Our Town found the loudest noise readings at the intersection of Second Avenue and 96th Street, “where cranes lifted detritus from a pit and jackhammers pile-drove the pavement.” Noise measurements were made of the Upper East Side between 86th and 96th streets.
Construction for the Second Avenue subway are a constant concern for residents and shop owners.
“There’s too much noise, and it affects my business. Who wants to shop in a store where it’s so loud that they can’t think?” asked an employee at Optimo Deli, on 96th Street and Second Avenue, according to Our Town.
Mark Lyon, who commented online, said he had to move out of his apartment at the same intersection “due to the constant noise.”
“After three years of constant invasion by sound, vibration, and exhaust, we gave up on the neighborhood we loved and moved elsewhere,” Lyon remarked, adding that it was “a truly sad day.”
