W 255 Street, Bronx: Grade B+ · 311, HPD & Crash Data
Grade B+, 73 out of 100. How does W 255 Street in Bronx rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B+, livability 73 out of 100.
Calm 94, ranked against numbered streets. Access 34, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most numbered streets, but little within a walk.
That puts W 255 Street in the top 5% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on quietness (100) and food nearby (48). Tree cover (24) is the weak spot. Access is 35% of this grade. If you drive, it likely understates your block.
On the record
In all, 11 distinct 311 categories are represented on West 255 Street.
The HPD file on West 255 Street holds no Class C violation, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk. PLUTO counts 18 residential buildings and 265 homes on West 255 Street, with 0 walk-ups and 1 elevator buildings among them. That averages about 15 homes to a building.
NYPD records no injury from a reported crash on West 255 Street since 2021.
Among numbered streets, West 255 Street ranks 100 on traffic safety and 38 on infrastructure. West 255 Street sits in the weaker half of numbered streets on infrastructure. The card also puts parking at 100 and cleanliness at 95 among numbered streets. Transit ranks 30 and tree cover 24, both against every street in the city rather than inside the band. West 255 Street ranks 48 on food nearby, the best of its three citywide measures. About 990 numbered streets make up the band West 255 Street is scored inside.
Quietness is the strongest of the measures ranked inside the band, at 100.
Of the 265 homes on file, none are rent-stabilized.
Scores are built from 311 complaints, HPD violations, NYPD crash records, NYPD felony complaint 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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