Union Avenue, Bronx NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026

Grade C, 46 out of 100. How does Union Avenue in Bronx rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade C, livability 46 out of 100.

Calm 34, ranked against busy avenues. Access 69, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most busy avenues, but a lot within a walk.

That puts Union Avenue in the bottom 35% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on traffic safety (67) and tree cover (89); street crime (6) is the weak spot.

On the record

Street/sidewalk noise is the most-filed complaint on Union Avenue, with 323 reports. HPD has cited 317 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 21 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 29 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, traffic safety ranks 67 among busy avenues. About 43% of the 1,481 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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