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New York Today: Dealing With Noisy Neighbors New York Today: Dealing With Noisy Neighbors
(about 3 hours later)
Updated, 9:12 a.m.
Good morning on this spectacular Thursday.Good morning on this spectacular Thursday.
New York is the city that never shuts up.New York is the city that never shuts up.
Roughly 420,000 noise complaints were reported to the city’s 311 hotline last year, the majority involving human interaction. But let’s be honest: Contacting 311 is not always the fastest or most effective way to silence the cacophony.Roughly 420,000 noise complaints were reported to the city’s 311 hotline last year, the majority involving human interaction. But let’s be honest: Contacting 311 is not always the fastest or most effective way to silence the cacophony.
So we asked New York Today readers how they’ve dealt with noisy neighbors.So we asked New York Today readers how they’ve dealt with noisy neighbors.
And my, you are a creative bunch.And my, you are a creative bunch.
Remedies ranged from the practical (polite, handwritten notes) to the functional (noise-canceling headphones) to the more extreme (squirting high-powered water guns or blaring bagpipe music as retribution).Remedies ranged from the practical (polite, handwritten notes) to the functional (noise-canceling headphones) to the more extreme (squirting high-powered water guns or blaring bagpipe music as retribution).
Here are a few other responses.Here are a few other responses.
“Earplugs are the most effective strategy. I use the silicone style that mold to your ear, available at most drugstores. The sensation may take some getting used to.”“Earplugs are the most effective strategy. I use the silicone style that mold to your ear, available at most drugstores. The sensation may take some getting used to.”
— Kevin Ernest Hawes, 32, East Harlem— Kevin Ernest Hawes, 32, East Harlem
“When it got to be midnight, I put on some clothes and the toughest face I could muster and marched over there to give whomever an earful. I explained that I have to be up for work at 5 a.m., and asked them to stop. He said they were almost done, so can they finish?”“When it got to be midnight, I put on some clothes and the toughest face I could muster and marched over there to give whomever an earful. I explained that I have to be up for work at 5 a.m., and asked them to stop. He said they were almost done, so can they finish?”
— Caroline Snell, 27, Bushwick, Brooklyn— Caroline Snell, 27, Bushwick, Brooklyn
“I design huge posters I then have printed professionally ($4) shaming her. I attach them to my first floor door, which all her visitors have to pass in order to get to her apartment. I change them monthly, making sure they get more and more lethal. Nothing I write is not without complete and total merit.”“I design huge posters I then have printed professionally ($4) shaming her. I attach them to my first floor door, which all her visitors have to pass in order to get to her apartment. I change them monthly, making sure they get more and more lethal. Nothing I write is not without complete and total merit.”
— BJ Graser, 57, Bergen County, N.J.— BJ Graser, 57, Bergen County, N.J.
“I had a really crazy neighbor upstairs and for two years I slept at my parents’ house. I ended up paying to soundproof my bedroom ceiling and party wall. It cost $8,000.”“I had a really crazy neighbor upstairs and for two years I slept at my parents’ house. I ended up paying to soundproof my bedroom ceiling and party wall. It cost $8,000.”
— Sharon Ulman, 66, Forest Hills, Queens— Sharon Ulman, 66, Forest Hills, Queens
“Awoken one night by the sound of my next door neighbors having sex, I resolved to confront them — this had been going on for a month. I wrote a note, including the line, ‘We can hear you doing it down by the front door. Maybe you shouldn’t yell so much.’ But then, worried about retribution, I added this introduction: ‘We’re not sure if it’s you or your neighbor...’ I printed two copies of the note, putting one on their doormat and one on mine. When my neighbors came home, a few seconds after hearing their door shut, I heard one of them yell, quite loudly, ‘Oh my god!’ I never heard a sound from them again.”“Awoken one night by the sound of my next door neighbors having sex, I resolved to confront them — this had been going on for a month. I wrote a note, including the line, ‘We can hear you doing it down by the front door. Maybe you shouldn’t yell so much.’ But then, worried about retribution, I added this introduction: ‘We’re not sure if it’s you or your neighbor...’ I printed two copies of the note, putting one on their doormat and one on mine. When my neighbors came home, a few seconds after hearing their door shut, I heard one of them yell, quite loudly, ‘Oh my god!’ I never heard a sound from them again.”
— David Kogler, 37, Yorkville, Manhattan— David Kogler, 37, Yorkville, Manhattan
Here’s what else is happening:Here’s what else is happening:
Let the sunshine in!Let the sunshine in!
(Don’t worry, there’s enough today to go around.)(Don’t worry, there’s enough today to go around.)
Bright, blue skies and a golden glow await you, with highs near 83.Bright, blue skies and a golden glow await you, with highs near 83.
Things will cool down considerably as clouds roll in this evening.Things will cool down considerably as clouds roll in this evening.
• An influential transit-advocacy group recommended running trains through Manhattan and building a bus terminal beneath the Jacob K. Javits Center. [New York Times]• An influential transit-advocacy group recommended running trains through Manhattan and building a bus terminal beneath the Jacob K. Javits Center. [New York Times]
• Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said city streets should no longer bear Robert E. Lee’s name. [New York Times]• Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said city streets should no longer bear Robert E. Lee’s name. [New York Times]
• Mayor Bill de Blasio sticks to the platform he ran on: ending income inequality and reining in Wall Street. [New York Times]• Mayor Bill de Blasio sticks to the platform he ran on: ending income inequality and reining in Wall Street. [New York Times]
• Three brothers that fled MS-13 in Guatemala find themselves terrorized by the gang on Long Island. [WNYC]• Three brothers that fled MS-13 in Guatemala find themselves terrorized by the gang on Long Island. [WNYC]
• A 94-year-old synagogue on the Upper West Side will be demolished to build condos, despite advocates wanting to preserve the building. [DNAinfo]• A 94-year-old synagogue on the Upper West Side will be demolished to build condos, despite advocates wanting to preserve the building. [DNAinfo]
• Today’s Metropolitan Diary: “URL” • Today’s Metropolitan Diary: “It Began With a Birthday”
• For a global look at what’s happening, see Your Morning Briefing.• For a global look at what’s happening, see Your Morning Briefing.
• Learn about the history of gin during an adults-only lecture at the Prospect Heights Brainery in Brooklyn. 6 p.m. [$14, sign up here]• Learn about the history of gin during an adults-only lecture at the Prospect Heights Brainery in Brooklyn. 6 p.m. [$14, sign up here]
• The Battery Dance Festival continues with outdoor performances at Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park in Battery Park City. 7 to 9 p.m., through Friday. [Free]• The Battery Dance Festival continues with outdoor performances at Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park in Battery Park City. 7 to 9 p.m., through Friday. [Free]
• Catch a production of Shakespeare’s “Henry IV” at Cunningham Park in Fresh Meadows, Queens. 7:30 p.m [Free]• Catch a production of Shakespeare’s “Henry IV” at Cunningham Park in Fresh Meadows, Queens. 7:30 p.m [Free]
• Looking ahead: Play NYC, a video game convention for players and developers, brings games, panels and networking to Terminal 5 in Manhattan this weekend.• Looking ahead: Play NYC, a video game convention for players and developers, brings games, panels and networking to Terminal 5 in Manhattan this weekend.
• Yankees versus Mets, 7:10 p.m. (YES).• Yankees versus Mets, 7:10 p.m. (YES).
• Alternate-side parking remains in effect until Sept. 1.• Alternate-side parking remains in effect until Sept. 1.
• For more events, see The New York Times’s Arts & Entertainment guide.• For more events, see The New York Times’s Arts & Entertainment guide.
This week marks 40 years since the death of the King, the Prince from Another Planet — Elvis Presley.This week marks 40 years since the death of the King, the Prince from Another Planet — Elvis Presley.
In September 1956, when Elvis made his Ed Sullivan Show debut, 60 million fans tuned in. They shot only the top half of his body, so his wiggling waist — considered lewd and scandalously sexy at the time — wouldn’t send young girls swooning.In September 1956, when Elvis made his Ed Sullivan Show debut, 60 million fans tuned in. They shot only the top half of his body, so his wiggling waist — considered lewd and scandalously sexy at the time — wouldn’t send young girls swooning.
He performed his first live show in New York City at Madison Square Garden in June 1972.He performed his first live show in New York City at Madison Square Garden in June 1972.
“Elvis appeared, materialized, in a white suit of lights, shining with golden appliqués, the shirt front slashed to show his chest,” said The New York Times’s review of the event. “Around his shoulders was a cape lined in cloth of gold, its collar faced with scarlet. It was anything you want to call it, gaudy, vulgar, magnificent.”“Elvis appeared, materialized, in a white suit of lights, shining with golden appliqués, the shirt front slashed to show his chest,” said The New York Times’s review of the event. “Around his shoulders was a cape lined in cloth of gold, its collar faced with scarlet. It was anything you want to call it, gaudy, vulgar, magnificent.”
You can honor the 40th anniversary of the King’s passing at a tribute concert at The Brooklyn Firefly in Bay Ridge this Sunday at 1 p.m., where the musicians Martin McQuade and Jesse Gelber will explore the rock ‘n’ roll star’s ties to Brooklyn.You can honor the 40th anniversary of the King’s passing at a tribute concert at The Brooklyn Firefly in Bay Ridge this Sunday at 1 p.m., where the musicians Martin McQuade and Jesse Gelber will explore the rock ‘n’ roll star’s ties to Brooklyn.
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