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I had LEDs installed in the streetlight in front of my apartment in Brooklyn a few months ago and my living room is now awash with this light. It's terrible. I
by mtalantikite 10y ago
I had LEDs installed in the streetlight in front of my apartment in Brooklyn a few months ago and my living room is now awash with this light. It's terrible. I noticed my sleep time pushed further and further back and I've resorted to supplementing melatonin regularly so that I can fall asleep earlier than 2 am. I've complained to the city and have considered moving since I don't think NYC will swap ours back.
- keenerd 10y agoPlease, put in blinds. If you have blinds, put in curtains to catch the light that spills around the blinds. If too much light goes through the blinds, upgrade to window shades. If that isn't enough (or you don't want to spend any money on interior decorating), get an eyemask. If $2 for an eyemask is too much, drape a t-shirt over your eyes. Moving is a comically inappropriate response.
- rbanffy 10y agoIf moving becomes a common response, we can use street lighting to fight gentrification. Don't discourage it.
- mtalantikite 10y agoThat's assuming city services go to all neighborhoods evenly, which certainly isn't the case unfortunately. Most of Brooklyn is covered now, but only 1/3 of Queens and none of The Bronx other than highways have been converted.
- mtalantikite 10y agoI don't find it unreasonable to want to have my curtains and windows open after sundown. My bedroom is at the back of the house and feels like a cave, as is common for NYC bedrooms, so it's not the light in my eyes that is the issue. Having a delayed melatonin release due to the light is more my concern.