A tipster just emailed: I was wondering if those No Parking Signs posted over the Labor Day weekend on Clark St. were legit? They’re posted by the Educational Housing Services Inc. for dorm moving-in day. The signs are printed on blue paper with the words police department on them but no NYPD emblem or anything […]
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20 Henry Street Ticket Imbroglio – the Video
Karl Junkersfeld enlists the help of Cranberry’s Jim Montemarano in saving one car from being towed in front of 20 Henry Street. BHB reader “My2Cents” had posted signs warning unwitting motorists that they would be towed from the No Parking zone after the normal DOT sign was obscured by scaffolding around the old Peaks Mason Mints […]
Ticket Blitz at 20 Henry Street Construction Zone
The ticket blitz around the 20 Henry Street construction zone has been going on for a while now. Our Karl Junkersfeld files this video manifesto. Have you gotten a ticket there?
No Parking on Willow Place
BHB commenter bklyn20 issued this warning about the new temporary parking regulations on Willow Place that start immediately. Attention anyone who’s parked on Willow Place: The MTA has put “All Cars Will Be Towed” signs up and down the block starting 2/18 — which I believe is today. Don’t know hour when towing begins. I […]
The Talk of the Town
This week’s New Yorker has a piece on the parking placard abuse that continues despite the mayor’s vow to crack down. (free registration to read). The bomb scare in Times Square on New Year’s eve was occasioned by a van with a phony placard that had sat unmolested by the NYPD for days. There seems […]
Hunts Lane Parking Situation is a Mess
After posting earlier this week about Sunday parishioners blocking the bike lane on Henry Street, we received this parking related dispatch from an anonymous tipster on Hunts Lane:
Alternate-Side Parking Returns Sept. 14
Just received word that starting September 14, alternate-side parking regulations will go back into effect in the Brooklyn Heights area, following a nine-week suspension as new signs were installed. The suspension affected the Brooklyn Heights area north of Joralemon Street while the Department of Transportation installed more than 2,000 new, reduced street sweeping regulation signs. […]
Alternate-Side Parking Suspended Starting Monday
Starting Monday, the Department of Transportation will begin a six to eight week suspension of alternate-side parking regulations in Brooklyn Heights, north of Joralemon Street. The suspension will also include Downtown Brooklyn, DUMBO, Vinegar Hill and Fulton Ferry. The suspension comes as the DOT installs more than 2,000 new signs that will have new, reduced […]
Squadron Supports Residential Parking Permits
This morning on The Brian Lehrer Show, State Senator Daniel Squadron spoke about why he wants to bring a residential parking permit system to New York City. Jay Rowell, deputy director of the Chicago City Clerk’s office, and Judson True, spokesperson for the San Francisco Municipal Transit Authority, discuss how it works in their cities–and whether […]
Upcoming alternate-side parking changes
The Department of Transportation has started its scheduled suspension of alternate-side-of-the-street parking within Community Board 2, and will reach Brooklyn Heights within six to eight weeks. First, DOT is changing traffic signs in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. CB2 District Manager Rob Perris said Phase 2 will include Brooklyn Heights, Downtown, DUMBO, Fulton Ferry Landing, […]
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