Vandam Street, Manhattan: Grade B+ · 311, HPD & Crash Data
Grade B+, 68 out of 100. How does Vandam Street in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B+, livability 68 out of 100.
Calm 61, ranked against quiet residential streets. Access 81, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most quiet residential streets, and a lot within a walk.
That puts Vandam Street in the top 10% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on cleanliness (98) and transit (96). Tree cover (22) is the weak spot.
On the record
More 311 reports on Vandam Street name for hire vehicle complaint than any other category, 17 of them. Across every category, 83 reports sit on this street's 311 file, and 20% of them name for hire vehicle complaint. Residential noise is the next most-filed, with 11 reports. The file runs across 29 distinct 311 categories in all. Set against the 126 homes on file, that is about 66 reports per 100 homes.
The HPD file on Vandam Street holds no Class C violation, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk. 14 residential buildings on Vandam Street hold the 126 homes on file, 4 of them walk-up apartment buildings and 0 of them buildings with an elevator. Across those buildings the average is about 9 homes each.
Of the ten measures on the card, housing ranks 87 among quiet residential streets and traffic safety ranks 32. Vandam Street sits in the weaker half of quiet residential streets on traffic safety. The card also puts quietness at 70 and parking at 41 among quiet residential streets. Food nearby ranks 96 and tree cover 22, both against every street in the city rather than inside the band. Of the three measures ranked citywide, transit is the strongest on Vandam Street, at 96. About 1,970 quiet residential streets make up the band Vandam Street is scored inside.
Cleanliness is where Vandam Street ranks best against quiet residential streets, at 98.
The housing file puts 3% of the 126 homes on Vandam Street in rent stabilization, 4 homes in all.
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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Vandam Street runs through SoHo, where every scored street in the neighborhood is ranked beside it.
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