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Throgs Neck-Schuylerville noise map: how loud is it?
Throgs Neck-Schuylerville is one of New York's louder neighborhoods: 10.7% of residents live with average-day transportation noise of 60 dB or more — road, rail and aviation combined — which ranks it the 43rd-loudest of 197 New York neighborhoods. The map below shows how that noise concentrates along its busiest corridors.
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| Rank in New York (of 197 neighborhoods) | #43 |
|---|---|
| Residents above 60 dB | 10.7% |
| Residents above 70 dB | 5% |
| Residents in the 45–60 dB band | 71% |
| Residents (ACS 2016–2020, area-weighted) | 38,935 |
| Census tracts mapped | 22 |
Throgs Neck-Schuylerville is home to about 38,935 residents across 22 census tracts. 10.7% of them are exposed to 60 dB or more of average-day road, rail and aviation noise. Within that, 5% face the most severe band — 70 dB or louder, the level at which sustained exposure starts to threaten hearing. A further 71% sit in the 45–60 dB band — a noticeable background hum rather than a hearing risk. That ranks Throgs Neck-Schuylerville #43 of 197 New York neighborhoods, louder than most New York neighborhoods. Among New York neighborhoods it sits just below Bay Terrace-Clearview (#42) and just above Midtown-Times Square (#44).
The exposure is not spread evenly. The 5% in the 70 dB-plus band are the households packed right against a freeway, rail corridor or flight path, while blocks a few streets inland fall away fast. On the map that reads as a bright ribbon of noise tracing the corridor through Throgs Neck-Schuylerville.
Throgs Neck-Schuylerville noise: the specifics
- Ranks #43 of 197 New York neighborhoods by share of residents exposed to ≥60 dB transportation noise.
- 10.7% of Throgs Neck-Schuylerville's ~38,935 residents live with 60 dB or louder average-day transportation noise.
- 5% are in the severe 70 dB+ band; 71% sit in the 45–60 dB moderate range.
- Area-weighted across 22 census tracts from the federal BTS 2020 noise map × ACS 2016–2020 population.
- #43 of 197 — see the full New York ranking.
What share of Throgs Neck-Schuylerville residents are exposed to 60 dB or louder transportation noise?
10.7% of Throgs Neck-Schuylerville residents live with average-day transportation noise (road, rail and aviation) at or above 60 dB, and 5% are above 70 dB — ranking Throgs Neck-Schuylerville #43 of 197 New York neighborhoods by noise exposure.
How Throgs Neck-Schuylerville compares
How this is measured
This is a transparent aggregation of federal data, not an estimate: the US DOT 2020 National Transportation Noise Map (road + rail + aviation), paired with Census population by the University of Washington and area-weighted to the New York Times boundary for Throgs Neck-Schuylerville. It does not count sirens, construction, nightlife or neighbors, and it resolves busy corridors better than quiet local streets. For your exact spot, measure it with the free online decibel meter →
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