W 162 Street, Manhattan NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C, 41 out of 100. How does W 162 Street in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C, livability 41 out of 100.
Calm 19, ranked against numbered streets. Access 83, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most numbered streets, but a lot within a walk.
That puts W 162 Street in the bottom 21% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on traffic safety (45) and food nearby (88); cleanliness (1) is the weak spot.
On the record
Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on West 162 Street, with 442 reports, and cleanliness ranks 1 among numbered streets. HPD has cited 203 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 28 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 23 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, traffic safety ranks 45 among numbered streets. About 67% of the 727 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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