W 156 Street, Manhattan NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade B+, 67 out of 100. How does W 156 Street in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B+, livability 67 out of 100.
Calm 59, ranked against numbered streets. Access 81, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most numbered streets, and a lot within a walk.
That puts W 156 Street in the top 11% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on traffic safety (97) and transit (94); housing (8) is the weak spot.
On the record
Heat and hot water is the most-filed complaint on West 156 Street, with 394 reports. HPD has cited 135 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 21 per 100 homes on file. On the other side, traffic safety ranks 97 among numbered streets. About 38% of the 654 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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