Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

Eyes on the Street: Illegal Parking Crackdown Coming to Jay Street

By Brad Aaron | Apr 2, 2014 | 10 Comments

Reader Eric McClure spotted these flyers today on cars “up and down Jay Street between Johnson and Willoughby,” in the 84th Precinct. This comes a few weeks after attendees at a public workshop identified illegal parking as a major safety hazard and a major source of dysfunction on Jay Street, where pedestrians, cyclists, buses, and private […]

Survey: Majority of New Yorkers Would Pay for a Parking Permit

By Stephen Miller | Mar 12, 2014 | 41 Comments

If you own a car in New York City and need a place to park, leaving it on the street is a nice bargain. The only “cost” is alternate-side restrictions for street cleaning — otherwise, all that space is free. It’s such a good deal that in outer-borough neighborhoods, most car owners with an off-street […]

NYPD’s Superb New Double-Parking Flyer

By Ben Fried | Mar 11, 2014 | 14 Comments

Don't be the cause a collision, injury or death of somebody's loved one. #VisionZero pic.twitter.com/f1QMgzL64c — NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) March 10, 2014 Here’s a message we’re not used to seeing from NYPD: Double-parking is dangerous. Reader Brendan Gray reports spotting this flyer in the window of a Dunkin’ Donuts on Eighth Avenue in Midtown a […]

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Parking Madness 2014: Send Us Your Pics of Awful Parking Craters

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 10, 2014 | No Comments

It’s March, which can only mean one thing: Parking Madness time. Last year we asked our readers to help us crown the worst parking crater in an American city, and in that inaugural 16-entry bracket, Tulsa blew away the competition. But we know there are still plenty of other parking lots out there that make downtown look […]

Two Trees: Less-Parking-for-More-Affordable-Housing a No Go at Domino

By Stephen Miller | Feb 28, 2014 | 12 Comments

In his first big stand on development, Mayor Bill de Blasio is trying to wring more affordable housing out of the Domino Sugar Factory project on the Williamsburg waterfront. The mixed-use plan currently calls for 2,284 housing units, 29 percent of them affordable. The mayor is looking for more affordable housing, while so far developer […]

It’s Not the Bike Lane, Stupid: Double-Parking Caused By Poor Curb Policies

By Ben Fried | Feb 27, 2014 | 21 Comments

Probably the dumbest part of a stupendously dumb Post story about double-parking tickets and the Columbus Avenue bike lane is this: The controversial bike path from West 110th Street down to West 77th Street claimed a lane of traffic — even though it is parallel to more preferable cycling routes on Riverside Drive or in […]

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