Waterfront Rd residents are kept awake by partiers. But is it the city's noisiest street?

Auckland's Waterfront Rd residents call noise control nearly every weekend as cars booming with noise riddle its car park.

The 350-metre long Māngere Bridge street had 200 noise complaints in 2017.

With an average of four complaints a week, it was a street of bass "boom, boom, boom".

CALLUM MCGILLIVRAY/STUFF Much of the "boom, boom, boom" noise come from cars and party-makers at this Waterfront Rd car park, resident Ivan says.

Resident Ivan, who did not want his surname published in fear of the street's party-makers, said residents would often have sleepless nights.

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"All you hear is that bass going thump, thump, thump. It goes right through your bedroom and into your house.

CALLUM MCGILLIVRAY/STUFF Waterfront Rd in Māngere had 200 noise complaints in 2017.

"They party, they booze. All between 11pm and 6am."

Ivan said party-makers, mostly youths, in cars would blast "booming" music on weekends at the nearby car park.

He said it would keep most locals awake as the bass "wave" hit and bounced through homes.

CALLUM MCGILLIVRAY/STUFF Great North Rd had 321 noise control complaints in 2017 – the most of any Auckland street.

"If you're living in a house behind [the front row] it just amplifies. It's horrendous."

The parties would last all night on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, he said.

"Boom, boom, boom all through your bedroom."

STUFF The CBD's Queen St had 236 noise complaints in 2017, down on the previous 306.

Despite the 200 complaints in 2017, Waterfront Rd in numbers was not Auckland's loudest.

That mantle belonged to one of the city's longer suburban routes: Great North Rd.

And for some residents of the near 12-kilometre road, its 321 noise complaints in 2017 was no surprise.

"Where we are would be one of the noisiest locations. But you just block it out," Glenn Smith said.

"If you don't like living on it, move."

Smith said although his Glendene area wasn't loud party-wise, weekend and night roadworks were disturbances.

A nearby resident of Great North Rd, Renee Ween, was not surprised it received the most complaints in the year.

"I see a lot of complaints on Neighbourly about noise.

"It's disrupting to everyday life, it cuts into your sleep and I guess you feel it may not be the safest place as well."

She said party-goers would scream and shout on the street and cars doing burnouts would keep her awake.

The council received 57,475 noise complaints across the city during the past financial year.

This was an average of 156 complaints each day in Auckland.

Council compliance response team manager Max Wilde said noise control protected people from excessive or unreasonable noise.

"It is important for people's well-being that they are not negatively affected by noise, particularly at night when they are trying to sleep.

"Noise control balances the need for people to make noise and needs of people who may be affected, and ensures noise does not unreasonably disturb Aucklanders," he said.

NOISIEST STREETS IN 2017

Great North Rd, 321 complaints

Wordsworth Rd, Manurewa, 295

Great South Rd, 288

Dominion Rd, 259

Queen Street, CBD, 236

Waterfront Rd, Māngere Bridge, 200

East Coast Rd, North Shore, 166

New North Rd, Kingsland, 165

Mount Eden Rd, 162

Coombe Ave, Ōtara, 162

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