Utica Avenue, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C, 41 out of 100. How does Utica Avenue in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C, livability 41 out of 100.
Calm 31, ranked against major corridors. Access 60, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most major corridors, but a lot within a walk.
That puts Utica Avenue in the bottom 21% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on infrastructure (73) and tree cover (88); traffic safety (10) is the weak spot.
On the record
Crashes are the mark against Utica Avenue. 1,036 people have been injured in reported crashes here since 2021, and traffic safety ranks 10 among major corridors. HPD has cited 134 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 11 per 100 homes on file. Complaints are rare by comparison. Commercial noise is the most-filed, with 215 reports. Tree cover ranks 88, the strongest of the ten dimensions, and access ranks 60 against every street in the city. Only about 12% of the 1,246 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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