Meng Secures More Airplane Noise Monitors for Queens

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has agreed to her request for additional airplane noise monitors in Queens.

The devices are designed to provide data on the impact that increased levels of aircraft noise have on communities throughout the borough, so that officials can develop a plan to help alleviate it.

The Port Authority recently placed a portable noise monitor on top of a residential building in Flushing, and the agency plans to soon install another one in the Maspeth/Middle Village area.

"These additional noise monitors are great news in our continued fight against the blistering airplane noise that continues to ruin the quality of life throughout our borough," said Meng. "The devices should allow officials to get precise and accurate readings on how levels of aircraft noise affect our neighborhoods, and hopefully this critical information will help lead to much need relief."

The new devices come in the wake of a letter Meng sent last year to Port Authority Executive Director Patrick Foye and Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Michael Huerta in which she requested additional noise monitors for communities around LaGuardia and JFK Airports.

The building that houses the Flushing noise monitor is located just outside the downtown area. The Port Authority is currently evaluating locations in Maspeth/Middle Village and plans to secure a site this month.