Brightwaters, NY Noise Levels
Brightwaters, NY: what the federal noise map shows
Brightwaters, NY reads 47.5 dB(A) on BTS's 24-hour average, inside HUD's "Acceptable" noise zone, 65 dB(A) day-night average or below under 24 CFR 51.104, the federal government's own line for building housing with no extra sound attenuation required. This describes Brightwaters as a whole, not a specific block, the underlying BTS map resolves to about 38 meters per pixel, sampled at the town's own center point.
Brightwaters's noise, by source
Each of the three transportation modes gets its own model from BTS; the combined figure above is what they add up to.
Where Brightwaters ranks
Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, Brightwaters ranks 2,790, loudest first. About 3,187 people live there, making it the 6,132th largest place in this dataset.
Your street may differ from Brightwaters's reading
For a single house or lot in Brightwaters rather than the town-wide figure above, BTS's own map is the same free source, queried directly.
More on how this number was built
For exactly which federal dataset feeds Brightwaters's figure, see the methodology guide. The guide to reading a quiet result explains what "no measurable noise" actually means at Brightwaters.