Riverdale Avenue, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C, 41 out of 100. How does Riverdale Avenue in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C, livability 41 out of 100.
Calm 25, ranked against busy avenues. Access 70, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most busy avenues, but a lot within a walk.
That puts Riverdale Avenue in the bottom 21% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on parking (77) and tree cover (84); traffic safety (3) is the weak spot.
On the record
Crashes are the mark against Riverdale Avenue. 129 people have been injured in reported crashes here since 2021, and traffic safety ranks 3 among busy avenues. HPD has cited 169 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 27 per 100 homes on file. Complaints are rare by comparison. Vehicle noise is the most-filed, with 248 reports. Tree cover ranks 84, the strongest of the ten dimensions, and access ranks 70 against every street in the city. About 27% of the 630 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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