Van Buren Street, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C, 43 out of 100. How does Van Buren Street in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C, livability 43 out of 100.
Calm 31, ranked against built-up residential streets. Access 65, 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 Van Buren Street in the bottom 26% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on infrastructure (54) and food nearby (72); cleanliness (19) is the weak spot.
On the record
Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on Van Buren Street, with 160 reports, and cleanliness ranks 19 among built-up residential streets. HPD has cited 76 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 7 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 31 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, infrastructure ranks 54 among built-up residential streets. Only about 14% of the 1,052 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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