The summer brings it haul of noise complaints each year and the precinct which covers
Howard Beach and parts of Broad Channel report some of the highest numbers in the city
for noise complaints submitted.
But a peek at 311 complaints for another issue escalated in the summer shows something
else that seems to be bothering residents in both those communities. The smell of them.
A quick look on the 311 site provides the complainant an opportunity to enter concerns
over some smells most people did not even know existed. All in all, citizens have the
chance to register reports on 8 different categories of smells including pigeon waste or
odor, wastewater treatment plants odor, chemical odor, bad indoor air quality or odor,
ventilation or exhaust system odor, a smell coming from a dry cleaning business, a smell
coming from a catch basin or sewer and finally a foul odor coming from an unknown
source.
Throughout Queens there seem to be some really “smelly” neighborhoods according to
the folks that live there. Brick underground, an online blog, has gone through the trouble
of organizing data to let us know exactly what the smelliest neighborhoods in Queens are
and on the converse side, what the best smelling neighborhoods in Queens are.
The results were based on different odor complaints in all communities and then
measured against the population of the complaining community.
QUEENS – SMELLIEST NEIGHBORHOODS
RANK NEIGHBORHOOD COMPLAINTS PER CAPITA
#1 MALBA 29.9
#2 LINDENWOOD 22.75
#3 NEPONSIT 21.9
#4 ST. ALBANS 17.8
#5 COLLEGE POINT 17.2
#6 HOWARD BEACH 15.9
#7 BAYSWATER 14.3
#8 CAMBRIA HEIGHTS 13.9
#9 BROAD CHANNEL 13.8
#10 BECRST/WHITESTONE 13.7
QUEENS – LEAST SMELLY NEIGHBORHOODS
RANK NEIGHBORHOOD COMPLAINTS PER CAPITA
#1 NORTH CORONA 2.07
#2 CORONA 2.3
#3 WOODSIDE 3.5
#4 ELMHURST 3.9
#5 REGO PARK 3.9
#6 SUNNYSIDE 4.1
#7 JACKSON HEIGHTS 4.8
#8 BELLEROSE 4.85
#9 EAST FLUSHING 4.86
By Patricia Adams
