That's only if there are no crossings. Trains are required to sound their extremely loud horns at every crossing which can be heard from miles away.

Such crossings are pretty rare in NYC, and even rarer in passenger routes there.

	▲	hamdingers 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Quiet zones require crossings to be up to a certain standard. If the people opposed to train noise were serious, they could pressure their local/regional gov to upgrade crossings and establish a quiet zone. This tends to be more successful than trying to prevent the train entirely.