Park Avenue, Manhattan NYC — Grand Central to Harlem | 2026
Park Avenue: from Grand Central's Viaduct to Upper East Side elegance. Safety, noise, and cleanliness scores for each block.
Livability score
Grade B+, livability 74 out of 100.
Calm 62, ranked against major corridors. Access 97, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most major corridors, and a lot within a walk.
That puts Park Avenue in the top 5% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on traffic safety (72) and tree cover (100); cleanliness (52) is the weak spot.
On the record
Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on Park Avenue, with 501 reports, and cleanliness ranks 52 among major corridors. HPD has cited 111 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 1 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 295 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, traffic safety ranks 72 among major corridors. Only about 6% of the 11,718 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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