Late-night MTA subway work: a living hell

Via Gowanus Lounge, we come up close and personal with the 4 am subway track work going on between Prospect Park and Parkside.

I would estimate the sound decibel rating at about 120 (see this handy chart) which as you can tell by the video is extremely loud. It is impossible to sleep with such noise. This does not seem to be emergency work. In fact, this has been going on-and-off for the last few weeks on some nights... Couldn’t this work be done on the weekends instead of when people have to sleep and go to work the next day? Doesn’t this portion of tracks have three lines - that is, couldn’t this work be done during the day? If I am unaware of why this work must be done at these times, couldn’t the MTA have done a better job of informing our neighborhood?

Those 23-story luxury apartments aren't sounding so good now, huh?

If the noise is bothering you, remember: be sure to complain by dialing 311 and contacting the MTA.