NYC resident details struggle living next to subway station
A clip from HBO’s “How To with John Wilson,” is making the rounds online after a man took viewers inside his living accommodations — which include a bedroom standing right next to an open-air Brooklyn subway station, and all the screechy noises that come with it.
“This is my bed where I sleep every night and this is the Myrtle/Broadway Station,” says the man while pointing to a train pulling rather loudly into the stop — all happening mere feet from his window. “I was hoping the curtains would help more than they did. During the day, I just turn the music up. At night, just wait for it leave and try to fall asleep before the next one comes.”
Due to privacy concerns and HBO non-disclosure agreements, The Post is unable to identify him.
“Damn [sic] wonder how many times i’ve looked into this guys room” one New Yorker, who takes this subway, frequently stated. This stop is along the J, M and Z lines.
“Damn I see this guys window all the time. Tell him to water those plants behind his curtains! Lookin dry af,” another quipped.
Others, who seem to be in a similar predicament, gave him advice on things he can do to soften the noise.
“Put cardboard in your window add insulation foam on top. then black out curtains,” said one.
“Triple pane windows and some translucent bubble pads would make that way quieter,” another said.
Located in Bushwick, prices in the area have skyrocketed in the last decade.
The Post also couldn’t immediately confirm the exact building where this man lives, but a property at 937 Broadway, situated right next to this exact subway station, has been entirely rented out.
Along this stretch of the subway track, which hovers over Broadway, trains pass very close to apartments’ windows. It’s somewhat similar on the 1 line at the above-ground 125th Street station, which — albeit from a greater distance — straphangers can still see into the living areas of apartments on either side of the tracks especially in the evening hours when lights are on, and even into their bathrooms.
At 937 Broadway, rates run between $2,300 to $2,900 per month. All units boast one bedroom and one bathroom.
According to a former tenant, as documented on Openigloo, they note that the walls had “poor insulation within the building.”
“Even though we were right next door to a very active subway station, the upstairs neighbor still complained about the volume of our music during day/evening hours,” the commenter said.
Meanwhile, across the street, at 926 Broadway, rent runs about $2,300 per month.