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Your neighbors called 311 nearly 10,000 times about noise.

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Your neighbors are deadass tired of the noise

So look, you think you're the only one who can't get a decent night's sleep in this city? Nah, you're dead wrong. The latest 311 data, and this is straight from the source, shows that "Noise - Street/Sidewalk / Loud Music/Party" is the *top* issue New Yorkers are complaining about, clocking in at 5,749 requests. Right behind it? "Noise - Residential / Loud Music/Party" with 4,242 calls. That’s nearly 10,000 noise complaints in what, a week? A month? Doesn't matter, it's too many.

Here's the thing about those numbers:

* **Street Noise:** 5,749 calls. That's your block party that went 'til 3 AM, your neighbor's car alarm that just won't quit, or that dude blasting reggaeton from his bodega speaker.

* **Residential Noise:** 4,242 calls. That's your upstairs neighbor's bass, the banging pipes, or someone throwing a wild one in their apartment.

The city that never sleeps is apparently also the city that can't let anyone else sleep either. Folks are tired. They're trying to work, raise kids, just exist. And they're calling 311 more than anything else to get some peace and quiet.

What to watch for: Will City Hall actually do anything about it? Or are we just gonna keep calling 311 while the city keeps being loud? That's New York — if you can't keep up, take the bus.

Rachel Kwon-Gutierrez, MiTL Sports Desk, Queens.

Yo, Keith and the crew get into this and more every morning – deadass, check it live at mornings.live.

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