BY JOTHAM SEDERSTROM
DAILY NEWS WRITER
Ear-itated Bay Ridge residents are struggling to name that tone - a round-the-clock humming noise they say is depriving them of sleep.
The noise - compared to the roar of an engine and the honk of a fog horn - has been blowing in from near the Bay Ridge Channel for nearly a year, but nobody has been able to pinpoint its source.
"The problem is it's constant, 24 hours a day," said Dr. Concetta Butera, a chiropractor who lives on Colonial Road. "It's messed up my life really badly."
For Butera, who has lived in her sixth-floor apartment for 18 years, the sound is more than just a nuisance. Besides spending the night at her office, she has sunk more than $2,000 into muffling the noise.
Late last year, Butera installed soundproof windows, invested in a sound machine and even hired an acoustical consultant, who failed to determine where the sound was coming from but suggested a fan outside her building.
Rita Majurinen, a music teacher who lives several blocks away on Wakeman Place, said the sound reaches her home, too.
"It's such a low tone that I can feel it in my body," said Majurinen, adding the noise has kept her awake at night.
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1 comment:
Hi Dave... recently moved to Brisbane from Glebe, Sydney.. Came across this article while looking for information on building a sound isolated booth.. A few years back, after the Anzac Bridge was completed,residents of Glebe noted a similar hum.. It was found to be the movement of air (Wind)through the cables supporting the bridge. Engineers advised the government to attach stabilizing rods to the cables and the noise then ceased...
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