Explore the Noise Complaint in Neighborhoods of Manhattan

New York City concentrates millions of activities, and there are different noises during the day. Urban noises make the city more vibrate. However, once they influence citizen's daily life, the city will complain towards them. This visualization aims to explore the noise complaint in different neighborhood by different time in Manhattan. It is visualized based on three dimensions - geographic (neighborhood distribution), time (time distribution) and attribution (noise type). Move the mouse around different types of complaints to explore the distribution. This visualization uses the noise complaint in one month is 311 complaint data. According to the NYC government, you can make complaint about noise from your neighbor including the dog barking, loud TV, moving furniture, and traffic on the road. Understanding the noise complaint in the city helpes the urban planner and governer understanding the noises that the land use may make and the tolerance of the residents.