Gothamist: Holy Shit, That's Loud!

Dave H.

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:09:57 -0500

Please! There's a certain continuous ignorability to a powersaw. My apt. building has been undergoing gutting and renovation since January that involves irregular yet extended table saw sessions interspersed with guys going nuts with sledgehammers on the ceiling, walls and floors above me. Throw a few hundred bags of refuse in the hallway and you have a party. I comiserate however. There were a few months when I simply couldn't watch tv or talk on the phone between 8am and 4pm because of the noise.

Palaverist

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:05:21 -0500

Palaverist

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:03:26 -0500

Dave

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:14:36 -0500

I live in the same building, and it's ridiculous. They've been right outside my window on the 31st floor for almost two months now. I can't even fathom what's taking them so long. Are they replacing every brick on the damn building? What gives? There's a silouette right outside my window right now as I type this. They're hammering again. WTF. When will it end? Is anyone even monitoring them for efficiency? Damn!

jus

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:58:41 -0500

that's nothing. I live in the bronx and black people are always like "WHAT YOU WANT MOTHERFUCKER!!! I'll CUT YOU! GIVE ME YOUR MONEY!! SHIT BITCH I WILL SLAP YOU!!! FUCK!!!" in Samuel L Jackson level decibels all day long, and it's usually while talking to their children.

anna

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:32:27 -0500

seriously, that audio file is a lullaby compared to my nightscape of hell. living on greenpoint ave is the worst, especially living across the street from the poultry slaughterhouse. imagine the noise: mobile wash units idling on the street, the pick up/drop off of huge waste receptacles at predawn points in the night; the daily truck traffic wouldn't be SO bad if it weren't for the pesky gap mid road which causes all of the trucks to downshift BEFORE hitting the bump, thereby elongating the sonic agony of screetchy metal bombastic crash. i blame the last sentence on insomnia. i move in less than a week.

Dave

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:07:33 -0500

I found that by turning down the volume on my computer, that sound file wasn't nearly as loud.

centralvillager

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:52:41 -0500

I live in the neighborhood, and there has been a retarded amount of work being done all around the area. What I wanna know is how Jesse enjoys the bikers and their loud-ass Japanese motorcycles screaming down 8th?

Hugomania

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:42:09 -0500

We've got renovation at 8th and Broadway beat - it's been two years and going strong (through year 2010 news says)on Wall Street with daily/weekend 7a-4p street drilling; concrete, garbage and delivery trucks; fighting taxi/limo/car service drivers, screaming ADHD Deutsche Bank security guards all night, the sounds of metal scaffolding pipe set up and breakdown of pipes being thrown on the trucks continuously...

drewo

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:25:18 -0500

Sure that's not a sample from an old Einsturzende Neubaten record?

nick

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:18:33 -0500

while my morning loud sounds are nowhere near this, i get a steady "garbage truck with loose screws screaming down pot holed road" sound. BANG BANG BANG. ugh.

mark

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:08:29 -0500

Actually, an interesting related article might be what tenants can do about loud neighbors. I used to live below a woman who would clomp around for the entire night in high heels and, since she was friends with the landlord, the building management wouldn't do anything about it. I actually had to move simply so that I could sleep at night. Excessive city noise of any kind can really be a drag.