Making Friends on State Street
The folks now living in the recently-constructed townhouse on State between Nevins and Bond aren’t exactly making friends on the block, it appears. Over the weekend, they decided to do a little jackhammering, much to the chagrin of the some neighbors. “What the hell were they jackhammering in a basically 6 month old house?” asks…
The folks now living in the recently-constructed townhouse on State between Nevins and Bond aren’t exactly making friends on the block, it appears. Over the weekend, they decided to do a little jackhammering, much to the chagrin of the some neighbors. “What the hell were they jackhammering in a basically 6 month old house?” asks the tipster who sent this in. Has to be either for the cellar or the backyard, we’d guess. Did anyone have the pleasure of hearing these shenanigans? Any other tales of particularly inconsiderate neighbors this weekend? GMAP
I lived at 410 State Street until two months ago. I have to say that block was ALWAYS loud – that’s one of the reasons I moved away. There seemed to be perpetual roadwork and construction noise during the day, and loud crazy and/or drunk people yelling/singing on the street at night.
My guess is the note writer is new to the block and has to do some getting used to the area.
to anon 10:54–But come on, folks–isn’t this site all about real-estate and improving homes and hoods?
no, it seems to have become a curbed.com for brooklyn, brownstoner hasn’t posted anything regarding renovations for a very very long time.
but if you want to read about a sign posted in red hook about someone not picking up after their dog, you can read it here first!
11:07 is right…but do we know if this is a one or two family house? And do we know the hours of the jackhammering?
I still maintain though that a little courtesy shown by the jackhammer-er, while obvs not required by law, could have gone a long way in this situation.
While the response of the neighbor leaves something to be desired, this could have been avoided had the jackhammer-er simply a) adhered to the law, and gotten permits or b) told the neighbor what was going to happen, and try to make peace in advance. Instead, as is typical New Yorker behavior, it’s “I do what I want and f-you if you don’t like it, why don’t you move back to Kansas, etc.”
There is a huge difference between some random hammering doing fix-it stuff, and a jackhammer ruining your weekend hours.
Just because we live in a big noisy city doesn’t mean big noisy behavior is OK. There are laws regulating the noise for a reason.
Sorry folks, I am not the owner or in any way involved with this bldg….but you have the right to do construction on Saturdays and Sundays as of right in a one or two family homes. I think the hours you can work are between 10-4 on the weekends. Seems like somebody got woken up on a weekend morning and didnt have the sense to speak to his neighbors and/or get on the computer and research the DOB guidelines. So now where are the real “bad neighbors” living on State Street is probably what the people at this bldg are wondering.
Since this is new construction (or at least almost total reconstruction) recently complete I doubt concrete patio.
Person’s retaliation certainly not appropriate or mature but unless knowing what other measures were taken hard or what exactly project or noise was can’t say too much.
BTW – I don’t see any new DOB permits for work at that address.
Yeah, whoever posted the notes seems like the jerk – not the jackhammer’er. Just knock on the door and discuss like a person.
My first reaction to this was to find it a hilarious little dust-up. But it’s true: duct-tape adhesive can be really destructive–I think the complaining neighbor here is being a whiny little shit. I also think it would have been nice for Brownstoner to obscure the exact house number on this door. It’s entirely possible the homeowner here is more a victim now than the noise-sensitive neighbor. (Not that anybody likes listening to jackhammers, of course–worse sound ever).
But come on, folks–isn’t this site all about real-estate and improving homes and hoods? It’s true that hardcore construction is supposed to be confined to 9-5, M-F, but let’s get real. A DIY-er or somebody with a busy work schedule should be given a little slack to do a noisy project after hours, within reason, once in a while. This guy was probably removing one of the many thousands of nasty, hideous concrete patios in Bklyn’s backyards– and for that, he should be applauded.
Does anybody know this guy and what his project was? And how long and late he was jackhammering?
See you in the Peoples Court.
we dont care- I was actualy sleeping at my switchboard when you called, you woke ME up!