Riverside Drive W, Manhattan: Grade C+ · 311 & City Data
Grade C+, 58 out of 100. How does Riverside Drive W in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 58 out of 100.
Calm 59, ranked against built-up residential streets. Access 55, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most built-up residential streets, and a lot within a walk.
That puts Riverside Drive W in the top 28% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on street crime (82) and transit (72). Tree cover (2) is the weak spot.
On the record
In all, 20 distinct 311 categories are represented on Riverside Drive W. Set against the 678 homes on file, that is about 29 reports per 100 homes.
HPD has cited 3 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 0 per 100 homes on file.
Reported crashes on Riverside Drive W have injured 5 people since 2021.
Among built-up residential streets, Riverside Drive W ranks 69 on traffic safety and 26 on cleanliness. That 26 on cleanliness puts Riverside Drive W in the weaker half of built-up residential streets. The card also puts parking at 58 and infrastructure at 27 among built-up residential streets. Against every street in the city, Riverside Drive W ranks 63 on food nearby and 2 on tree cover. Transit is the strongest of the three citywide measures here, at 72. About 790 built-up residential streets make up the band Riverside Drive W is scored inside.
Housing is where Riverside Drive W ranks best against built-up residential streets, at 78.
1% of the 678 homes recorded on Riverside Drive W are rent-stabilized, 9 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.
Nearest streets in Manhattan
- W 158 Street, Manhattan
- W 157 Street, Manhattan
- Riverside Drive, Manhattan
- W 156 Street, Manhattan
- W 163 Street, Manhattan
- W 161 Street, Manhattan
Riverside Drive W runs through Morningside Heights and Washington Heights, where every scored street in the neighborhood is ranked beside it.
Every scored street in Manhattan, the citywide rankings of all 5,700+ graded streets, or Manhattan vs Brooklyn: How the Two Boroughs Score (2026 Data).