I'm not much of a handyman but I suspect some of you folks have "seen it all" and so maybe can help me. I being plagued by a mysterious honking sound coming from one of the neighboring buildings around me. I live on the second floor of a 3-story walk-up. My bedroom faces a small backyard and the backs of several surrounding buildings which have retail businesses on the ground floor and apts above. I've given up on sleeping in my bedroom and have moved to a futon in the front room because of the intermittent "honking" that is loud enough to wake me up. Here is a 30-second recording of the honking (it contains several episodes patched together that occurred over the course of 15 minutes at 11PM at night):
http://www.asterisk-books.com/honking.mp3
I'm not sure where to turn about this. My landlord (who lives downstairs) is also at a loss. If I knew the source of the sound, I could at least complain to surrounding property owners.
This also occurred last summer. I slipped notes under the doors of surrounding buildings without response. One neighbor has a small 4'x4' pond with gold fish in it in his backyard which I can see from my window. It has a circulator pump but he insists that is not the source of the sound. I can see the pond and the water ripples do not change when the sound is occurring. I suspect the honking may be some kind of plumbing thing. It seems to occur more during evenings/nights but I hear occasional honks during the day. I'm almost certain it doesn't occurs in winter (though my windows are closed then). Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
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