Violator fines for illegally honking a car horn in New York City range from $800 to $2,500.

Oct 31, 2026

Previously: Violator fines for illegally honking a car horn in New York City range from $800 to $2,500. [Accurate]: FOX 5 New York reports that fines for illegal honking in New York City range from 800 to 2,500 dollars, issued with help from noise cameras that photograph license plates. The figures read on the show match that reporting. A current city penalty schedule listing a different fine range for unnecessary horn use would make this verdict wrong.

Now: Violator fines for illegally honking a car horn in New York City range from $800 to $2,500. [Distorted]: NYC DEP lists non-emergency horn penalties as $350 to $3,000 including the default penalty. The $800 minimum applies to muffler noise, whose maximum is $2,625. The spoken $800 to $2,500 range therefore misstates the current horn schedule and appears to conflate separate violations.

The current NYC DEP penalty schedule assigns a different range to non-emergency horn honking than to muffler noise.