Noise Reports in New York

Using a heatmap to visualize the noisiest areas of New York

Everyone knows that New York is a noisy city. But where are the noisest streets and neighborhoods? By analyzing New York's 311 report data, we have been able to create a heatmap showing noise - and what a lot of noise there is! Breaking down New York noise reports by year, we can see the following data points:

Noise reports are only increasing in number in New York. 2020's high figure of 405,189 reports represents a 250% increase in noise complaints since 2010, a quite astounding figure.