Loud Noise From HPD Building
HPD owns a building where on 516 Bergen Street which has an incredibly loud, buzzing HVAC unit on the roof of an extension behind the building. We live behind it and it’s incredibly annoying to listen to all day, to the point where we either can’t have our windows open or have to drown out…
HPD owns a building where on 516 Bergen Street which has an incredibly loud, buzzing HVAC unit on the roof of an extension behind the building. We live behind it and it’s incredibly annoying to listen to all day, to the point where we either can’t have our windows open or have to drown out the sound with fans. We asked HPD to fix the problem b/c it was above the legal noise limit and it built a metal casement around the unit, which brought it just under the city noise code, but it’s still making a loud buzzing sound starting at 7 AM every day. Any ideas for how to get HPD to do more to make its unit quieter? Does anyone know if there is effective soundproofing that can be used to block the sound from a large commercial outdoor HVAC unit? Would appreciate any suggestions.
they could put a stockade fence$$$(no wood FDNY)around it and wrap the compressors with noise reduction blankets$$$ for the style compressor(s)in the open section.believe it or not when the cooling runs the condenser fans actually transmit the compressor harmonics up into the air.this add on stuff willn’t eliminate the unit noise only dampen it how much…is a crap shoot.
I know that building. It’s always struck me as a poorly run facility with shifty employees more interested in wolf whistling local young women than getting on with their work. That aside, you should of course call 311. But also try contacting PHNDC, the local Prospect Heights civic organisation, via their website at phndc.org. I believe they are pretty well connected with city agencies and local pols. Can’t hurt to ask for their help.
And, any ideas for how to get HPD — which is a city agency, after all, responsible for Housing Preservation and Development — to take this problem seriously?
It’s kind of ironic that the agency responsible for improving housing conditions in the city is making the neighborhood intolerable for the people who live on the block behind its own building.
Anybody have any ideas for what would block the sound?
buzzing sounds like vibration. If it’s vibrating, as opposed to normal running, they need to track down the source and fix it. Vibration is not good for rotating equipment anyway.