Washington Street, Brooklyn: Grade B · 311, HPD & Crash Data
Grade B, 60 out of 100. How does Washington Street in Brooklyn rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade B, livability 60 out of 100.
Calm 51, ranked against built-up residential streets. Access 77, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most built-up residential streets, and a lot within a walk.
That puts Washington Street in the top 23% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on housing (95) and food nearby (94). Parking (0) is the weak spot.
On the record
More 311 reports on Washington Street name illegal parking than any other category, 1,902 of them, and parking ranks 0 among built-up residential streets. Abandoned vehicle follows with 325 reports, and vendor enforcement with 163. In all, 43 distinct 311 categories are represented on Washington Street. Divided by the homes on file, Washington Street carries roughly 294 reports per 100 of them.
HPD has cited no Class C violation on Washington Street, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk. 6 residential buildings on Washington Street hold the 575 homes on file, 0 of them walk-up apartment buildings and 4 of them buildings with an elevator. That averages about 96 homes to a building.
Since 2021, 6 people have been injured in reported crashes here.
Of the ten measures on the card, infrastructure ranks 75 among built-up residential streets and quietness ranks 26. Washington Street sits in the weaker half of built-up residential streets on quietness. Measured against built-up residential streets, traffic safety sits at 61 and cleanliness at 59. Transit ranks 84 and tree cover 35, both against every street in the city rather than inside the band. Of the three measures ranked citywide, food nearby is the strongest on Washington Street, at 94. About 790 built-up residential streets make up the band Washington Street is scored inside.
Housing is where Washington Street ranks best against built-up residential streets, at 95.
About 24% of the 575 homes on file are rent-stabilized, 137 homes in all.
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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