York Avenue, Manhattan NYC — Traffic Safety, Noise & Cleanliness Scores | 2026
Grade A, 88 out of 100. How does York Avenue in Manhattan rank for traffic safety, noise, and cleanliness?
Livability score
Grade A, livability 88 out of 100.
Calm 91, ranked against busy avenues. Access 81, ranked against every street in the city. Fewer complaints per home than most busy avenues, and a lot within a walk.
That puts York Avenue in the top 1% of scored streets citywide.
Strongest on street crime (99) and food nearby (92); transit (71) is the weak spot.
On the record
Food establishment is the most-filed complaint on York Avenue, with 303 reports. HPD has cited 66 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, 78 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, street crime ranks 99 among busy avenues. About 23% of the 7,989 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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