Union Sq E, Manhattan: Grade B+ · 311, HPD & Crash Data
Grade B+, 75 out of 100. How does Union Sq E in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B+, livability 75 out of 100.
Calm 70, ranked against built-up residential streets. Access 84, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most built-up residential streets, and a lot within a walk.
That puts Union Sq E in the top 4% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on housing (99) and transit (100). Tree cover (22) is the weak spot.
On the record
Set against the 645 homes on file, that is about 16 reports per 100 homes.
No Class C violation, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, sits on Union Sq E.
Reported crashes on Union Sq E have injured 13 people since 2021.
Among built-up residential streets, Union Sq E ranks 97 on cleanliness and 37 on traffic safety. That 37 on traffic safety puts Union Sq E in the weaker half of built-up residential streets. Measured against built-up residential streets, infrastructure sits at 96 and parking at 68. Against every street in the city, Union Sq E ranks 99 on food nearby and 22 on tree cover. Of the three measures ranked citywide, transit is the strongest on Union Sq E, at 100. Union Sq E is ranked against about 790 built-up residential streets citywide.
Housing is where Union Sq E ranks best against built-up residential streets, at 99.
Scores are built from 311 complaints, HPD violations, NYPD crash records, NYPD felony complaint 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.
Nearest streets in Manhattan
- E 16 Street, Manhattan
- Irving Place, Manhattan
- Union Sq W, Manhattan
- E 14 Street, Manhattan
- E 17 Street, Manhattan
- University Place, Manhattan
Union Sq E runs through Midtown South and Gramercy, where every scored street in the neighborhood is ranked beside it.
Every scored street in Manhattan, the citywide rankings of all 5,700+ graded streets, or Manhattan vs Brooklyn: How the Two Boroughs Score (2026 Data).