Good morning on this drizzly Monday.

In case you haven’t heard, New York City is becoming noisier.

About 420,000 noise complaints were lodged with the city’s 311 line last year, more than double the number registered in 2011.

We expect neighborhoods like the East Village (with its night life) or Midtown (with its constant traffic) to be noisy, but even neighborhoods like the Upper East Side, once considered peaceful and quiet, are no longer ruckus-free zones.

And as the city grows, so will its decibel level.

So we looked for easy ways to shut out the noise and improve our quality of life.

We spoke with Tim Heffernan, a writer and editor at The Wirecutter, the New York Times site that evaluates products, to ask for noise-reducing recommendations.