W 161 Street, Manhattan NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C, 41 out of 100. How does W 161 Street in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C, livability 41 out of 100.
Calm 20, ranked against numbered streets. Access 81, 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 21% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on infrastructure (87) and transit (87); quietness (2) is the weak spot.
On the record
Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on West 161 Street, with 542 reports. HPD has cited 203 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 31 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 22 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, infrastructure ranks 87 among numbered streets. About 71% of the 658 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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