We live close to an establishment that sometimes is a venue for concerts/music. We were of course aware of this when we moved here, and usually it doesn’t bother us, but it’s a Sunday night and the music is still blasting so loud (11:30) that you can hear it even with the windows closed.

So I’m wondering if there are limits to noise levels coming out of establishments on different nights of the week (so that a Friday or Saturday would be treated differently than other nights of the week)? Would you file a noise complaint in this situation? Does that even make a difference? Just wondering what the best approach would be. Thanks in advance for any advice.


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  1. I dealt with this issue a few years ago. The spanish restaurant across the street from us used to keep their front doors and windows open until 2-3am on a regular basis when weather permitted, weeknights and weekends, with loud flamenco music blasting and drunks cheering on flamenco dancers. We called to politely ask them to be more considerate many times but they always either hung up or pretended to not speak English so we finally called 311, filed a complaint every single night and ultimately got a call from an inspector who asked if he could come out to take noise level readings. He said they’d had numerous complaints from others as well and that if they have an excessive number of complaints that their liquor license would be revoked or wouldn’t be renewed. The noisy nights soon came to an end after they were fined again and the place changed ownership about a year later. It hasn’t been a problem since.

  2. Hi — Thanks for all of the good advice. I’m in the North Slope — a little too close to 4th ave. & Union St., and the place definitely has sound leakage (you can see a large set of windows completely open on one side). It isn’t a constant problem or anything, and somewhat to be expected on a Friday or Saturday night… I don’t like filing complaints and grew up in the city so am used to some level of noise, but on a Sunday night it’s a bit too much (and for those who asked, it’s noise traveling through the air — we’re not adjacent to the place/don’t share any walls/aren’t on the same block but close enough). Thanks again for the tips — if it happens again, I’ll probably try to talk to the manager.

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