"Well it's probably better then living on Ludlow"
The thing I didn't realize about Clinton st before I moved there was that all the big trucks coming into Manhattan early in the morning from Brooklyn use it as a short cut from the Williamsburg bridge to Houston over to FDR. From 4am - 6am in sounds like a heard of elephants. There are tons of great bars and restaurants on Clinton st but from 2am - 4am you get people screaming and being stupid. If you are a really heavy sleeper or work nights Clinton St is probably fine. If not I would live on Suffolk or Norflok.