W 197 Street, Bronx NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade D, 33 out of 100. How does W 197 Street in Bronx rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade D, livability 33 out of 100.
Calm 20, ranked against numbered streets. Access 56, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most numbered streets, but a lot within a walk.
That puts W 197 Street in the bottom 7% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on cleanliness (61) and transit (68); parking (0) is the weak spot.
On the record
Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on West 197 Street, with 413 reports, and parking ranks 0 among numbered streets. HPD has cited 53 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, 10 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, cleanliness ranks 61 among numbered streets. About 73% of the 208 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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