Washington Sq W, Manhattan: Grade B · 311, HPD & Crash Data
Grade B, 64 out of 100. How does Washington Sq W in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B, livability 64 out of 100.
Calm 55, ranked against quiet residential streets. Access 82, 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 W in the top 15% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on parking (98) and food nearby (100). Tree cover (15) is the weak spot.
On the record
The HPD file on Washington Sq W holds no Class C violation, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk. PLUTO counts 4 residential buildings and 161 homes on Washington Sq W, with 0 walk-ups and 1 elevator buildings among them. That averages about 40 homes to a building.
Of the ten measures on the card, infrastructure ranks 93 among quiet residential streets and cleanliness ranks 23. A 23 on cleanliness places Washington Sq W in the weakest quarter of quiet residential streets. Housing ranks 80 on the same scale, with traffic safety at 29. Transit ranks 98 and tree cover 15, both against every street in the city rather than inside the band. Food nearby is the strongest of the three citywide measures here, at 100. About 1,970 quiet residential streets make up the band Washington Sq W is scored inside.
Parking is where Washington Sq W ranks best against quiet residential streets, at 98.
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
- Washington Sq N, Manhattan
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Washington Sq W 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).