Noise Ordinances in New York (2026)

Albany bans unreasonable, unnecessary or unusual noise citywide, with tighter standards overnight between 8 p.m. and 6…

The Town of Babylon bars loud loading and unloading of crates, containers or building materials between 8 p.m. and 7…

Brookhaven doesn't set one blanket nighttime noise curfew; instead § 50-6B(2) bans loudspeakers and public address…

Buffalo defines 'day' as 7 a.m.–9 p.m. (until 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays) and prohibits all unreasonable noise at…

Cheektowaga treats any sound audible beyond a property's boundary between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. as automatic proof…

Glen Cove caps residential and public-place noise at 50 dBA between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., rising to 65 dBA during the…

Greece runs a nightly noise curfew from 10:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m., during which the exemptions that normally protect…

Between 11:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m., Hempstead bars using any radio apparatus, loudspeaker, public address system or…

From 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., Mount Vernon's residential noise ceiling drops to 55 db(A), ten points below its 65 db(A)…

New Rochelle Code Chapter 213 prohibits unreasonable noise at all times, with heightened nighttime restrictions…

New York City has no blanket 'quiet hours' curfew, but the Noise Code's general prohibition (Admin. Code Sec. 24-218)…

North Hempstead bars radios, TVs, drums and other sound-amplifying devices from disrupting neighbors between 10:00 p.m…

Oneida, Madison County, New York restricts specific noisy activities to daytime hours: loading and unloading materials…

Oyster Bay's Noise Control Ordinance bars residential power tools, saws, drills and lawn or garden equipment between 10…

Ramapo bars running saws, sanders, drills, grinders, lawn or garden tools and snowblowers outdoors in residential areas…

Rochester's excessive-noise law makes it a violation for sound to carry beyond your property line between 10:00 p.m…

Saratoga Springs bans building and construction work between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., and caps residential amplified…

Smithtown bans running any sound device, radio, TV or amplifier between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. if it can be heard 50…

Utica's noise code sets stricter nighttime sound limits from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. on weekdays and 10:00 p.m. to 8:00…

Under Admin. Code Sec. 24-222, construction work is unlawful except on weekdays between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Limited…

Albany bans noisy building operations like pile drivers and pneumatic hammers between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. unless…

Amherst confines noisy construction work to fixed weekly windows: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on…

Tools and equipment used for construction, drilling or demolition in the Town of Babylon are capped at an L10 of 80…

Brookhaven bars construction, drilling, earth-moving, excavating and demolition noise between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m…

Construction work, including excavating, demolishing, and pneumatic hammering, is prohibited between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m…

Construction, building repair or open-air manufacturing noise in Clarkstown is barred before 7:00 a.m. or after 8:00…

Glen Cove bars loud construction work between 6 p.m. and 7 a.m. on weekdays and all day on Saturdays, Sundays and…

Greece bars construction activity that creates excessive noise at a job site's property limits between 10:00 p.m. and…

Greenburgh limits routine construction noise to 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays under Town…

The Town of Hempstead confines building erection, excavation, demolition, alteration and repair work to 7:00 a.m. to…

Huntington limits building erection, demolition, alteration and repair noise to weekdays between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00…

Code of the Town of Islip § 35-3G bars operating a pile driver, pneumatic hammer, derrick, electric hoist, bulldozer…

Mount Vernon limits noisy construction work, such as pile drivers, pneumatic hammers and steam hoists, to 7:00 a.m. to…

New Rochelle limits construction noise by both time and decibel level under § 213-22. In residential districts, work…

North Hempstead bars residential-disruptive construction noise between 6:00 p.m. and 7:30 a.m. on weekdays and at any…

The City of Oneida, Madison County, New York bars unreasonably noisy construction, drilling or demolition work between…

Oyster Bay bars construction, drilling and demolition equipment from running between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Monday through…

Ramapo bars operating construction, drilling or demolition tools and machinery between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., or at…

Rochester bars noisy construction between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., every day of the week, under City Code § 75-10A…

Saratoga Springs bars building and construction operations between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. under City Code § 148-4(A)…

In Schenectady, erecting, excavating, demolishing, altering, or repairing any building is lawful only between 6:00 a.m…

Smithtown bans construction, drilling, earthmoving, excavating or demolition noise after 6:00 p.m. on weekdays and at…

County law exempts construction noise from the general noise-disturbance ban only from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays…

Syracuse forbids noisy construction work between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday, and at any time on…

Construction and demolition in Utica may run at the loud industrial-zone noise limits (80 db(A) day / 75 db(A) night)…

Yonkers City Code § 66-4F bars construction, repair, demolition or excavation equipment between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m…

Syracuse's Dog Disturbance of the Peace Ordinance bars owners from letting a dog habitually bark, howl or whine so as…

Albany City Code makes it unlawful to keep a dog that habitually barks, yelps, or howls enough to seriously annoy a…

Amherst bars keeping a dog that makes unreasonably loud or disturbing noise, like repeated barking or howling, and…

The Town of Babylon bans letting a dog bark, howl or whine in a loud or prolonged manner that unreasonably disturbs…

Brookhaven treats a dog that barks continuously or intermittently for 15 minutes as a noise disturbance under §…

Buffalo prohibits keeping any animal or bird that causes noise annoying or disturbing a reasonable person of normal…

Cheektowaga bans keeping a dog that unreasonably disturbs neighbors through frequent barking, howling or whining. The…

Clarkstown bars dogs from habitual howling, barking, crying or whining that creates a noise disturbance audible in the…

Colonie's noise law makes it a violation for any animal owner to let a dog bark, whine, howl or screech for more than…

Glen Cove treats a barking dog or noisy bird as a noise violation once it crosses a measurable line: audible 50 feet…

Greece bans letting a dog bark, howl, whine or cry frequently, prolonged, continually, habitually or excessively enough…

Greenburgh Code § 310-10(B) makes it unlawful for any dog or domestic animal to engage in repeated loud howling…

Hempstead's noise code makes it an offense to own, possess or harbor any animal or bird that howls, barks, meows…

Huntington Code § 141-4(D) makes it a noise disturbance to keep an animal or bird whose noise causes public annoyance…

Code of the Town of Islip § 35-3D makes it a violation to keep any animal or bird whose barking, howling or squawking…

Mount Vernon's Noise Control Ordinance treats a frequently or continually noisy animal or bird as a violation whenever…

New Rochelle's Noise Control Ordinance bars letting an animal bark, whine or howl continuously for 10 minutes or more…

Under Admin. Code Sec. 24-235, an animal owner may not permit unreasonable animal noise that is plainly audible inside…

Town Code § 38-3B(4) bans owning or harboring an animal that howls, barks or squawks continuously for more than 15…

Oneida treats a dog that persistently barks, howls, whines, snarls or growls as a presumed public nuisance under City…

Owning or harboring a dog, bird or other animal that howls, barks, meows or squawks continuously for more than 30…

Ramapo's Noise Pollution Control Law bars keeping any animal that frequently or continuously makes sounds creating an…

Rochester bans howling or barking that runs continually and carries beyond the property line for more than 5 minutes…

In Saratoga Springs, letting a dog bark, howl or whine to a degree a reasonable person of normal sensitivities would…

Schenectady forbids keeping any animal that makes unnecessary noise through continued barking, howling, or other sounds…

Smithtown bars owning or harboring an animal or bird whose sound crosses a residential property line for 15 minutes in…

It is unlawful in Utica to own or harbor any animal or bird that frequently or continuously howls, barks, meows…

Yonkers City Code § 66-4C makes it a violation to own, possess or harbor a dog whose barking creates a noise…

As of January 1, 2026, Town Code § 141-4(N) makes operating a gas-powered leaf blower a noise disturbance outright…

New Rochelle bans leaf blowers outright from June 1 through September 30 every year under § 213-5.G(3). From October 1…

Glen Cove restricts leaf blowers, mowers, chain saws and similar gas or diesel equipment to 8 a.m.-7 p.m. on weekdays…

Mount Vernon bans gas-powered leaf blowers outside two set windows, March 1 to April 30 and October 1 to December 31…

North Hempstead bans commercial landscapers and Town employees from running gas-powered leaf blowers on Town property…

Yonkers bans gasoline-powered leaf and garden blowers citywide from June 1 through September 30 each year under City…

Lawn maintenance equipment, including leaf blowers, mowers, edgers, trimmers, and power hedge shears, may not be…

Clarkstown outlaws leaf blowers, lawn mowers, chain saws, hedge clippers and mulching or chipping machines outside set…

Colonie's noise ordinance bans running power tools, lawn mowers, leaf blowers or agricultural equipment on residential…

Greenburgh bars powered leaf blowers and lawn equipment before 8 a.m. or after 8 p.m. weekdays, outside 9 a.m.-6 p.m…

Hempstead restricts leaf blowers along with saws, sanders, drills, grinders and snowblowers to set hours under §…

Leaf blowers, lawn mowers and other domestic power equipment in the Town of Islip may only run when the noise disturbs…

New York City limits leaf blowers and other lawn care devices to weekday hours of 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. (or sunset) and…

Oyster Bay limits motorized leaf blowers to 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends and national…

Licensed landscapers working in unincorporated Ramapo cannot run lawn mowers or other power gardening equipment between…

Smithtown caps commercial landscapers at two hand-held or backpack gas-powered leaf blowers running at once on…

Power equipment such as leaf blowers cannot be run outdoors in residential zones between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m…

Greece does not ban leaf blowers or require electric models, but it does confine them by time: lawn and yard power…

Rochester exempts lawn mowers, hedge trimmers, leaf blowers, chain saws, tillers, mulchers and chippers from its…

Syracuse bars noisy lawn and garden power equipment, including tools functionally like leaf blowers, in residential…

Westchester County requires landscaping and gardening licensees to use only EPA Phase 2, 2007-compliant leaf blowers…

Saratoga Springs sets no decibel cap, no seasonal ban, and no leaf-blower-specific hours. Gas and electric blowers…

Under Admin. Code Sec. 24-231, music from a commercial establishment may not exceed 42 dB(A) measured inside any nearby…

Outdoor amplified sound in Greenburgh, concerts, block parties and commercial speakers, needs a Town Clerk permit under…

Huntington bans the use of any amplified sound device, speaker system or public address system in a street, park or…

In Islip's Business District, restaurants may play outdoor music only as an accessory use, only with prior written…

Mount Vernon bans playing amplified music, radios or phonographs loud enough to disturb the neighborhood, and outright…

Albany's Unified Sustainable Development Ordinance caps amplified sound crossing a property line at 65 decibels, about…

Amherst's noise code makes it a violation to run any sound-reproduction device, indoors or out, if the sound carries…

Amplified outdoor sound in the Town of Babylon needs a Town Clerk permit, runs only 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. (8 p.m. before a…

Amplified music or sound inside a building that is audible more than 100 feet from the property boundary is prohibited…

Cheektowaga bans playing a radio, stereo, loudspeaker, or musical instrument, whether stationary or in a moving…

Glen Cove restricts amplified sound equipment through City Code Section 196-4(A): running a radio, phonograph, musical…

Greece bans amplified sound equipment run louder than needed for the voluntary listener, and it is automatically a…

Hempstead's noise code bars operating a radio, television, sound amplifier or similar device that creates a 'noise…

Amplified music is barred in Monroe County parks after 10 p.m., and any sound device that disturbs neighbors is…

New Rochelle bars operating a sound-reproduction device, from stereos to musical instruments, if it produces…

North Hempstead bans loudspeakers and public address systems that disrupt neighbors at any hour, and flatly bars their…

The City of Oneida, Madison County, New York bars unreasonable noise from any sound reproductive device under Noise…

Radios, stereos, musical instruments and sound amplifiers cannot create a noise disruption across a property line…

Ramapo's Noise Pollution Control Law bars running a sound reproduction device, such as a stereo, loudspeaker or PA…

Rochester's noise code treats amplified sound as a violation once it crosses fixed distance-and-time thresholds rather…

Saratoga Springs caps amplified sound at the property boundary line: 60 dBA / 70 dBC in residential districts between…

Schenectady bans amplified sound from radios, speakers, and sound amplifiers that produces unreasonable or unnecessary…

Smithtown bars operating any loudspeaker, speaker system, outdoor public address system or other sound-reproduction…

On County highways, rights-of-way, County-owned property and County buses, Suffolk County caps sound sources, including…

Syracuse bans radios, phonographs, musical instruments and sound amplifiers played loudly enough to create unnecessary…

In Utica parks, playgrounds and recreation areas, it is unlawful to play any radio, musical instrument or loudspeaker…

Playing a radio, boom box, stereo or any amplified sound-reproduction device loud enough to disturb someone else…

Land near Albany International Airport in the Town of Colonie sits inside an Airport Noise Impact Overlay District…

Rochester runs any height variance or special permit inside its O-A Overlay Airport District through a Monroe County…

Albany County bars aircraft engine maintenance and testing at Albany County Airport between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m…

Article II of the Town's noise chapter, originally enacted in 1968 and titled 'Transient Sound From Aircraft in Flight…

Utica's city code does not set aircraft noise limits; regulation of aircraft in flight is preempted by the federal…

Aircraft operating from Westchester County Airport must comply with current federal rules and the airport's local noise…

Amherst's noise code reaches one specific aircraft use: advertising noise made by means of aircraft. Amherst Code §…

Mount Vernon's noise code bars operating any aircraft in a way that violates the Federal Aviation Administration's…

New Rochelle bars operating any aircraft in a way that violates the FAA's certified noise levels under Advisory…

Cheektowaga's noise ordinance carves out aircraft, along with trains and buses, as sounds governed by state or federal…

Oyster Bay's noise chapter does not reach aircraft. Chapter 156's Prohibited Acts section says nothing in it restricts…

Albany's zoning code caps amplified sound at 65 decibels, normal conversation level, at property lines citywide, unless…

Amherst regulates stationary noise sources like generators, compressors and rooftop equipment by decibel limit rather…

Property zoned industrial in the Town of Babylon absorbs louder sound than homes or businesses, on a sliding scale that…

The Town of Cheektowaga caps noise at the real property boundary under Code § 166-6's Table I: 55 dBA from residential…

Clarkstown's zoning performance standards cap nighttime noise from nonresidential uses using an eight-band octave…

Colonie's Town Code caps noise from residential or commercial property at 65 dBA, measured at the property line, from…

Glen Cove sets numeric noise ceilings by property type under City Code § 196-12's Table 196-12…

Greece's Noise Law sets a hard numeric line at 85 decibels: any sound exceeding that level counts as "excessive noise"…

Greenburgh caps unreasonably intrusive noise at 65 dBA in residential districts and 70 dBA elsewhere overnight…

Town Code § 144-5 sets hard decibel ceilings, by octave band, for transient and steady noise, and applies a shorter…

Huntington sets no decibel numbers. Town Code Chapter 141 bans any 'noise disturbance' and makes sound audible beyond…

Beyond the specific noises Chapter 35 already bans, the Town of Islip enforces a general ceiling: no source of sound…

Mount Vernon's Noise Control Ordinance sets numeric decibel ceilings for every zoning district, tighter at night in…

Industrial and commercial noise at residential property lines cannot exceed approximately 65 dBA daytime or 50 dBA…

NYC's Noise Code caps music from bars, nightclubs, restaurants, and other commercial establishments at 42 dB(A)…

North Hempstead's Industrial B District performance standards cap noise at 70 decibels beyond the property line…

Oneida, Madison County, New York sets hard decibel ceilings measured at the property line under City Code § 98-4: 65…

Oyster Bay's zoning performance standards set a maximum sound-pressure level by octave band at any point on or beyond a…

Ramapo's Noise Pollution Control Law sets one fixed numeric decibel limit: outside the 10:00 p.m.-to-8:00 a.m…

Rochester's only numeric decibel standard in the Zoning Code applies to public utility facilities, not to noise…

Saratoga Springs caps amplified sound by zone under City Code Chapter 148. In residential districts, amplified sound…

Schenectady presumes any 80-decibel reading on a noise meter to be excessive and a violation of City Code Chapter 182…

Smithtown's Table I caps sound at a receiving residential property line to 45 dBA by day and 40 dBA at night, versus 65…

Suffolk County caps sound at County-owned properties and highways: 65 dBA near residential areas by day, 50 dBA at…

Syracuse sets no decibel numbers. Chapter 40, the Syracuse Noise Control Ordinance, bans 'unnecessary noise' city-wide…

Industrial-zone noise in Utica is capped at 80 db(A) during the day and 75 db(A) at night, measured at the receiving…

Industrial and mechanical noise (HVAC, compressors, loading docks) must meet dBA limits at property lines: 65 dBA…

Yonkers City Code Chapter 66 sets numeric sound-level limits. A residential property receiving noise from another…

Buffalo's noise ordinance uses noise-rating numbers rather than a single A-weighted dB limit: noise must exceed the…

Albany bars running an amplified radio, phonograph, or other sound-reproducing device on any vehicle on a public street…

Playing a car stereo loud enough to threaten pedestrian or driver safety is a stand-alone violation in Amherst. Amherst…

Trucks over 10,000 pounds GVWR can't idle or run auxiliary equipment more than 30 minutes an hour on a public street if…

Brookhaven caps how long a parked vehicle can idle near homes and how loud engine repair work can get: § 50-6B(5) bars…

Broome County requires every motor vehicle operated on county-owned buildings and grounds to carry a muffler in good…

Buffalo bans driving with an inadequate muffler or exhaust system under City Code § 293-4(K), tying the violation…

Cheektowaga's Noise Law bars any automobile, truck, motorcycle, motorbike, motorboat, or minibike from idling or…

Clarkstown treats a gasoline or diesel vehicle running without a proper muffler, with defective exhaust equipment, or…

Colonie doesn't set its own decibel limit for cars; it requires vehicles to meet the New York Vehicle and Traffic Law's…

Glen Cove's noise code bans loud car stereos and unmuffled exhausts alike. A radio or sound system audible 50 feet away…

Greece bans excessively loud vehicles using a distance test rather than a decibel meter: a vehicle's noise is illegal…

Greenburgh bars unnecessary horn use except as a Vehicle and Traffic Law warning signal, and separately makes…

Hempstead bars operating any automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle in a way that creates a noise disturbance across a…

Huntington Code § 141-4(E) bars discharging engine or motorboat exhaust into the open air without an effective muffler…

Code of the Town of Islip § 35-3E makes it a violation to operate or idle any automobile, truck, motorcycle, motorboat…

Motor vehicles that create unreasonable noise, squeal tires or sound horns without a danger warning are barred from…

Mount Vernon caps the sound of any moving motor vehicle at a fixed decibel level measured 50 feet from the roadway, and…

New Rochelle caps how loud a moving vehicle can be under § 213-6: 76 db(A) for ordinary cars under 35 mph and 82 db(A)…

The NYC Noise Code prohibits excessive muffler/exhaust sound from motor vehicles on roads with a 35 mph or lower speed…

North Hempstead bars noisy mufflers, tailpipes, and vehicle-mounted sound systems that disturb neighbors. A car radio…

The City of Oneida, Madison County, New York bans two specific kinds of vehicle noise: intentionally squealing tires…

Oyster Bay requires every motor vehicle and motorcycle to run a working muffler or sound-dissipative device at all…

Ramapo bars sounding a vehicle horn or signaling device for anything other than a danger warning, and separately…

Rochester City Code § 75-9 bars operating any motor vehicle that emits more than 80 dB(A), measured 25 feet from the…

Schenectady's noise code bans operating a vehicle so out of repair it rattles or grinds, revving an engine or squealing…

Smithtown bars horns, alarms and signaling devices sounded harshly or repetitively so as to create a noise disturbance…

Playing a car radio, stereo or amplifier loud enough to create a noise disturbance on any Suffolk County highway…

Syracuse prohibits operating a defective or overloaded vehicle that grates, grinds or rattles, and separately bans…

Utica bans repairing, rebuilding or testing any vehicle so the noise exceeds the loud-use levels of the code, and…

Yonkers City Code § 66-4E bans unmuffled vehicles, straight pipes, and car stereos audible 25 feet away, and treats…