Street James Avenue, Queens NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C+, 57 out of 100. How does Street James Avenue in Queens rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 57 out of 100.
Calm 48, ranked against smaller avenues. Access 75, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most smaller avenues, but a lot within a walk.
That puts Street James Avenue in the top 30% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on infrastructure (81) and food nearby (91); housing (25) is the weak spot.
On the record
Residential noise is the most-filed complaint on Street James Avenue, with 87 reports. HPD has cited 14 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 3 per 100 homes on file. On the other side, infrastructure ranks 81 among smaller avenues. About 42% of the 429 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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