Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C+, 54 out of 100. How does Schermerhorn Street in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 54 out of 100.
Calm 33, ranked against built-up residential streets. Access 93, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most built-up residential streets, but a lot within a walk.
That puts Schermerhorn Street in the top 38% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on cleanliness (62) and transit (98); parking (3) is the weak spot.
On the record
Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on Schermerhorn Street, with 711 reports, and parking ranks 3 among built-up residential streets. HPD has cited 16 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 2 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 27 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, cleanliness ranks 62 among built-up residential streets. About 21% of the 959 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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