Two layers of windows plus blinds and curtains are the closest thing to soundproofing at Marty Levinson's house.
"It's a boom, boom, boom, and the windows start to rattle," he said.
Warmer weather brings concert season at nearby Forest Hills Stadium, a 13,000-capacity open-air venue that's more than a century old and the former site of the US Open.
Levinson, who has lived a block away since the 1960s, says the volume of the music has gotten out of control.
"It's disturbing to the point, for example, [that] some of our neighbors have sold their houses," he said.
Community groups want the volume turned down
Excessive noise is the focus of an ongoing legal battle between some community groups and the West Side Tennis Club, which hosts the Forest Hills Stadium concert venue. In a new request for an injunction, the Forest Hills Gardens Corporation is asking the court to quiet the music at the stadium or silence it altogether.
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