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  • I’ve been dealing with train horns for the four years I’ve been here. Every time a train passes by, they honk four times. Exactly four times. LIRR/Metro-North trains do that at grade-level crossing but there’s no need to do it by my house because the crossing’s above grade. Hence, why I live on the worst street in Richmond Hill. And this jazz about the tree-cutting, I just think it’s laziness talking, one less thing the LIRR wants to worry about. They can say whatever the hell they want about it, but that’s my point-of-view.

    Posted by Michael1
    on October 4th, 2007 at 1:10 am

  • The track work will continue until the end of October, every weekend, 24 hours a day.
    The LIRR horns are problem on their own. The new trains horns have been measured above 110 dB’s. NYC guidlines say nothing above 80dB especially after 11pm. I called the DEP who said LIRR and MTA do not have to follow the same laws as everyone else…don’t you think LIRR has taken advantage of that long enough?
    FYI:
    Motorcycle…………………..….. 88 dB
    Lawnmower……….……… 85 – 90 dB
    Train…………………………… 100 dB
    Jackhammer/Power Saw…… 110 dB
    Thunderclap…………………… 120 dB

    Posted by Shelley
    on October 4th, 2007 at 12:40 pm

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Shut the LIRR up once and for all

Posted by Steve on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

You may have read about the constant, 24/7 noise stemming from LIRR track work on the forums — if you haven’t experienced it yourself. Passing trains are blaring their horns at all hours, disturbing the sleep and sanity of people who live near the tracks from Kew Gardens all the way to Woodside. But did you know there’s actually something you can do about it? The Train Noise Abatement Association wants you to join up and help stop the insanity. Ah, I know what you’re going to say: “High-minded civic organizations like that can’t do anything.” But this one actually quieted the noise in similar situations in Montauk and my old stomping grounds (if you can call hiding out in the high-school-newspaper office during lunch “stomping”) of Cedarhurst.

If you’ve had enough, e-mail Jack Mevorach at jack@mevorach.com and tell ‘im I sent you.