LINKS: Noize in da'Hood

The sound of silence is probably the only noise you won't get to hear much of in NYC. But if you're a hunter, renter, or owner of an apartment, condo, or co-op, in a newly constructed or renovated residential building in just about any NYC neighborhood, the following articles can tell you how to find or make a quiet home, and how to keep your noise to yourself.

The Noise Children Make [NYT]
The baby-boom that has hit NYC neighborhoods in recent years, like many other alien influxes, has caused tensions between the newcomers--let's just call them the Stroller Mafia for convenience sake--and the existing population who don't necessarily care for infants mewling in bars.

Getting a Handle on Apartment Noise [NYT]
What parents can do to make their children better neighbors.

A Place to Play the Piano Forte [NYT]
If you make noise for a living and you work from home, this article has tips on finding an apartment where you will be appreciated and not dowsed with molasses, rolled in cornflakes, and left in a Key Foods dumpster, unless of course that's what makes you feel appreciated.

Checking Out the Noise Level [NYT]
A gazillion--yes, gazillion--smart tips are offered here for sussing out the noise situation for almost any apartment, condo, or co-op in any NYC neighborhood.

Laminated Windows Keep Out the Din [NYT]
Just because your new condo overlooks a construction site where even newer condos will soon be, that doesn't mean that at 7:30 every morning you have to invite the entire shouting work crew with their backhoes and jackhammers into your home. Unless you want to.

The Dream of Absolute Quiet [NYT]
Never fear! If the guy featured in this article can find a downtown Manhattan apartment that's quiet enough for him--and a real, live girlfriend willing to live there with him--then believe you me, ANYONE can find one!