Seneca Avenue, Queens NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade B+, 69 out of 100. How does Seneca Avenue in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B+, livability 69 out of 100.
Calm 60, ranked against busy avenues. Access 86, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most busy avenues, and a lot within a walk.
That puts Seneca Avenue in the top 9% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on parking (89) and food nearby (91); quietness (22) is the weak spot.
On the record
Commercial noise is the most-filed complaint on Seneca Avenue, with 404 reports, and the block ranks in the louder half of busy avenues. HPD has cited 70 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 6 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 89 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, parking ranks 89 among busy avenues. Only about 5% of the 1,120 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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