Ocean's Billiards

old time brooklyn

Subject: Ocean's Billiards

Is it legal for them to play music external to the establishment? Isn't that some sort of violation of a noise ordinance? It's usually a violation to my ears I know that.

santa

just walk faster when you're near it.

squindar

I believe they are (technically) required to have a sound device permit from the NYPD precinct (78th, in their case). If they're bothering you, call the precinct (718 636 6411 or call the community affairs officer directly at 718 636 6410) and ask if they have a permit (doubt you'll get anywhere with NYPD, so next step might be to call Community Board 6, 718 643 3027 and then put in a noise complaint with DEP by calling 311)

carnivore

If you haven't already, you could try asking the manager about it first before making a complaint.

sweet tea

and here i thought you old timers were all about letting everybody do their thing, noise ordinances be damned.

santa

its not my problem...

unless its my problem.

obamanut

I used to live directly across from that place and the music never bothered me. If hearing music as you walk by bothers you that much, maybe you should forget about 311 and seek a therapist instead.

squindar

I walked by it the other day and it doesn't really bother me, but I'm against gratuitous noise pollution on principle...it's not like that speaker's going to draw people into the business. It's just one more little thing that helps make the neighborhood shittier than it needs to be.

santa

its on flatbush. The cars and that guy selling cell phones are way louder.

obamanut

squindar wrote: It's just one more little thing that helps make the neighborhood shittier than it needs to be.

I think the twenty or some odd blocks directly southwest of Flatbush pretty much ensure the neighborhood's shittiness without any help from that speaker.

jeffrey

But that would be Park Sl..

Oh. I see what you did there.

***edited to delete a lame joke

flo

Obamanut wrote: I used to live directly across from that place and the music never bothered me. If hearing music as you walk by bothers you that much, maybe you should forget about 311 and seek a therapist instead.

Gotta go with O-nut on this one because of his sound advice here . (Holy crap--that was a bad pun.)

pima

Obamanut wrote: [quote=squindar]It's just one more little thing that helps make the neighborhood shittier than it needs to be.

I think the twenty or some odd blocks directly southwest of Flatbush pretty much ensure the neighborhood's shittiness without any help from that speaker.

I think the twenty or so last obamanut posts pretty much will ensure the same adjective comes to mind when we read future posts from this "speaker".