Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

A Crash Course on Driver Safety for Parks Dept. Employees

By Jason Varone | Aug 29, 2007 | 16 Comments

A Parks Dept. truck crashes a Central Park wedding Following Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe’s recent reminder for "Parkies" to drive safely and the revocation of parking permits on Central Park’s East Drive, the Parks Dept. recently sent out another mass e-mail to employees noting that "in the last few months we have seen an increase […]

Streetsblog Commenter Published in Boston Globe

By Brad Aaron | Aug 22, 2007 | 3 Comments

Streetsblog commenter and Newton Streets and Sidewalks blogmaster Sean Roche has a commentary on cheap municipal parking in today’s Boston Globe: What’s wrong with this picture? Four friends drive to Kenmore Square for a Red Sox game. They take a couple of laps around the neighborhood unsuccessfully looking for a $1-an-hour meter. They give up and […]

Officer Convicted in Beating Was Handing Off Parking Placard

By Brad Aaron | Aug 21, 2007 | 2 Comments

From the New York Times, via an eagle-eyed Streetsblog tipster: A police captain who admitted having a forbidden affair with an officer under his command was convicted yesterday of brutally beating her on a Greenwich Village street. The jury in State Supreme Court in Manhattan found the captain, Alberto Sanchez, guilty of third-degree assault, a […]

Paint a Parking Lot, Put up a Paradise

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 9, 2007 | 1 Comment

New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan unveiled DOT’s new Plaza Initiative in DUMBO, Brooklyn today. The press conference took place at the Pearl Street Plaza, a triangular pocket park that only a few weeks ago served as a parking lot and illegal dump. This afternoon the Plaza was filled with people eating lunch, taking […]

Hello, Dolly!

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 7, 2007 | 45 Comments

A knowledgeable tipster submitted this gem to UncivilServants, the web-based watchdog for government parking abuse in New York City. The yellow Porsche Carrera, above, was spotted parked in front of a fire hydrant on the east side of Seventh Avenue, in Park Slope, Brooklyn, between Sterling Place and St. John’s Place at about 7:30 pm […]

Parks Dept. Confirms New Employee Parking Policy

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 6, 2007 | No Comments

Parks Dept. spokesperson Abigail Lootens confirms this morning’s story: It is our goal to reduce the number of vehicles throughout Central Park. Not only are we asking all employees to reapply for parking permits but today was the first day of the additional increase in car-free hours in Central Park.

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