Philadelphia loud music

And they blame Philadelphia. After months of music disrupting nights in his riverfront home, Stefan traced the sound himself — eventually discovering parties with people blasting speakers in their cars in a lot near Lincoln Financial Field in South Philadelphia.

The city, police, and the property owner worked together, the gates were locked, and the crowds stopped coming. Stefan and his girlfriend moved to their Gloucester County home on the bank of the Delaware River in assuming it would be peaceful.

They soon began hearing noise from the Philadelphia sports stadiums and traffic on I, and a few years in, thumping bass from outdoor parties started rattling windows. It got worse during the pandemic, with bars closed and nowhere to safely gather indoors. People post reports of music heard anywhere from up and down the South Jersey riverside communities to landlocked towns like Cherry Hill. Across the Delaware from a luxury townhouse development under construction on the edge of Fishtown, Pyne Poynt is home to baseball diamonds where a community little league plays, as well as a playground and boat launch.

Camden City Councilmember Felisha Reyes-Morton said one group of residents sometimes gathers in city parks to play music from custom speakers, but the parties normally end before dark. Pyne Poynt is also outfitted with surveillance cameras, and Camden County police officers conduct nightly checks, county spokesperson Dan Keashen said.

But after an earlier version of this article posted online, a Philadelphia resident sent The Inquirer several videos shot in recent months that show cars parked near the back of Pyne Poynt Park at night, blasting music from speakers for a small group of people.

In the videos, the sound can be heard at the entrance to the park but is fainter than what residents describe hearing on the other side of the river. A meeting by state Rep. Joe Hohenstein brought police and city leaders from Philadelphia and nearly a dozen South Jersey towns together to target those so-called "boom cars.

Neighbors tell FOX 29 it has been an issue for three years now. The sound carries across the river from miles away in various Philadelphia parking lots. At least two South Jersey towns have adopted resolutions to urge the city of Philadelphia to end the noise.

Gloucester City passed a resolution in July asking Philadelphia to enact harsher penalties for noise pollution and suggesting that law enforcement officials carry decibel meters to better detect noise violations. He said South Jersey authorities have no real authority to combat the noise in Philadelphia.

Last year, the source of the sound was believed to be in a lot near Jetro Cash and Carry on Pattison Avenue. Ryan Giles, the Westville borough administrator, said that lot has since been locked. The source seems to keep moving, which Giles said makes it difficult for law enforcement officials to punish those making noise.