Union Sq W, Manhattan: Grade B+ · 311, HPD & Crash Data
Grade B+, 69 out of 100. How does Union Sq W in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B+, livability 69 out of 100.
Calm 61, ranked against built-up residential streets. Access 83, 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 W in the top 8% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on housing (97) and transit (100). Tree cover (16) is the weak spot.
On the record
Divided by the homes on file, Union Sq W carries roughly 512 reports per 100 of them.
The HPD file on Union Sq W holds no Class C violation, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk.
Against built-up residential streets, cleanliness comes in at 91, with quietness at 18. An 18 on quietness places Union Sq W in the weakest quarter of built-up residential streets. Infrastructure ranks 91 on the same scale, with parking at 38. Food nearby ranks 99 and tree cover 16, both against every street in the city rather than inside the band. Transit is the strongest of the three citywide measures here, at 100. Union Sq W is ranked against about 790 built-up residential streets citywide.
Housing is the strongest of the measures ranked inside the band, at 97.
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.
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Union Sq W runs through Midtown South, 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).