Washington Avenue, Bronx NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026

Grade C+, 48 out of 100. How does Washington Avenue in Bronx rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?

Livability score

Grade C+, livability 48 out of 100.

Calm 38, ranked against busy avenues. Access 66, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most busy avenues, but a lot within a walk.

That puts Washington Avenue in the bottom 42% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on infrastructure (84) and tree cover (93); quietness (0) is the weak spot.

On the record

Residential noise is the most-filed complaint on Washington Avenue, with 5,535 reports, and the block ranks in the louder half of busy avenues. HPD has cited 1,203 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 28 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 99 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, infrastructure ranks 84 among busy avenues. About 39% of the 4,254 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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