STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – As the temperature increases and more people are gathering outside, the number of noise complaints also increases.
Staten Islanders from across the borough have complained about “boom” parties and the negative impact the loud music is having on their quality of life, which becomes a frequent source of frustration in the spring and summer months.
Some of the noise was discovered to be coming from Elizabeth, N.J., while other sources of noise were found to be coming from within the borough.
Most recently, a Travis resident said for more than two years he and his neighbors have been dealing with noise from “boom” parties that take place at the West Shore Shopping Plaza near the intersection of Meredith and South Avenues.
The sound emanating from the “boom” parties along Front Street in Clifton has been so loud that it crossed the Narrows, disturbing Brooklyn residents late at night.
A spokesperson for the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information (DCPI) told the Advance/SILive.com that police officers issued 10 summonses for noise conditions after conducting enforcement along Front Street.
104 COMPLAINTS MADE SINCE JANUARY
From Tottenville to St. George, Staten Islanders said they’ve made repeated complaints about the disruptive noise that booms late into the night and even early in the morning.
According to online city 311 data, 104 vehicle noise complaints have been made to 311 since Jan. 1, 2023.
Of the 104 complaints, 17 were made in January, 20 in February, 12 in March, 30 in April, and 24 between May 1 and May 26, the data shows.
Eighteen of the complaint resolutions state that “those responsible for the condition were gone” when police officers responded to the scene of the complaint. Five complaint resolutions state responding officers determined that police action wasn’t necessary.
Twenty-six of the complaint resolutions say police officers responded to the complaint and took action to fix the condition, and 54 complaint resolutions say the responding police officers did not observe any evidence of a violation.
‘THERE’S NO REAL WAY TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING’
One source told the Advance/SILive.com that it’s difficult for responding officers to issues summonses because the vehicles responsible for the “boom” parties typically don’t stay in one place for long.
“A lot of these vehicle owners know that they can only stay in one spot for so long before somebody winds up complaining and the police get called,” the source said, “so they pull up to one spot, hang out for a bit, and then zoom off to another location.”
“These [boom parties] are one of those issues that are reactionary; there’s no real way to prevent this from happening. The officers who are aware of the issue, do the best they can,” the source continued.
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