W 21 Street, Brooklyn NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C+, 53 out of 100. How does W 21 Street in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C+, livability 53 out of 100.
Calm 47, ranked against numbered streets. Access 63, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most numbered streets, but a lot within a walk.
That puts W 21 Street in the top 42% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on infrastructure (97) and transit (71); cleanliness (11) is the weak spot.
On the record
Elevator is the most-filed complaint on West 21 Street, with 34 reports, and cleanliness ranks 11 among numbered streets. HPD has cited 31 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 12 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 10 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, infrastructure ranks 97 among numbered streets. Only about 12% of the 266 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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