East of Broadway in Lower Manhattan, where the jarring noise and inconvenience of street repair seems an endless, annoying fact of life, some residents are complaining about yet another incursion: movie shoots.

Since September, crews for “The Adjustment Bureau,” a film starring Matt Damon, have periodically occupied entire blocks of the area, adding to an already bad situation for traffic and pedestrians.

“Every street is dug up, every way out of the neighborhood is closed, and this is only making it worse,” said John Fratta, chairman of Community Board 1’s Seaport/Civic Center Committee.

Last month, CB1 members in both the Seaport and the Financial Districts called for a 13-month moratorium on film shoots east of Broadway, mirroring a similar request to the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting made in May 2007. Back then, what they had asked for was a halt to the shoots until 2010. What they got was a six-month moratorium that ended a year ago.

“We want to make it clear that this endangers us,” said Southbridge Towers resident and Seaport Committee member Paul Hovitz. “They’re discarding the will of the people.”

In one incident, residents near Platt Street were shaken by the sound of a staged car crash and children were told that they couldn’t trick-or-treat on one block, according to Gary Fagin, a neighborhood activist and longtime Gold Street resident. Fagin said a member of the crew told his wife there was a risk of an explosion.

“I’d like to know if the Mayor’s office knew in advance they would be crashing a car, and if it was possible that the car could explode,” said Fagin, who noted that he did not see fire or other emergency personnel in the area.

Marybeth Ihle, a spokeswoman for the Mayor’s film office, would not comment directly on the board’s complaints, or its call for another film moratorium.

In an email to the Trib, she said: “[We make] every effort to balance the needs of the community with the needs of productions in New York City. We carefully evaluate the frequency and size of production activity in a given area in order to keep neighborhoods film friendly.”

In October, the same Damon film used artificial rain that inadvertently helped to wash out ticket sales for a Tribeca loft tour, the major fundraiser for the Friends of Duane Park.

“We’re hopeful that the Mayor’s office will be willing to work with us like they did last year,” said CB1’s District Manager Noah Pfefferblit. “Whether or not we get them to agree to a year-long moratorium is yet to be seen.”