W 153 Street, Manhattan NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C, 46 out of 100. How does W 153 Street in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C, livability 46 out of 100.
Calm 29, ranked against numbered streets. Access 77, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most numbered streets, but a lot within a walk.
That puts W 153 Street in the bottom 35% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on parking (82) and transit (87); cleanliness (14) is the weak spot.
On the record
Residential noise is the most-filed complaint on West 153 Street, with 361 reports, and cleanliness ranks 14 among numbered streets. HPD has cited 55 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, 44 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, parking ranks 82 among numbered streets. About 69% of the 794 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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