Island Park, NY Noise Levels
Is Island Park, NY noisy?
Island Park, NY reads 57.5 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. Road traffic drives that number here, not the other two sources. That's the reading at Island Park's Census-defined center point, not any one street, BTS's map is a live raster, not a per-address service.
Island Park'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.
What this means for a house here
Upgraded windows, door seals and STC-rated glazing meaningfully cut broadband, near-continuous road noise.
Where Island Park ranks
Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, Island Park ranks 500, loudest first. About 5,019 people live there, making it the 4,868th largest place in this dataset.
Your street may differ from Island Park's reading
This page describes Island Park as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Island Park's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Island Park's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Since road traffic is what's driving this reading, the guide to what actually cuts each kind of noise covers the fix that fits.