As great as apartment living is, one of the main downfalls has got to be the (sometimes near-incessant) noise. From rumbling trucks at 2 a.m., to noisy neighbors clacking their heels at the crack of ...

The first thing everyone asks when they walk in is, ‘How’s the sound?’” says Gavin Shiminski, a Douglas Elliman agent, describing what happens when he shows at the Olympia, a sail-shaped Dumbo condo ...