Street Nicholas Avenue, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade B+, 70 out of 100. How does Street Nicholas Avenue in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B+, livability 70 out of 100.
Calm 61, ranked against busy avenues. Access 87, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most busy avenues, and a lot within a walk.
That puts Street Nicholas Avenue in the top 8% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on infrastructure (97) and food nearby (93); traffic safety (33) is the weak spot.
On the record
Crashes are the mark against Street Nicholas Avenue. 69 people have been injured in reported crashes here since 2021, and traffic safety ranks 33 among busy avenues. HPD has cited 57 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 7 per 100 homes on file. Complaints are rare by comparison. Illegal parking is the most-filed, with 54 reports. Infrastructure ranks 97, the strongest of the ten dimensions, and access ranks 87 against every street in the city. Only about 8% of the 837 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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