Pitkin Avenue, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C+, 55 out of 100. How does Pitkin Avenue in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 55 out of 100.
Calm 45, ranked against busy avenues. Access 74, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most busy avenues, but a lot within a walk.
That puts Pitkin Avenue in the top 36% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on parking (91) and tree cover (91); traffic safety (10) is the weak spot.
On the record
Crashes are the mark against Pitkin Avenue. 508 people have been injured in reported crashes here since 2021, and traffic safety ranks 10 among busy avenues. HPD has cited 234 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 13 per 100 homes on file. Complaints are rare by comparison. Heat and hot water is the most-filed, with 214 reports. Parking ranks 91, the strongest of the ten dimensions, and access ranks 74 against every street in the city. About 23% of the 1,833 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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