Studio B is back
And they’re worse than ever. Last night’s grand reopening party made noise that kept me awake from just after 1am until 5:15 THIS MORNING. The trucks that drive up Franklin at that hour were quieter.
- The music was louder. I know because I could hear it clearly from the building. It wasn’t just a dull thump. So they’ve done nothing to ameliorate it. There is no double door. And I bet they had a dj on the roof, despite insisting that they don’t.
- The people were stupider. Someone drover around the block SIX TIMES IN A ROW blasting that horrific Haddaway song. They yelled more, they yelled louder, they yelled later. People were yelling at 3:15, 4:30, 5:15. (Linda, I hope you finally caught up with your friends.)
- The horn blowing was insane, and it wasn’t cabs. It was people waiting for their friends. I think that some of these people actually worked at the club, based on the tenor of the conversation. “Hey, it’s 3 in the morning, and I want my friends to hurry up. Let me keep blowing my horn, alternating with yelling. I mean, I don’t have to go to work tomorrow so no one else does. There are no families with children or babies in this area, what difference does it make if I make noise?”
- Nothing actually started to be noisy until about 1am, which explains why I didn’t go outside and try to see what was going on. Because I’m one of those people who had to work today. I also did not file a complaint with 311 for that reason. I am a bad neighbor.
Basically, they didn’t learn anything. It’s business as usual. They never had any intention of being a good neighbor until they got busted, and now that they are back in business (although no one is sure how, given that none of the statues of their permits have changed), they’re just going to continue to be the blatantly inconsiderate assholes about running their club that they always have been.
I cannot wait for their liquor license to come up for renewal. And I will never again not phone a complaint into 311, no matter how late it is.
Can anyone recommend a good white noise machine?
Susan said,
October 14, 2008 @ 8:08 am
Agreed. The noise bleed into my house and yammering on the streets were louder than ever. Time for another DEP visit. What else can we do? Go to Captain Fulton? The head of the safety board? A visit to CB1 during the next open meeting? Although it’s clear that no one gives a shit what they do.
admin said,
October 14, 2008 @ 8:19 am
I don’t know yet. i am researching. For now I am going to document here, and keep a log, and force myself to call 311 every time, without exception.
I am also considering some kind of signage around the neighborhood.
BE QUIET
THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD
PEOPLE SLEEPING, SHH
NO TRESPASSING (you should ask your landlord if they would hang a sign in the front window)
ALL ACTIVITIES ON THIS CORNER ARE PHOTOGRAPHED AND VIDEOTAPED
NEIGHBORS ARE WATCHING
i have this elaborate plan in my head, with plastic corrugated and stick on letters and cable ties. i don’t know if it would make a point. clearly the ownership considers itself immune to the laws - and with good reason.
jkh said,
November 7, 2008 @ 3:06 pm
i thought i saw flyers of a local community group that was trying to shut down the club. do you know what group that is and what we can do to shut down them down permanently? having this ridiculous “club” in the middle of a residential neighborhood with the noise and crowds is insane, this isn’t the meatpacking district! if you know who we can contact let me know please. i’ve called 311 before but want to do more.
d said,
November 7, 2008 @ 8:01 pm
I used to live in a studio in Manhattan beneath a man who made noise of epic proportions. Like, he’d go away for the weekend and leave his stereo on FULL BLAST on some sort of timer - it would go on at 1:30am and stay on til 3 discs played all the way through, which took probably over 3 hours. This was a studio apartment, nowhere to go, couldn’t even go up to knock cause he wasn’t home! I tried leaving notes under his door that he’d get when he’d get home, but it would happen again a couple months later, he was just an inconsiderate ass. So, what worked for me was to put on noise canceling headphones with music I liked playing softly and leave a fan or 2 running (if it was winter, they just be pointing away from me). Worked like a charm, I could fall back asleep. Not to say this is a permanent solution of course, but in the interim, it could help you get some sleep. I actually still use fans for white noise, like last night when I could hear my landlord’s tv through the heating vent while I was trying to sleep. Good luck!
admin said,
November 8, 2008 @ 2:01 pm
you need to go read the posts on NewYorkShitty and on this site about the history of our protests against Studio B. Yes, we did protest, last spring. We lost. They won. We got them shut down for a while because their permits weren’t in order, but they got their permits and their cabaret license.
There’s also a list of things to do in many of the other posts about Studio B. But the battle’s over.