Van Siclen Avenue, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade B, 59 out of 100. How does Van Siclen Avenue in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B, livability 59 out of 100.
Calm 62, ranked against busy avenues. Access 54, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most busy avenues, and a lot within a walk.
That puts Van Siclen Avenue in the top 25% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on infrastructure (90) and tree cover (92); traffic safety (44) is the weak spot.
On the record
Crashes are the mark against Van Siclen Avenue. 105 people have been injured in reported crashes here since 2021, and traffic safety ranks 44 among busy avenues. HPD has cited 91 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 3 per 100 homes on file. Complaints are rare by comparison. Illegal parking is the most-filed, with 395 reports. Tree cover ranks 92, the strongest of the ten dimensions, and access ranks 54 against every street in the city. Only about 3% of the 3,184 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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