Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking Placards

Illegal Parking in Brooklyn Heights: Scenes From the Placard Orgy

By Ben Fried | Nov 2, 2010 | 52 Comments

A few weeks ago we ran an update on the Henry Street bike lane in Brooklyn Heights, where members of the First Presbyterian Church illegally park on Sundays and police look the other way. The era of NYPD-sanctioned bike lane blocking had supposedly come to an end this summer, right before primary day, when local […]

Want the Best Deal on Parking? Get Yourself a Police Surgeon Placard

By Noah Kazis | Jun 15, 2010 | 36 Comments

This unofficial placard illegally grants its owner free access to a no-parking zone near Union Square every workday. Photo: Noah Kazis For only $250, the ability to willfully disregard the parking laws of New York City can be yours. With barely a fuss, at least two different police organizations will sell you an illegitimate parking […]

Bronx Rep Promises to “Make Every Effort to Avoid Blocking the Bike Lane”

By Ben Fried | Apr 8, 2010 | 12 Comments

The rules don’t apply to you if you’ve got one of these on the dash. Photos: Boogiedowner Via Gothamist, here’s a story that nicely encapsulates why parking placards should be completely abolished. On Monday, a Boogiedowner reader caught Bronx Assembly member Vanessa Gibson parking in the bike lane on the Grand Concourse, NYPD-issued placard on […]

To Thwart Terror Trial Traffic Snarls, Curb Placard Abuse

By Charles Komanoff | Jan 25, 2010 | 6 Comments

The pending trial of alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed has thrown lower Manhattan into a tizzy, for good reasons. Foremost, of course, is the dread of revisiting the horrors of that day, mingled with fears of new attacks linked to the trial. But there are also concerns that the NYPD’s aggressive countermeasures will impede […]

Eyes on the Street: Placard Abuse, From Sea to Shining Sea

By Brad Aaron | Dec 3, 2009 | 3 Comments

We got a tip yesterday about an errant driver hogging a curbside spot in a residential area: So, outside my house is a street with two hour parking. Today a Jaguar with dealer plates was parked there all day. When I checked, it was because there was an FD placard on the car. No news […]

Do Unto Others? Church Parking Placards Put Cyclists in Harm’s Way

By Ben Fried | Dec 2, 2009 | 17 Comments

We posted the link in today’s headlines, but you really need the visuals that go with this story of bike-lane blocking, curb-mounting Sunday motorists, and the police who sanction them. Via Gothamist, the video comes courtesy of Ink Lake blogger Peter Kaufman, a Brooklyn Heights resident who noticed that all the cars illegally parked on […]

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