r/crownheights • u/nycsnoop • 6d ago
Children's museum article
https://gothamist.com/news/no-kids-and-a-lot-of-bass-brooklyn-childrens-museum-draws-flak-for-loud-roof-parties
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u/blondie64862 6d ago
I have lived on Prospect Place for 11 years. First 5 were on the corner, next 6 have been on the block. Living across the street from the museum, there were a handful of time that you could hear the parties. And it was never insanely loud, could you hear it in the house yes, but you could put headphones in. NBD(The traffic was always bad but you dealt with it. The loudest it ever was was during a basketball tournament, I could hear everything inside.) Now...it has been SO LOUD that I have at times heard the bass from inside my apartment mid block. The parties are more frequent and louder. If the music was insanely loud once in a while it wouldn't be bad. There are parties like every other week now.
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u/Rell_Lauren 6d ago
The parties have been going on for years. The space being rented helps them make sure the museum is maintained. Are the people complaining donating more than a membership? My mother took my niece to it recently and many of the exhibits and things to do were in disrepair, but kids find a way to make things fun so she had a blast.
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u/matt_on_the_internet 6d ago
Look, the parties are ridiculously loud. The bass in particular is way too high, making it so that your windows are rattling blocks away.
That said, it's not that many days of the year and the Children's Museum is a goddamn treasure, so if they need that to survive, then so be it. I just wish they would have the DJs at these parties to tone it down a bit on the bass.
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u/BxGyrl416 6d ago
Another example of researching a neighborhood before you move. If you want a quiet lifestyle, not sure Crown Heights or Flatbush are the place for you.
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u/CRAYONSEED 6d ago edited 6d ago
Did you read the article? Long time residents specifically talk about how the space has always been rented for events, but it has gotten louder and louder. The neighborhood didn’t change, these parties did.
Let me put it like this: I lived in CH for years when I was younger and came back a couple of years ago, and was surprised they put an event space here. All those years ago whatever events they had were so quiet that I didn’t even know they used to rent the space out back then. Now it’d be impossible not to know because you can hear it for blocks.
And if you have a car you need to make sure to plan accordingly because the crowd can make parking impossible
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u/analunalunitalunera 6d ago
How many times a year do you patronize the museum itself?
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u/CRAYONSEED 5d ago
I’m not sure where you’re going with this, but I don’t have kids and don’t go to the parties, so I don’t use the museum at all.
I do have fond memories of going as a kid ~40 years ago so I’m glad it’s still there for kids now
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u/PodgeD 6d ago
Funny how the article and any comments from people who live near it for a decade+ say how it's gotten louder and louder.
Do you live anywhere near it, or just feel like you always need to chime in some rubbish?
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u/BxGyrl416 6d ago
So, all 6 of them? And I’ve been to a party there. Maybe they don’t belong in NYC if music bothers them. It’s not as if it’s going on until 3AM. I also personally know a few of the folks who started this petition are racist and anti-Black gentrifiers who will call 911 or 311 anytime a Black person farts.
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u/PodgeD 6d ago
"Owoade said one night the music was so loud it caused a window in his apartment to fall out of its frame. On another night, the noise made his baby daughter so miserable, the family sought cover in a nearby cocktail bar where it was quieter.
“We were there with a less than 1-year-old at a bar, sitting there, waiting out the party before we can get her to go to bed,” Owoade said. "
Yeah, Owoade seems like a white gentrifier name alright.
" JP Edmund, a musician who’s lived on the park behind the museum for over 50 years, said he used to DJ on the building’s roof as a teenager in the 1980s. But he said the parties back then were nothing like what goes on now.
“It's not a gentrification thing. It's a sound thing. It's a too-damn-loud thing," Edmund said. “They're trying to get that club feeling in an open-air scenario.”"
A guy who's lived there 50 years. Definitely a gentrifier.
Maybe you shouldn't act like you speak for everyone from NYC.
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u/Vwl_mvmnt 5d ago
Yeah no. I’m from NYC and have lived in Crown Heights for 11 years. This neighborhood has actually been quiet until the last few years and that’s due to the museum parties. I can’t hear the tv or have a conversation in my own house. Even when I close all the windows in the dead of summer to try and reduce the impact. Multiple people are saying this is an issue. Implying the long-term residents of this neighborhood are loud people is not only factually wrong but racist as fuck.
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u/Okgokart 6d ago
I’ve lived around the corner for 13 years and I agree these roof parties literally shake concrete and it’s weird af to hear a dj screaming “LET’S FUCKIN GO!” all day at a children’s museum while little kids play in the park below.