South Floral Park, NY Noise Levels
How loud is South Floral Park, NY?
At 57.5 dB(A), South Floral Park, NY falls 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. The main source is aircraft, well ahead of the other two modes BTS tracks. South Floral Park's reading comes from a single sampled point, not a block-by-block sweep, so a specific address here could genuinely differ.
Where South Floral Park's noise comes from
BTS models these three sources separately before combining them, so a place can be quiet on two and loud on the third.
If you're weighing a move to South Floral Park
Aircraft noise is intermittent and lower-frequency, which is why FAA’s Part 150 program funds whole-envelope sound insulation for homes inside an airport’s own mapped noise contour rather than relying on window replacement alone.
How South Floral Park compares nationally
South Floral Park ranks 608 of 3,622 measured places nationally, 1 being the loudest this dataset covers. By population, it ranks 8,169 of the 12,137 places in this dataset, home to about 1,749 people.
Checking one address in South Floral Park
Nothing here substitutes for checking one address in South Floral Park directly, and BTS's own map lets anyone do that at no cost.
South Floral Park's number isn't a one-off calculation, it comes from the same method covered in the methodology guide. The guide to what actually cuts each kind of noise explains why aircraft calls for a different fix than the other two sources.