Washington Sq E, Manhattan: Grade B+ · 311, HPD & Crash Data
Grade B+, 76 out of 100. How does Washington Sq E in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B+, livability 76 out of 100.
Calm 75, ranked against quiet residential streets. Access 79, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most quiet residential streets, and a lot within a walk.
That puts Washington Sq E in the top 4% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on quietness (99) and food nearby (98). Tree cover (5) is the weak spot.
On the record
No Class C violation, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, sits on Washington Sq E.
Among quiet residential streets, Washington Sq E ranks 98 on infrastructure and 37 on traffic safety. A 37 on traffic safety places Washington Sq E in the weaker half of quiet residential streets. Measured against quiet residential streets, cleanliness sits at 85 and housing at 60. Transit ranks 97 and tree cover 5, both against every street in the city rather than inside the band. Washington Sq E ranks 98 on food nearby, the best of its three citywide measures. The band those ranks are drawn from holds about 1,970 quiet residential streets.
Quietness is the strongest of the measures ranked inside the band, at 99.
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.
Nearest streets in Manhattan
- W 3 Street, Manhattan
- La Guardia Place, Manhattan
- Washington Sq N, Manhattan
- Washington Sq W, Manhattan
- Bleecker Street, Manhattan
- Minetta Lane, Manhattan
Washington Sq E runs through Greenwich Village, where every scored street in the neighborhood is ranked beside it.
Every scored street in Manhattan, the citywide rankings of all 5,700+ graded streets, or Manhattan vs Brooklyn: How the Two Boroughs Score (2026 Data).