W 189 Street, Manhattan NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C, 45 out of 100. How does W 189 Street in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C, livability 45 out of 100.
Calm 27, ranked against numbered streets. Access 79, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most numbered streets, but a lot within a walk.
That puts W 189 Street in the bottom 32% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on parking (68) and food nearby (86); cleanliness (2) is the weak spot.
On the record
Heat and hot water is the most-filed complaint on West 189 Street, with 171 reports, and cleanliness ranks 2 among numbered streets. HPD has cited 105 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 25 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 12 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, parking ranks 68 among numbered streets. About 79% of the 424 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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