby (74); quietness (12) is the weak spot.

On the record

Blocked driveway is the most-filed complaint on Otis Avenue, with 83 reports. Since 2021, 20 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, cleanliness ranks 97 among smaller avenues. Only about 4% of the 282 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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