Thanks so much, everyone, for the insight and advice. I really appreciate this.

Thanks, everyone, for the advice!

So far I left a note on the windshield (black BMW) but he has not seen it yet. I will at least let him have the chance to see it first, then I will call the police if it continues.

Hoping for a good outcome.

Thanks again!

I live in the Heights and a new car in the neighborhood parked outside my apartment on the street below has a really loud, really shrill, really annoying alarm that keeps going off every 15 minutes.

On Friday it did this ALL DAY from early morning to late afternoon. Yesterday it was intermittent. Today it is going off again for over an hour now.

The guy seems to live nearby so I don't know how he can't hear how annoying this is.

What are my options? Is this something I can call the police for? I'm going crazy over here.

Tommy's on Central is horrible; the staff is so rude and lazy. I refuse to eat there anymore after the way they treat their customers. Just saying ...

Haha, that's classic, carpetbaggertil718!

Thank you everyone for the links / suggestions. I would have responded sooner had I not been kept up until nearly five this morning from the music. My nerves are shot today. As for other neighbors being bothered, the way the unit is set up there are six of them. I don't think the 2 units on the third floor can hear it, but I will try to check with them regardless. We are on the second floor directly above them. I don't know how much the noise travels to the other apartment on our floor. And for the other unit on their floor, the renter is actually hearing impaired so I don't think he is affected at all. I am really upset about this situation. I appreciate the suggestions very much!

Thank you so much for that link! The music is still going, my head is pounding and I am ready to scream ... Thanks very much; I appreciate it.

I am going to keep my question in this thread about noise complaints and neighbors, but my question is more of trying to understand the procedure with the police in Jersey City regarding noise complaints in apartment buildings.

A brief background ? my neighbors on the first floor directly below us play their music very loud. The bass is unbearable in our apartment (my fianc? and I). We moved in during the summer and their noise has become increasingly worse. When either of us would knock on their door and politely ask them to please lower the bass they would seriously go ballistic (so ridiculous and unnecessary) and slam the door and play the music even louder.

So once we reached a breaking point, we notified the landlord. He put a letter on the front door of the building about noise and common courtesy and told us to just call the police every time this happens. This is something we really did not want to do. We don?t like drama and just would feel so bad about this. But this evening their music was so loud and we are tired of this. However, they know this so we decided to do what the landlord said and called the police for a noise complaint. The cops showed up and the neighbors immediately turned the music down. So the police then seemed annoyed with us for calling and left. As soon as they left, the music became even louder.

A few hours later it was just unbearable, so my fianc? went downstairs to ask them to please lower the music just a little and the lady went all out crazy. She mocked him and said she didn?t care, she didn?t believe that it was loud, she called him every name in the book while he just stood there, still just saying ?can you just please lower the music.? He did not get loud or aggressive. They slammed the door in his face.

Further into the night it became so bad that we decided to call the police again for the noise complaint. We hate doing this kind of thing, but really did not know what else to do. The switchboard operator took our information and hung up. The cops came, we heard them knock on their door and ask them if they called about a noise complaint which was wrong, it was us who called. The people were drunk, and told the cops that my fianc? was aggressive and very nasty (very much the opposite) and that they called the cops on us for asking them to lower their music but did not know our apartment number (okay?). So the cops just left. And the music got louder.

Near tears, I called the landlord and he said there is not much he can do. So for the last hour or so we have been sitting here by candlelight, the TV volume low (besides, we really can?t compete with the bass), on our laptops. Yet for some reason they called the police on us. However, they still don?t have the foresight to come upstairs so they guessed the apartment number and the police went to the wrong door and then left.

I am really upset and frustrated. This is so stressful. When I lived in NYC, a person called 311 and was able to obtain a case number and the police would follow through when they could for noise complaints. So my confusion is, what is the procedure with Jersey City police and noise complaints? We were never given a case number, and they messed up every time they came to the building! The only time they spoke to us they treated us as though they were irritated at us for calling and really were not informative at all. The music is so loud right now, and we feel like we have no options. We are not being taken seriously and we don?t understand how to communicate better with the local police. I suppose we were expecting a much different, more structured outcome from them. I realize apartment life has noise but this is unreasonable. Thank you for any kind of advice or information you can provide! (other than saying to move).

Interesting ... I live on South Street and I witnessed a lady screaming and screaming this morning at a nice man from Housing. He kept politely asking her to please not scream at him so he could kindly explain the problems to her, but instead of listening to reason she just screamed louder and louder. I felt really bad for the man, because the lady was acting ridiculous, unnecessarily loud and unreasonable ... what an interesting coincidence ....

Thanks, everyone, for the drop off location suggestions. I live in the Heights and am also looking for a place, this post could not have come at a better time :)

Yes, their food is really good! A lot better than one would expect from a mall food court. Also, the staff, anytime I've been there, were really nice and accommodating.

I can totally sympathize! I'm sorry about your missing package - I went through a similar situation last month. And before I begin, in response to one poster, not every instance has the option for "signed for" mail. On August 12th a package was delivered (I live in the Heights) and the postal carrier rang the buzzer. I let him in the building and that was the last of it. I went downstairs a short time later and there was no package but he had marked it "delivered" in the system.

For two months I have been dealing with an uncooperative and rude USPS staff, as well as consumer affairs. The manager at the local branch is nice, but nothing has been done. They imply that since it was marked "delivered" I must be lying.

At this point, based on things I witness in the mail area to our lobby (which is a building with only 6 units) I think I can safely conclude that the lady downstairs stole my package. However, I would at least like to know if the mailman ever actually delivered the package. I have gotten nowhere with the USPS and Consumer Affairs, so good luck to you and sorry for your frustrations and loss!