W 242 Street, Bronx NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade C, 40 out of 100. How does W 242 Street in Bronx rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade C, livability 40 out of 100.
Calm 27, ranked against numbered streets. Access 65, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most numbered streets, but a lot within a walk.
That puts W 242 Street in the bottom 18% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on infrastructure (73) and transit (83); parking (4) is the weak spot.
On the record
Illegal parking is the most-filed complaint on West 242 Street, with 86 reports, and parking ranks 4 among numbered streets. HPD has cited 11 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk. Since 2021, 7 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, infrastructure ranks 73 among numbered streets. About 96% of the 94 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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