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Loud sex is ruining hundreds of New Yorkers' lives, 311 reports show
New Yorkers made more than 270 gripes over roughly the past year to the non-emergency hotline, with reports of everything from backyard orgies, to the sounds of "loud ruthless sex."
Brit allegedly stabbed to death with sickle in Thailand for making too much noise
The two men, both only wearing shorts, were found in a pool of blood outside the house, next to a blood-stained bench and a table covered in beer bottles.
![Did you know that the Big Apple has a noise code? It states that “[t]he making, creation or maintenance of excessive and unreasonable and prohibited noises ... is a menace to public health, comfort, convenience, safety, welfare and the prosperity of the people of the city.”](https://cdn.statically.io/img/nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/NOISE_YT.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=306&h=204&crop=1)
How to survive noisy NYC: The city that never sleeps — because it won’t shut up
Half of NYC barely gets six hours of shut-eye a night, a far cry from the recommended eight. The constant noise can’t be helping. So here’s a helpful guide to...
This 'twerking' cicada sounds like a revved-up motorcycle
A cicada in Japan has gone viral after emitting an ear-splitting sound that evokes a motorcycle getting revved up.
'No need to own a cellphone': Why this West Virginia town is the 'quietest' in America
Inside Green Bank, West Virginia, the most silent place in America, where 8,000 residents aren't allowed to use cellphones or Wi-Fi.
Black woman fined $385 for talking loudly on the phone says race was motive
Diamond Robinson was walking up and down her block on Cushing Street in Eastpointe Thursday, when a neighbor approached her asking, “Do you think that you can get off your...
Shock to the heart: Traffic, airplane noise reportedly a 'silent killer'
The din of an urban environment -- long been linked to hearing issues -- can also lead to a series of heart problems, coming right behind air pollution as a...
'Noisy' frogs to be evicted from 'historic' pond, French judge rules
Hop along, say the French courts to the frogs.
COVID-19 lockdown has brought Earth’s vibrations to a halt: study
The lack of noise pollution makes it easier to track and predict earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Why the fireworks surge is truly a scourge: Gelinas
New York is compressing all of the upheavals of the 1970s — job loss, population exodus, looting, rising crime, existential questions of what the city is even for — into...
Illegal fireworks complaints in NYC soar 4,000 percent under lockdown
Coronavirus locked-down New Yorkers aren't waiting until Independence Day to light up the skies, according to city data that shows a massive 4,000-percent surge in firecracker complaints during the first...
NYC noise complaints skyrocket following stay-at-home order
NYC noise complaints have reached a fever pitch.
Cops tase 'moonshine' man blasting music and hurling threats
Turn the radio up for that sweet sound — but if it's 4:30 in the morning and cops arrive at your house, it might be time to call it a...
UWS residents losing sleep over MTA buses' 'saving lives' warning
Upper West Siders are losing their latte over an automated bus alert intended to save lives. The pebble in the loafer is a robotic voice blaring "Caution, bus is turning"...
De Blasio announces LES nightlife crackdown
Mayor Bill de Blasio has a message for people partying on the Lower East Side -- keep it down out there. Like an angry neighbor rapping on the ceiling with...
Random noises drive you nuts? 'The Sound of Silence' is for you
As any New Yorker knows, silence and the city seem mutually exclusive. But in the new sci-fi indie “The Sound of Silence,” two Brooklynites have conjured a man so tuned...
Residents say planned FiDi theater will bring unwanted rowdiness
A popular theater company called Sleep No More is planning to expand into the Financial District — and worried local residents say the prospect is costing them shut-eye.
Neighbor from hell blasts theme from 'The Addams Family' at family
A creepy, kooky British man blasted the theme of “The Addams Family” at his next-door neighbors — turning their lives into a “living hell” during a six-year campaign of harassment,...
Thumping dance classes giving New York theater the jitters: lawsuit
All the jumping and banging from high-impact aerobics classes are leaving the staff at an off-Broadway theater in Tribeca “terrified” that their ceiling will come down, a new lawsuit alleges....
Mayor de Blasio has some ideas to reduce noise in New York City
Mayor de Blasio wants the Big Apple to be the city that never screams. Hizzoner on Friday said he plans to introduce new measures in 2019 to reduce noise across...