MAP: How Bad Are Street Surfaces In Your NYC Neighborhood?

NEW YORK, NY — If your Uber rides home from the bar are starting to feel more like back-road safari trips, a new street quality ranking (and mapping!) project from NYC's Independent Budget Office may explain why.

"Street conditions citywide have trended downward somewhat since 2012," city researchers found.

The NYC neighborhoods with the poorest quality streets? Kew Gardens in Queens, Parkchester in the Bronx, Seagate and Coney Island in Brooklyn and — kind of a shocker — the Upper East Side's Lennox Hill area in Manhattan.

In general, Brooklyn's streets were found to be in better shape than streets in other boroughs. The top three neighborhoods for quality street surfaces, according to the report, were Fort Greene, Starrett City and Williamsburg — all in Brooklyn.

To arrive at these rankings, the Independent Budget Office tapped into the NYC Department of Transportation's street quality assessments from the past 18 months, in which sections of every street in the city were rated from 1 to 10. (“Poor” means 1-3, “fair” means 4-7 and “good” means 8-10, except for "local streets," for which a rating of 7 is considered “good.")

Below is an interactive map with the city's findings.

And below that, see how your neighborhood ranks compared to the other 187 neighborhoods in NYC. Nabes are listed from worst to best.

188. Kew Gardens, Queens

187. Parkchester, Bronx

186. Seagate-Coney Island, Brooklyn

185. North Riverdale-Fieldston-Riverdale, Bronx

184. Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan

183. Hammels-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens

182. Stapleton-Rosebank, Staten Island

181. Briarwood-Jamaica Hills, Queens

180. Spuyten Duyvil-Kingsbridge, Bronx

179. East Harlem South, Manhattan

178. Grasmere-Arrochar-Ft. Wadsworth, Staten Island

177. New Springville-Bloomfield-Travis, Staten Island

176. Grymes Hill-Clifton-Fox Hills, Staten Island

175. Arden Heights, Staten Island

174. Lincoln Square, Manhattan

173. Port Richmond, Staten Island

172. Soundview-Bruckner, Bronx

171. University Heights-Morris Heights, Bronx

170. Chinatown, Manhattan

169. Manhattanville, Manhattan

168. Rossville-Woodrow, Staten Island

167. Old Town-Dongan Hills-South Beach, Staten Island

166. Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Port Ivory-Graniteville, Staten Island

165. Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Heartland Village, Staten Island

164. New Brighton-Silver Lake, Staten Island

163. Washington Heights North, Manhattan

162. West New Brighton-New Brighton-St. George, Staten Island

161. West Brighton, Brooklyn

160. Charleston-Richmond Valley-Tottenville, Staten Island

159. Kingsbridge Heights, Bronx

158. Rego Park, Queens

157. Mount Hope, Bronx

156. Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan

155. Lower East Side, Manhattan

154. College Point, Queens

153. Flushing, Queens

152. Ocean Parkway South, Brooklyn

151. DUMBO-Vinegar Hill-Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn

150. Westerleigh, Staten Island

149. Hunters Point-Sunnyside-West Maspeth, Queens

148. Midtown-Midtown South, Manhattan

147. Queensboro Hill, Queens

146. Crown Heights South, Brooklyn

145. Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

144. Maspeth, Queens

143. Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Eltingville, Staten Island

142. Richmond Hill, Queens

141. Rosedale, Queens

140. Murray Hill-Kips Bay, Manhattan

139. Claremont-Bathgate, Bronx

138. West Village, Manhattan

137. Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan, Manhattan

136. Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens

135. East Tremont, Bronx

134. Clinton, Manhattan

133. Sunset Park West, Brooklyn

132. Van Nest-Morris Park-Westchester Square, Bronx

131. Jamaica, Queens

130. Bayside-Bayside Hills, Queens

129. Norwood, Bronx

128. Douglas Manor-Douglaston-Little Neck, Queens

127. Washington Heights South, Manhattan

126. Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Long Island City, Queens

125. Woodlawn-Wakefield, Bronx

124. Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx

123. Schuylerville-Throgs Neck-Edgewater Park, Bronx

122. Madison, Brooklyn

121. Soundview-Castle Hill-Clason Point, Bronx

120. Crotona Park East, Bronx

119. Ozone Park, Queens

118. Melrose South-Mott Haven North, Bronx

117. Jamaica Estates-Holliswood, Queens

116. Turtle Bay-East Midtown, Manhattan

115. East Flushing, Queens

114. Queens Village, Queens

113. Carroll Gardens-Columbia Street-Red Hook

112. SoHo-TriBeCa-Civic Center-Little Italy, Manhattan

111. Great Kills, Staten Island

110. Hunts Point, Bronx

109. Hamilton Heights, Manhattan

108. Marble Hill-Inwood, Manhattan

107. Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn

106. Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island, Bronx

105. Bedford Park-Fordham North, Bronx

104. Hollis, Queens

103. Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

102. Yorkville, Manhattan

101. Springfield Gardens North, Queens

100. West Concourse, Queens

99. Bronxdale, Bronx

98. Woodside, Queens

97. Old Astoria, Queens

96. Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx

95. Corona, Queens

94. Co-op City, Bronx

93. West Farms-Bronx River, Bronx

92. Sheepshead Bay-Gerritsen Beach-Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn

91. Lindenwood-Howard Beach, Queens

90. Park Slope-Gowanus, Brooklyn

89. New Dorp-Midland Beach, Staten Island

88. Oakwood-Oakwood Beach, Staten Island

87. Springfield Gardens South-Brookville, Queens

86. Forest Hills, Queens

85. Belmont, Bronx

84. Brownsville, Brooklyn

83. Ridgewood, Queens

82. Canarsie, Brooklyn

81. Whitestone, Queens

80. Cambria Heights, Queens

79. Flatlands, Brooklyn

78. Pomonok-Flushing Heights-Hillcrest, Queens

77. Crown Heights North, Brooklyn

76. Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel, Queens

75. Upper West Side, Manhattan

74. East Concourse-Concourse Village, Bronx

73. Borough Park, Brooklyn

72. East Williamsburg, Brooklyn

71. Hudson Yards-Chelsea-Flatiron-Union Square, Manhattan

70. Rugby-Remsen Village, Brooklyn

69. Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park, Queens

68. Elmhurst-Maspeth, Queens

67. North Side-South Side, Brooklyn

66. Murray Hill, Manhattan

65. Auburndale, Queens

64. Pelham Parkway, Bronx

63. Morningside Heights, Manhattan

62. South Ozone Park, Queens

61. Steinway, Queens

60. Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds, Manhattan

59. Astoria, Queens

58. Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn

57. Jackson Heights, Queens

56. Brighton Beach, Brooklyn

55. Ocean Hill, Brooklyn

54. Kensington-Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn

53. Erasmus, Brooklyn

52. Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester, Bronx

51. Baisley Park, Queens

50. Fresh Meadows-Utopia, Queens

49. Midwood, Brooklyn

48. East Village, Manhattan

47. Bushwick North, Brooklyn

46. Westchester-Unionport, Bronx

45. East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn

44. Central Harlem South, Manhattan

43. Morrisania-Melrose, Bronx

42. Oakland Gardens, Queens

41. Brooklyn Heights-Cobble Hill, Brooklyn

40. Kew Gardens Hills, Queens

39. Georgetown-Marine Park-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn

38. East Harlem North, Manhattan

37. Elmhurst, Queens

36. Woodhaven, Queens

35. Longwood, Bronx

34. Clinton Hill, Brooklyn

33. Highbridge, Bronx

32. North Corona, Queens

31. Bellerose, Queens

30. Homecrest, Brooklyn

29. Flatbush, Brooklyn

28. Bushwick South, Brooklyn

27. Gravesend, Brooklyn

26. Greenpoint, Brooklyn

25. Bensonhurst East, Brooklyn

24. Fordham South, Bronx

23. St. Albans, Queens

22. South Jamaica, Queens

21. East New York, Brooklyn

20. East Elmhurst, Queens

19. Sunset Park East, Brooklyn

18. Allerton-Pelham Gardens, Bronx

17. Middle Village, Queens

16. Dyker Heights, Brooklyn

15. Bensonhurst West, Brooklyn

14. Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx

13. Bedford, Brooklyn

12. Cypress Hills-City Line, Brooklyn

11. Glendale, Queens

10. Stuyvesant Heights, Brooklyn

9. Bath Beach, Brooklyn

8. Ft. Totten-Bay Terrace-Clearview, Queens

7. Laurelton, Queens

6. Gramercy, Manhattan

5. East New York (Pennsylvania Ave), Brooklyn

4. Stuyvesant Town-Cooper Village, Manhattan

3. Williamsburg, Brooklyn

2. Starrett City, Brooklyn

1. Fort Greene, Brooklyn

Lead photo courtesy of the NYPD