Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

Eyes on the Street: Williamsburg’s “Lively,” “Beautiful” New Garage Wall

By Stephen Miller | Aug 21, 2015 | 14 Comments

An apartment building in Williamsburg perfectly illustrates how parking minimums in New York’s zoning code make the city’s streets and sidewalks worse. Last year, a joint venture of Alex. Brown Realty and Largo Investments finished construction on a 33-unit rental project at 281 Union Avenue in Williamsburg. The seven-story building, roughly the same size as its neighbors, has something those older buildings don’t: 17 parking spaces. […]

NYC’s Parking Ticket Deals Cost Millions That Could Be Used for Street Safety

By Stephen Miller | Aug 19, 2015 | 67 Comments

When the city zeroes out the cost of undisputed tickets for delivery companies as part of a special program to reduce the cost of parking violations, it’s also giving them a pass on a fee required by the state. That surcharge funds anti-drunk driving programs, among other initiatives, and advocates say the city and state could be missing out on […]

Van Bramer to Car Dealers: Stop Hogging Northern Boulevard Sidewalks

By Stephen Miller | Aug 4, 2015 | 53 Comments

Walking the car-clogged sidewalks of Northern Boulevard this morning with street safety advocates and press in tow, Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer called on two NYPD precincts to crack down on auto dealerships that treat pedestrian space as car showrooms. “They have a right to make money,” Van Bramer said of the dealerships. “But they do not have a […]

City Hall Could Start Cutting Traffic Today By Reviving PARK Smart

By Stephen Miller | Aug 4, 2015 | 6 Comments

Andrew Cuomo hasn’t come around on the Move NY plan, and Uber beat back City Hall’s proposed cap on new black car licenses for the time being. But the de Blasio administration still has options at its disposal to cut traffic. Chief among them is parking policy — especially curbside parking reform. Remember PARK Smart? […]

State’s Top Court: Low-Cost Parking Is Not a Tax-Free Charity

By Stephen Miller | Jul 30, 2015 | 3 Comments

The owner of five Queens cut-rate parking facilities will have to pay property taxes, the state’s top court has ruled. The New York State Court of Appeals upheld the city’s decision to take back a tax exemption it had previously granted the politically-connected non-profit that operates 2,000 parking spaces in downtown Jamaica. Over the course of a decade starting in 1996, Jamaica […]

Developers Adding More Parking Than They’re Supposed To, Thanks to DCP

By Stephen Miller | Jul 24, 2015 | 2 Comments

For years, the City Planning Commission approved special permits that let developers in Hell’s Kitchen and Chelsea get around limits on parking construction in the Manhattan core. Recently, the city implemented a new formula that reformers hoped would curtail these permits. But Community Board 4, Council Member Corey Johnson, and Borough President Gale Brewer say the city’s math […]

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