Prospect Avenue, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade B, 64 out of 100. How does Prospect Avenue in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B, livability 64 out of 100.
Calm 56, ranked against busy avenues. Access 79, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most busy avenues, and a lot within a walk.
That puts Prospect Avenue in the top 15% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on street crime (92) and tree cover (86); cleanliness (6) is the weak spot.
On the record
Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on Prospect Avenue, with 228 reports, and cleanliness ranks 6 among busy avenues. HPD has cited 30 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 3 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 51 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, street crime ranks 92 among busy avenues. Only about 11% of the 1,195 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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