208 Royalty-Free Audio Tracks for "Nyc"

Construction site , recorded across from the 4 lane wide 14th street, east village, new york city.

Some guys on the street having a good laugh and making fun of their own languages. One not that explicit word ("sh*t") is said.

Morning rush-hour ambiance from the main hall of grand central station in nyc. Some footsteps, many voices, hall-like reverb. Iphone recording.

Recording of a slow stroll on utica ave in brooklyn. It starts with gospel music spilling out onto the street.

Subways in nyc don't usually get quiet. Somehow i found myself on a quiet train from new york to new jersey, not one vocal, apart from the public service announcement. Lots of what you'd expect from a train ride: squealing, screeching, rocking, and i got lucky as many stops and starts. Taken at 44. 1, with the fire app on an iphone 4. Don't doubt those little guys.

Street noises and atmosphere from a walk up first ave and across 14th street, east village, nyc. Including one very loud siren that goes from left to right. Includes a quick pop-in to the quiet lobby of the post office. I'm pretty happy with the recording overall, but the road noise sometimes sounds a bit muddied.

Elevator interior in an old loft building, elevator shaft sound, industrial and noisy, beeps for each floor, doors opening and closing.

Recorded in a subway station in nyc. Train departing in full. Arrival recording is in the same file, following but incomplete. Recorded on olympus ls-10.

Recorded with the on-board x-y mic of a zoom h4n pro on june 13, 2021 in the carpeted stairwell of an nyc apartment building.

Recorded in june 2016 on a new york city subway train approaching the last stop (34th street–hudson yards) on the 7 train line. Mta thank you announcement at the station and for all passengers to alight. Recorded with a zoom h2n in 4-channel mode - this is the xy recording only (msg me if you want the raw ms recording!), without a windshield. File has not been modified.

Several different takes combined, recorded from the second floor apartment of an nyc townhouse. The rain is hitting a neighboring rooftop which sits next to the window. The thunder is in the distance and slowly moves away, fading as the track goes on. Recorded in staten island, ny june 4, 2021 with the on board x-y mic of a zoom h4n pro from the 2nd floor window of an nyc townhouse, facing the backyard and neighboring rooftop.

You will hear the first construction site that i walked by that has the circular sawing. Then i walked past it and sat down for the majority of the recording where you can hear the second construction site that is about a short-block away and that's where all the hammering is coming from. Recorded at astor place, nyc, january 2023. And uncharacteristically no sirens blaring lol.

Recorded on elevated train station, relatively busy winter exterior night ambience, cars and trucks below, quiet city air tone.

Recorded with the on-board x-y mic of a zoom h4n pro on june 13, 2021 in the carpeted stairwell of an nyc apartment building.

Street noises including an ambulance siren that gets progressively louder (and it gets loud), cars, people, and a very happy bicyclist proclaiming 'let's get it!'. Recorded east village, nyc.

Crowd atmosphere from a rangers game in 2010. Chants, ooos/ahhhs, clapping, cheering, organ etc.

A recording of the nyc mta's r160 last stop announcement. The text is clear, but the beginning of the recording is muddled. You'd do best to chop that part off.

Sounds of hudson river water lapping against rocks off the westside highway, with sound of helicopter and talking. Recorded october 2022. Clip is also edited for a little bit of loudness.

Shot a timelapse at this location and captured this ambient sound with my phone to add some depth to my timelapse. You can check out my work on instagram @mikeabramyan!.

Recorded to iphone using sennheiser ambeo smart headset (binaural mic). Recorded up-close, in an art gallery. Occasional soft gallery ambience can be heard. Recorded at moma in nyc on april 21, 2021.

Just a spring day near the water conservatory at central park. Taken with the iphone speakers. Nothing fancy, but used in an audio tour. No need to credit. But if asked, please refer them.

2020-11-07 / prospect park, brooklyn, ny. Drum circle captured in the park during spontaneous celebrations following the announcement that president trump lost his bid for re-election.

Thunder clap from a rainstorm on a late summer evening in north brooklyn.

Ambient sound from the perspective of a rooftop in brooklyn, overlooking the above-ground m train.

Ambiance of the staten island north shore waterfront on january 22, 2021 with an h4n. Edited to remove wind noise.

Ambience of new york city's q train subway at 2:22 am. Sounds of the train bumping on the tracks, announcements, doors opening and closing at stops, squeaking of the train. Recorded on iphone10, no processing.

Recorded in june 2016 on a hudson yards-bound 7 train in the new york city subway. Towards the end of the recording, at the last stop (34th street–hudson yards), there is mta thank you announcement at the station and for all passengers to alight - i have extracted this announcement as a separate audio download on freesound if that's the sound clip you're interested in!. Recorded with a zoom h2n in 4-channel mode - this is the xy recording only (msg me if you want the raw ms recording!), without a windshield. File has not been modified.

New york city street at night, with the microphone pointed out of the second story, street-facing windows of a new york city townhouse. Moderate, night traffic. Edited to remove mic bumps and occasional sniffling/coughing. Recorded with a zoom h4n pro on january 04, 2021 around 3am with on-board x-y mic pointed straight down at the street, and traffic coming from each left/right direction.

Recorded oct. 15 2011 at a rally in toronto in support of the occupy wall st. Protests in nyc. Small, improvised percussion, ensembles have been a common feature of protests in toronto since at least the early 1990's.

Was walking by the finale of a very energetic street performance of chinese drummers and costumed performers. The humming is an electric generator. Also includes street noise and ambiance after the drums.

Volume warning. A very high powered japanese motorbike doing a quick burnout on west 34th st and showing off to everyone just how quickly his engine can rev while he burned some rubber.

Rain recorded 5-23_20 out of a bedroom window in the north brooklyn neighborhood williamsburg in new york city. Sound of rain in the neighbors backyard and on my fire escape ladder.

One of the many stores near times square (nyc) which are perpetually going out of business installed this public address system recently and was "going to town" trying to bring in customers. It didn't really appear to be impressing anyone.

This is a sound mimicking the new york city subway/mta announcement sound before a person comes on and says something over the speaker. Created with a marimba effect on a casio wk-3200.

There's always that one loud person on the street who wants everyone to hear him, and i found him while walking across houston street, new york city. Includes street noise and loud siren. Also edited for a little loudness.

On may 25, 2020, amy cooper refused to leash her dog in a popular birdwatching spot in central park, nyc. Christian cooper, a birdwatcher, asked her to put her dog on its leash. She refused and made a false call to 911 that mr. Cooper was threatening her.

This recording was made 12 years ago, in 2008, so i may be wrong, but i believe it was recorded in times square. Recorded on edirol r-09, 48k, 24bps. Free to use anyway you like!.

Rain and thunder with distant traffic. Recorded in staten island, ny june 4, 2021 with the on board x-y mic of a zoom h4n pro from the 2nd floor window of an nyc townhouse, facing the backyard and neighboring rooftop.

Starting with eerie sounding buzzing/fan noise on the street, entering into one of the buildings around rockerfeller center, new york city, and then into the lively underground shopping mall. Ended up briefly walking thru a guided walking tour and walking down the steps with them.

A mostly mellow but sometimes energetic atmospheric walk through a park and streets in lower east side, new york city. Includes street noise, cars, people talking, birds in a tree. Recorded october 2022. Edit also includes one little snip, plus for some loudness.

General ambiance at gate 29 from piedmont triad intl. Airport in greensboro, nc on august 18, 2018, at about 9:30 am, as i was waiting for a flight to nyc. Includes some distinct conversation, announcements, background music and distant plane sounds. Recorded with a shure mv88 attached to an iphone 8.

An ambient recording made in the afternoon of sunday june 5th 2022, walking from christopher street in the west village to 3rd st and ave a in manhattan via washington square park, carrying a tascam dr-40 field recorder (with rycote wind shield).

Recorded to iphone using sennheiser ambeo smart headset (binaural mic). Recorded at the museum of modern art (moma) in nyc on april 21, 2021. Quiet ambience of interior art gallery on a day with light attendance. Some small background chatter throughout. Let me know if you found this useful.

Travelling from prospect park to parkside station in flatbush, brooklyn. Train is almost empty, no passengers talking. Audio starts in the car, announcements are heard. Upon arrival at parkside, recording transitions to outside the train. It hisses and pulls away from station. Recorded with an iphone 11.

Crushing celery with my hands to simulate some level of "bone cracking". Recorded in staten island, ny june 6, 2021 with the on board x-y mic of a zoom h4n pro from the 2nd floor window of an nyc townhouse, facing the backyard and neighboring rooftop.

Thunder and rain, street-facing view from the 2nd floor apartment. Two great thunder cracks in this one!. Recorded on june 08, 2021 from the second floor window of an nyc apartment building. This recording was made with the on-board x-y microphone of a zoom h4n pro recording device.

Pull chain light switch on and off - a view variations. Recorded in the basement of an nyc apartment building on may 29, 2021 with the on board x-y mic of a zoom h4n pro. While recording sounds for a film project, i decided to capture this for my archives. Use it in good health.

Ambiance of staten island's south beach, with device facing the land and a distance boulevard (father capodanno boulevard). The atlantic ocean sprawls behind the recording device. Fades off as an incoming plane nears (south beach falls under newark airspace). Edited to remove wind noise. Recored on 01/07/2021 with an h4n.

Fire up your bean bag chair and put on some headphones for an atmospheric walk thru the westside highway park in new york city. Recorded october 2022. File is also edited for a little loudness. And just a hair of wind noise in there.

Bowed cymbal swellsrare 18" zildjian eak crash rideviolin bowrecorded in 24 bit at 48khz with an mxl 603 mic through yamaha mg16xu mixer and motu audio express a/d in reason 6 with subtle modulation and filtering. Clips are cut from track with no fade-in/out. July 21st 2015 high noon in nyc during very hot-feeling 88º with high low-level ozone and abusive humidity of 74%.