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These NYC zip codes have the most neighborhood complaints

Fresh Meadows in Queens takes top billing for the most complaints in a NYC neighborhood per capita.

Shaye Weaver
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Shaye Weaver
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New Yorkers love to complain about the city, but we would never actually leave.

There’s actually a new study that shows just how much we love to complain … to 311. MoverDB.com published an analysis of the cities and zip codes where residents complain the most about neighborhood issues, and it ranked NYC zip codes in order of how many complaints were made to the non-emergency line.

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Overall, NYC shows up on the list twice for the most complaints in the country: 10466 (The Bronx) with 9,320 complaints and 10031 (Harlem) with 5,934 complaints, between August 2022 and August 2023.

But while the Bronx as a whole has the most complaints, Fresh Meadows in Queens takes top billing for the most complaints in a NYC neighborhood per capita. There were 10,835 complaints per 10,000 residents.

According to the study, the high number of complaints may likely be because it’s so noisy. In addition to being on a flight path, locals complain about “rampant drag racing,” MoverDB.com says.

Is your neighborhood on this list?

Mover DB’s NYC neighborhood complaints graphic
Graphic: courtesy of MoverDB.com

The “least troublesome” area is the Co-op City neighborhood of the Bronx. It turns out that since it’s a cooperative housing development, residents can resolve issues internally.

You can see the full report here.

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