Needless to say, this is a source of discomfort and even suffering to the residents of the block - due to the many disturbances that typically accompany such an establishment. There is the disturbance caused by the honking cars and idling buses waiting to bring those people home. Vehicles are often illegally parked. Many of the weddings are held out in the street in front of the hall, the music and ceremony loudly carried through the streets via an outdoor public address system. Besides all of the noise, there is also the glare of the bright lamps shining from the hall's outdoor fixtures onto our street and into our homes.
Residents can go for weeks on end without a single decent night's rest.
We must keep our windows shut even during the summer to keep out the noise, but the disturbance is so loud, it penetrates nonetheless. One mother runs her air conditioner all night, even during the winter, to allow her children to sleep. To avoid the glare of the bright lamps and photo flash, we must lower our window shades when we are indoors and cover our eyes when we go outside. Also, the waves of hundreds of guests, who arrive or depart by car, only exasperate the problem of traffic congestion the block already suffers. Convenient street-parking formerly available to residents has been usurped by the hall's staff, customers and deliveries.