Neighbors to Union Hall: Shut Up!
Since opening a little over a year ago, Union Hall’s formula—booze, bands, and bocce—has been a resounding success, drawing crowds of revelers to the North Slope. Some of the bar’s neighbors wish it were a tad less successful, though. In May a group of Union Street residents sent a letter to a bunch of officials…
Since opening a little over a year ago, Union Hall’s formula—booze, bands, and bocce—has been a resounding success, drawing crowds of revelers to the North Slope. Some of the bar’s neighbors wish it were a tad less successful, though. In May a group of Union Street residents sent a letter to a bunch of officials (including Mayor Bloomberg, BP Markowitz, State Senator Montgomery and Councilmember de Blasio) regarding the tremendous increase in noise and nuisance that’d befallen their street since Union Hall opened. The letter, which was signed by 76 people, claims the quality of life for the immediate neighbors has been drastically altered, leading to sleep loss, stress, anxiety and serious health issues. The signatories said the bar’s soundproofing measures were inadequate and that its patrons have terrorized Union Street by shouting, fighting, throwing bottles, urinating and passing out on the sidewalk. Jon Crow, one of the residents leading the charge against the bar, showed up at Wednesday night’s Community Board 6 meeting to expound on Union Hall’s alleged ne’er-do-well ways and to ask for the board’s help in bringing peace and quiet back to Union Street. From the outside, it may look like a library, but it’s not, said Crow, who intends to lobby the state liquor board so that Union Hall’s booze license isn’t renewed this spring.
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This is hilarious. John Ife, who is just as anonymous as anyone else on this board, wants accolades for registering? Oh my God, that is hysterical! Yea, John, you are sooo brave. You make soldiers or firefighters seem wimpy. Biggest balls ever.
Can you provide a link for your professional bio online, John Ife, or a Facebook link, something? Didn’t think so. When I googled “John Ife” all I got was a bunch of posts on brownstoner and other brooklyn blogs. Your name is phony.
That, GUEST, is precisely the problem with posting anonymously!
johnife you are so brave.
i wish i could have balls as large as yours by creating a ficticious handle on brownstoner.
Hey John Ife, 2:09 here, I posted NONE of the attacks on you on this thread. So you just insulted the wrong person. Nice job.
Here is a suggestion – if your Union Hall claims are true, then get out your video camera (or use the one built in to your camera or phone) and record this alleged “mardi-gras” and post it on You-Tube. Then link to it from one of the many online boards that cover this kinda stuff (including Brownstoner) and then maybe you’ll get some support but until then:
video or it didnt (doesnt) happen
I hear you 2:12, but do you really think Union Hall makes more noise than the bars and clubs in Manhattan which are also fully surrounded by residential apartments and condos? Because it doesn’t. Manhattan has even more noise, and people pay a lot more for their properties for the privilege to hear it!
If you have a legitimate complaint the city will hear it. But you can’t just sign a petition *saying* it’s too noisy. Nothing will come of that. You will, like everyone else, have to hire a noise expert to record and PROVE the noise you get inside your home is above the allowed noise levels for NYC.
“Doesn’t it stand to reason that in an urban setting where we live in much more densely packed neighborhoods that we need to be extra considerate about others. ”
You don’t think having the music in the basement in an insulated environment (which by the way, as another poster mentioned…you CAN NOT EVEN HEAR THE MUSIC WHEN YOU ARE IN THE MAIN FLOOR BAR) is being extra considerate???
Hey, guest at 2:09, at least I’ve got the balls to uniquely identify myself so you have a precise target at which to direct your sophomoric invective. And, yes, I do get pretty miserable sometimes; mostly when it takes 15 minutes to get a drink.