New York is loud —that’s the brand. But the city has decided there’s a difference between everyday din (sirens, subways, yelling at jaywalkers) and the souped-up muffler outside your window at 3 am Enter: noise cameras.

These pole-mounted contraptions, equipped with microphones, fisheye lenses and license plate readers, are now quietly keeping tabs on New York’s rowdiest cars and motorcycles. Trigger the mic with anything over 85 decibels (think lawn mower, but angrier), and the system snaps your plate. The Department of Environmental Protection reviews the evidence and if you’re the culprit, expect a summons starting at $800 and climbing to $2,500 for repeat offenders.

Now, new reporting from the New York Post shows DEP cameras have issued more than 1,600 summonses acros

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