W End Avenue, Manhattan NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026

Grade A, 92 out of 100. How does W End Avenue in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade A, livability 92 out of 100.

Calm 93, ranked against busy avenues. Access 89, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most busy avenues, and a lot within a walk.

That puts W End Avenue in the top 1% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on street crime (99) and tree cover (96); transit (84) is the weak spot.

On the record

Heat and hot water is the most-filed complaint on West End Avenue, with 462 reports. HPD has cited 200 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, 104 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, street crime ranks 99 among busy avenues. Only about 16% of the 16,261 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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