BROOKLYN, NY — Brooklyn may be in the dumps — and not just figuratively.
Still, the borough didn’t land a single ZIP code in the top 10 for 311 dirty-condition complaints, according to a data analysis done by HouseFresh.
And compared with cities like Baltimore, Sacramento and Los Angeles, New York City actually comes out smelling pretty good.
For all the jokes about rats, garbage and gridlock, New York City isn’t quite as grimy as its reputation suggests. The study found the city receives roughly 3,728 sanitation complaints for every 100,000 residents.
But Brooklyn shouldn’t break out the confetti just yet. The study found the city’s most complaint-heavy ZIP code is right here in the borough.
HouseFresh’s analysis shows several Brooklyn ZIP codes still racking up thousands of sanitation complaints with the NYC Department of Sanitation.
However, one area topped them all: 11216.
That ZIP code—which spans the bustling, mostly residential neighborhoods of Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant—logged 7,664 complaints per 100,000 residents.
Three other Brooklyn ZIP codes cracked the list, based on sanitation complaint volume.
Here they are:
11238: Covering parts of Prospect Heights, Clinton Hill and Crown Heights.11237: Spanning Bushwick, plus portions of Williamsburg, Ridgewood and Maspeth.11222: Encompassing the Greenpoint area.
On the flip side, the cleanest NYC ZIP code, 11040 in New Hyde Park, clocked in with just 176 complaints per 100,000 residents.