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Your neighbors made 12,000 noise complaints. Are you one of them?

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Your neighbors are mad as hell about noise

So look—we all love New York, right? But sometimes, New York is just… loud. And if you've been feelin' like your block sounds like a constant block party, you're not wrong. The latest 311 data? It's screaming about noise complaints.

Here's the thing: "Noise - Street/Sidewalk / Loud Music/Party" topped the charts with a wild 5,855 requests. Right behind it? "Noise - Residential / Loud Music/Party" at 4,246. And folks, "Banging/Pounding" in apartments? That's another 2,241 calls. Deadass, that's over 12,000 noise complaints alone! People are trying to sleep, yo, or at least hear themselves think over the clang of the garbage trucks. It tells you exactly what's on New Yorkers' minds when they call 311. We're not just talkin' about the occasional loud neighbor; this is a city-wide symphony of sound that's got residents fed up.

What's next? City Hall's gotta figure out if these are just late-night annoyances or if they point to bigger issues about enforcement and quality of life. Because nah, nobody wants to live in a library, but nobody wants their apartment to feel like a drum solo either.

That's New York — if you can't keep up, take the bus.

— Rachel Kwon-Gutierrez (@rach_k_queens)

Yo, my pals on the morning show dive deeper into this mess every day — tune in live at mornings.live.

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