W 161 Street, Bronx: Grade C · 311, HPD & Crash Data
Grade C, 42 out of 100. How does W 161 Street in Bronx rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C, livability 42 out of 100.
Calm 31, ranked against numbered streets. Access 62, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most numbered streets, but a lot within a walk.
That puts W 161 Street in the bottom 23% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on infrastructure (99) and food nearby (86). Street crime (2) is the weak spot.
On the record
More 311 reports on West 161 Street name illegal parking than any other category, 31 of them. Across every category, 38 reports sit on this street's 311 file, and 82% of them name illegal parking. After that the file runs to heat and hot water (24 reports) and street/sidewalk noise (12). Reports on West 161 Street span 25 distinct 311 categories. About 109 reports per 100 homes sit on West 161 Street, counting every category.
Inspectors have written 3 Class C violations on West 161 Street, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk. PLUTO counts 9 residential buildings and 35 homes on West 161 Street, with 9 walk-ups and 0 elevator buildings among them. That averages about 3.9 homes to a building.
Among numbered streets, West 161 Street ranks 72 on quietness and 5 on parking. A 5 on parking places West 161 Street in the weakest quarter of numbered streets. Measured against numbered streets, housing sits at 24 and cleanliness at 5. Against every street in the city, West 161 Street ranks 67 on transit and 15 on tree cover. Of the three measures ranked citywide, food nearby is the strongest on West 161 Street, at 86. About 990 numbered streets make up the band West 161 Street is scored inside.
Infrastructure is the strongest of the measures ranked inside the band, at 99.
The housing file records no rent-stabilized home among the 35 on West 161 Street.
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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