W 23 Street, Manhattan NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade A, 83 out of 100. How does W 23 Street in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade A, livability 83 out of 100.
Calm 77, ranked against numbered streets. Access 93, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most numbered streets, and a lot within a walk.
That puts W 23 Street in the top 1% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on housing (88) and transit (96); cleanliness (50) is the weak spot.
On the record
Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on West 23 Street, with 342 reports, and cleanliness ranks 50 among numbered streets. HPD has cited 43 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 1 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 64 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, housing ranks 88 among numbered streets. About 21% of the 4,146 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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