Last month, colorful maps like this one were making the rounds after programmers released data visualizations of the noisiest sections of New York City. The areas with the most red dots recorded more 311 noise complaints than neighborhoods shaded...
Ben Wellington of the data-crunching site I Quant NY has an interesting piece in the New Yorker looking at the city's noisiest neighborhoods. He studied the data from 140,000 311 calls logged between the winter of 2013 through the...
It probably does not come as much of a surprise to anyone that the Lower East Side is one of the noisiest neighborhoods in Manhattan. Mostly due to the high concentration of bars and restaurants in the area above...
We attended a meeting of the 5th Precinct Community Council Wednesday night, in which heated discussion was anticipated regarding the May 8th arrest in Chinatown’s Columbus Park of a Chinese immigrant and musician. Yi Zhuo Wu was arrested for...
A few weeks ago we had coverage of a contentious community meeting, in which residents lit into managers of the Thompson LES Hotel for their failure to control late night noise and unruly crowds. New York Magazine has now...
WNYC's Soundcheck blog takes a look (and a listen) at the noisiest neighborhoods in the city. It won't come as a big surprise that this is a category in which the Lower East Side and Chinatown excel. After Washington...
