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MTA Construction Keeping Brooklynite Up At Night
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Jen Carlson
Published Apr 28, 2010
Modified Apr 28, 2010
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The noise in New York has taken another victim. Meg Richichi of Brooklyn says she is being kept up all hours of the night as the MTA works on a 250-foot passageway between the Jay Street subway station and the R train at Lawrence Street. She told NY1 that the ongoing racket has been going on since she moved to her apartment in February, and "It’s just this continuous bang, bang, bang. Drilling that goes on and off all night, and its nerve-wracking. I wish they would stop the heavy work at night. If they have to do work, they have to do work, but drilling and jack-hammering, and cutting of pipes, I can’t tolerate it."
At first the MTA denied they were doing construction in the area at night, but finally caved and told the station they were, but have "followed Department of Environmental regulations for allowable noise and responded promptly to neighborhood complaints. Also, construction equipment such as jackhammers and trucks were equipped with mufflers in order to keep noise levels as low as possible."
They are scheduled to finish the project in March 2011. So basically, you can sleep when you're dead, Richichi!
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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