Penn Avenue, Staten Island: Grade B · 311, HPD & Crash Data
Grade B, 59 out of 100. How does Penn Avenue in Staten Island rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B, livability 59 out of 100.
Calm 62, ranked against smaller avenues. Access 53, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most smaller avenues, and a lot within a walk.
That puts Penn Avenue in the top 25% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on parking (87) and tree cover (74). Food nearby (23) is the weak spot.
On the record
In all, 20 distinct 311 categories are represented on Penn Avenue.
HPD has cited no Class C violation on Penn Avenue, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk. City housing records put 129 homes in 96 residential buildings on Penn Avenue, 0 of them walk-up apartment buildings and 0 of them buildings with an elevator.
Against smaller avenues, cleanliness comes in at 85, with infrastructure at 26. That 26 on infrastructure puts Penn Avenue in the weaker half of smaller avenues. Measured against smaller avenues, quietness sits at 81 and traffic safety at 43. The citywide frame puts transit at 63 and food nearby at 23. Of the three measures ranked citywide, tree cover is the strongest on Penn Avenue, at 74. Penn Avenue is ranked against about 1,360 smaller avenues citywide.
Parking is where Penn Avenue ranks best against smaller avenues, at 87.
None of the 129 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.
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Penn Avenue runs through Oakwood, where every scored street in the neighborhood is ranked beside it.
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