I am one of the dorks and I want to make clear: We love the softball, the soccer and the everybody playing the park.

What we hate are the three guys in an ice cream trucks playing the music full blast the whole day long. They are the ones that make the profits and disrespect the neighborhood. I would like to invite everybody to come over to McCarren Park for a day and sit to next to one of the trucks for a few hours. The nice jingle turns into a horrifying tune pretty quickly. And there is no escape when you live there. Some of the trucks are not even licensed and who knows what they are selling to the kids in the park. We talked to them and they threatened us (they not your friendly ice cream vendors...more like the ice cream mafia). It has to stop. Licensed vendors can continue sell ice cream at the park but without the tune that drives everybody crazy after a while.

Wow! Impressive arrogance by Mr. Edroso. I live in a walk up which is about to collapse any day right across the street from the park. I work 6 days a week and when I get home I try to work a little more - by READING whatever I need to read. So I am not a "condo dork" and I am very, very much bothered by the ice cream truck jingle. Condominium association? I've nothing to do with them but what's wrong with people wanting peace while living their life in the apartments which they paid s**tload of money for? Would you rather everybody keep quiet about issues which concern them directly? I see you are raising your voice in your little article, Mr. Edroso. I love your selfish sarcasm Mr. Edroso, especially when you write about issues which don't affect you directly.

I personally will be fighting with my camarades from both bed-bug infested rotting apartments and $1 mil. condos located around McCarren Park against this horrific menace of ice cream trucks which by the way sometimes don't even have a licence to feed our children. Not to talk about arrogant and aggressive drivers of those same trucks. If nothing else, I'll do it because it's a New York City LAW, as Mr. Edroso kindly reminds us in his most brilliant piece of journalism I've ever read, not to play the jingle when truck is parked. Maybe we should all break the law and drive 70 miles per hour through populated areas because our cars feel so damn good when they go fast and the girls like it - to hell with it, let's have some good old fun Mr. Edroso!

Also keep in mind that these trucks are old and run their engines all day spewing out nasty smoke. Their noise is a nuisance and their product is probably not even ice-cream.
New York residents want greater quality of life and that is going to come from cracking down on engine idling, excessive noise, after-hours construction and generators running in public places. Everyone can benefit from more peace and quiet in this city. And if you want ice-cream its easy to get without that inane melody.
New York is getting better!

Also keep in mind that these trucks are old and run their engines all day spewing out nasty smoke. Their noise is a nuisance and their product is probably not even ice-cream.
New York residents want greater quality of life and that is going to come from cracking down on engine idling, excessive noise, after-hours construction and generators running in public places. Everyone can benefit from more peace and quiet in this city. And if you want ice-cream its easy to get without that inane melody.
New York is getting better!

Wow, talk about slanted journalism. Nothing like talking up a populist uprising against those condo owners eh? As it happens we regular renters in earshot of the park have to put up with this maddening noise day in and day out. But the truth wouldn't make for a good story would it?

I love McCarren park, the soccer players, people grilling on the lawn, all the things that make Williamsburg unique.

The really jarring thing are these ice cream trucks... it's enough to make anyone hearing it every day go insane. Sorry Roy, you fell on the wrong side with this article.

Your "populist" rant falls on deaf ears... ears deafened by these ice cream trucks.

Your "populist" rant falls on deaf ears... ears deafened by these ice cream trucks.

That was pure poetry. Thank you.

We appreciate also being called "Mr." by (one good turn deserves another) Mr. Popovic. And his calling this the "most brilliant piece of journalism I've ever read." We've done worse! Please remember to bookmark.

I live in one of the condos.

I enjoy all of the sounds from the park -- which at this moment include: someone practicing a snare drum, shouts and whistles from high school girls horsing around, bird chirps from all directions and more. But then I will hear nothing except the blaring from the truck speakers.

Seriously, it is not necessary for the ice cream trucks to play music to notify that they are circling the park all day. We know where to get a hot dog without an assault on our ears directing us -- we can find ice cream the same way. The quiet little cart from Urban Rustic sits in the same location and serves great fare all day long without noise pollution.

Even when I am not in the neighborhood, the Mr Softee song plays in my head on the subway, in elevators, walking down the street, sitting in an office...

Let me hear the park sounds. Stop it. Enough.

I'm one of the "dorks" as well. I'm all for ice cream, I love ice cream. I do not, however, like the track "Mary Had A little Lamb" played infinitely at full volume throughout the weekend.

For everybody who disagrees with this article there is always the group to stop the trucks:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoptheicecreamtruck

And now there is a soft trumpet, tastefully played, wafting through the sunset...

Here and there, a dog greets a new acquaintance and a child laughs.

The truck is gone for now.

Ice cream trucks are not a problem (unless they're selling drugs). It's only when they sit and play their jingle, PARKED IN ONE PLACE, that it becomes a nuisance. As a matter of fact, there's a noise code against vendors playing their jingle while parked. One vendor I talked to knew the code but didn't care about violating it. Apparently the fine for this noise code violation in $700. I bet that's more than one truck can make in one day.

anyone know the words to col. bogey????????

I'm one of the cool people who live next to the park that doesn't mind the sound of mr. softee. Makes me glad summer is coming around.

It's no longer about opinion. It's about enforcing the law. It is illegal to play the music while parked. Call the 94th police precinct on # 718 383 3879 and ask if they intend to enforce this law or not. Give them the license plate, date and time of offense, name of the vendor, etc. Ask them to send a patrol car.

Also, contact Mister Softee with the plate # and and other info you can get from the ice cream truck. Many times these 'knock-off' vendors are not authorized and do not pay dues to Mister Softee. They will pursue the vendor in court, trust me.

This has nothing to do with the working-class or the law student. People used to throw garbage out the window onto the street. I'm sure people weren't happy about changing that lazy behaviour either.

Next, we have to legislate the decibel level of the music while the trucks are in motion.