My wife and stepdaughter stayed at West Village for a long summer weekend. Emmett was charming and very helpful and was able to provide tips and advice. The location is absolutely brilliant. You can almost walk to most Manhattan sights from there. What we loved was that we felt as if we were living with the locals - it didn’t feel like a tourist district. It was smart, fun and as for the ‘noise’, it is no noisier than anywhere else in NY and we weren’t disturbed at all.