Living on St Mark's Pl?

I'll be moving to the city soon and was wondering about St. Mark's Place. I understand the area has been significantly gentrified as of late (the street is teaming with fro-yo places and Asian restaurants, etc) and from what I've seen, I love the East Village - tons to do, easy access, neighborhoody feel. The building I'm looking at is about as close to 3rd Ave as you could be, so extremely close to Astor Place (4,5,6) and 8th Street (N,R) as well, not near Alphabet City. The downside is that people have been telling me the street noise can be pretty loud at night. But I was there at night looking at a building and to be honest, with the A/C unit going combined with the relatively thick walls of the building, I couldn't even hear any street noise. So what's your opinion on this location and this street/block in particular? Too wild/edgy/noisy, or a good option if a good apartment can be found? Thanks for all your advice.

Edit: just want to clarify, the place I'm looking at is on the 5th floor, and I was actually there very late on a Friday night (broker was able to get us the general keys for a day so we could check out the empty apartment when we pleased), but still heard almost no noise with the A/C running on low (I think this building has very good walls, at least much better than you would expect). My concern is also more the weird look I get from people when I tell them I'm considering St. Marks. They say "you're going to LIVE on st. marks??" Must be the noise/freakshow factor I guess, but it doesn't seem to bother me. I'm just not sure if I'm totally off-base with my initial assessment of the neighborhood or not, or if I'm missing something.

 

I lived a couple of blocks from there for about 4 years. I didn't have any problems with it. St Marks between 2nd and 3rd does have a high level of foot traffic, but the noise shouldn't be much different than most of the E. Village, although St Marks has (or used to have) its own special freakshow factor. A big variable is how many floors up will you be? If you are above the 4th floor, the street noise shouldn't impact you much at all, but if you are on the first or second floor, you will hear more noise.

 

You were there at night, but not necessarily on thursday friday saturday. Saint marks has a ton of noise on the weekend because of the amount of people getting shit faced there on those nights (myself included). If you in any way need quiet to sleep (some people don't) don't move here. It gets really loud, and most nights you will likely have some drunk yelling at the top of his lungs. However, if you are a deep sleeper, and you will be getting shit faced friday and saturday nights anyway, this is a great place to be. Check out Mark burger on saint marks for awesome sliders. For me its the best part of town, I just wouldn't want to live there because of the noise. But to each his own.

 

St Marks is very noisy and busy almost 24/7. Don't live there if you need quiet time for whatever reason. And you'll definitely see your share of crazies walking around. Great place to live though, lots of great noodle shops, small grocery stores, eateries, ultra close to subways..

Crazy expensive as well.

 

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