Sterling Street, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade B, 59 out of 100. How does Sterling Street in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B, livability 59 out of 100.
Calm 45, ranked against built-up residential streets. Access 84, 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 Sterling Street in the top 25% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on parking (70) and transit (88); quietness (24) is the weak spot.
On the record
Street/sidewalk noise is the most-filed complaint on Sterling Street, with 130 reports, and the block ranks in the louder half of built-up residential streets. HPD has cited 41 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 5 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 9 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, parking ranks 70 among built-up residential streets. About 57% of the 826 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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