River Avenue, Bronx NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade D, 38 out of 100. How does River Avenue in Bronx rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade D, livability 38 out of 100.
Calm 12, ranked against smaller avenues. Access 86, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most smaller avenues, but a lot within a walk.
That puts River Avenue in the bottom 14% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on infrastructure (50) and transit (88); traffic safety (2) is the weak spot.
On the record
Crashes are the mark against River Avenue. 97 people have been injured in reported crashes here since 2021, and traffic safety ranks 2 among smaller avenues. HPD has cited 41 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 11 per 100 homes on file. Complaints are rare by comparison. Illegal parking is the most-filed, with 289 reports. Transit ranks 88, the strongest of the ten dimensions, and access ranks 86 against every street in the city. About 35% of the 384 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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