Personal audio devices.
NYC Admin. Code § 24-233
in effect§ 24-233 Personal audio devices.
(a) No person shall operate or use or cause to be operated or used any personal audio device in such a manner as to create an unreasonable noise.
(b) For the purposes of this section unreasonable noise shall include but shall not be limited to:
(1) the operation or use of a personal audio device on or in any public right-of-way so that sound emanating from such device is plainly audible to another individual at a distance of 25 feet or more from the source.
(2) the operation or use of a personal audio device from on or inside a motor vehicle, whether moving, parked, stopped or standing, on or in any public right-of-way so that sound emanating from such device is plainly audible to another individual outside of such motor vehicle at a distance of 25 feet or more from the source.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the operation or use of a personal audio device where such operation or use would otherwise be prohibited pursuant to section 10-108 or 24-244 of the administrative code.
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2005/113.
Source: City of New York, Charter, Administrative Code and Rules (American Legal Publishing XML export, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCadmin/0-0-0-209185Fetched: 10/24/2026