Friday, January 31, 2025

Where does the East Village rate in the list of NYC's noisiest neighborhoods?

We're No. 7! We're No. 7! 

The New York Times did a deep dive on a favorite topic: Noise. 

Here's what a search of the city's 311 logs revealed:
Using 311, New Yorkers can file noise complaints and report violations of the noise code to the appropriate agencies. (Categories include loud neighbors, construction noise, street music, and “aircraft and boats.”) The 311 logs are publicly available via NYC Open Data and include location information, allowing us to determine which of New York City’s 59 community districts were the noisiest last year. In 2024, New Yorkers called in a total of 753,222 noise complaints. 
Incredibly, almost 10 percent of them came from residents of Bronx Community District 12, which encompasses several neighborhoods including Williamsbridge and Baychester.
Manhattan District 3, which includes the East Village, Lower East Side, Chinatown and Two Bridges, finished a distant seventh with 19,588 noise complaints via 311 last year.

Read the full piece at the Times here. 

This is a good time to revisit this June 2024 EVG post: What's the 311? How East Village residents can effectively file complaints.
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4 comments:

  1. ev residentJanuary 31, 2025 at 7:43 AM

    note that this article looks at all types of noise together . You can also look up noise by type--for instance nightlife noise is nypd commercial noise complaints. Other types of frequent noise are after hours construction noise or horn honking. They all cause different types of frustration.

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  2. MilsubJanuary 31, 2025 at 9:37 AM

    Hooray!!!! We're number 7

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  3. dwgJanuary 31, 2025 at 9:45 AM

    I wonder if the large amount of NYU students living in the East Village had something to do with the low number of noise complaints? Weekends were made for Michelob and bar hopping weekend crowds.

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  4. JKJanuary 31, 2025 at 10:50 AM

    how'd we do in complaints about dogs off-leash in playgrounds?

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