Putnam Avenue W, Bronx: Grade B · 311, HPD & Crash Data
Grade B, 61 out of 100. How does Putnam Avenue W in Bronx rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B, livability 61 out of 100.
Calm 57, ranked against smaller avenues. Access 69, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most smaller avenues, and a lot within a walk.
That puts Putnam Avenue W in the top 21% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on infrastructure (96) and transit (76). Housing (25) is the weak spot.
On the record
Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on Putnam Avenue W, with 34 reports. Across every category, 43 reports sit on this street's 311 file, and 79% of them name illegal parking. Heat and hot water is the next most-filed, with 31 reports. Reports on Putnam Avenue W span 14 distinct 311 categories. Set against the 134 homes on file, that is about 32 reports per 100 homes.
Inspectors have written 7 Class C violations on Putnam Avenue W, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 5 per 100 homes on file.
Of the ten measures on the card, cleanliness ranks 86 among smaller avenues and parking ranks 50. Putnam Avenue W sits in the stronger half of smaller avenues on parking. Measured against smaller avenues, quietness sits at 56 and traffic safety at 54. Food nearby ranks 74 and tree cover 43, both against every street in the city rather than inside the band. Transit is the strongest of the three citywide measures here, at 76. Putnam Avenue W is ranked against about 1,360 smaller avenues citywide.
Infrastructure is where Putnam Avenue W ranks best against smaller avenues, at 96.
100% of the 134 homes recorded on Putnam Avenue W are rent-stabilized, 134 homes in all.
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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