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At least one heavy metal deejay and musician is aware of how loud he can be. Benjamin Sachwald might be bringing the noise at night, but at his day job he's rewriting the noise code! Metro reports that at his firm, AKRF, he's "updated the sound standards for the 21st century, adding requirements for Mister Softee trucks. The company also does readings for fed-up tenants living above bars and developers planning projects by elevated subways."
And about those subways... beneath the N/W tracks at 39th Avenue in Queens, the noise measured in at a pretty high 82 decibels. While the MTA is under no orders to follow the city codes, they do "plan to issue recommendations by January for reducing subway clamor." We'd be curious to know what how high the decibels get in DUMBO.
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How about some noise codes that ban loud, shitty tenants from living within city limits?
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The EPA suggests that people shouldn't be overly exposed to more than 75 decibels. In NYC, lots of noises go way over that. Manhattan traffic is commonly 85 decibels, an ambulance siren is 120, and the subway is 95. It's no wonder the city never sleeps.
I say it's not just about the decibels, it's the frequencies. Low frequencies are pretty hard to isolate (for example you'll be able to hear your neighbor's god damn subwoofer but not the rest of his surround sound speakers playing his/her shitty music at 2AM).
Also this! Especially when it's 10am on a motherfrakkin Sunday. Why do people think I want to hear their music?
Does the EPA suggest that people shouldn't be overly exposed to noisy, obnoxious people on the subway? Because it should. I'm looking at you, loud cell-phone talkers and ipod-blasters.