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October 6, 2008

The Stroller Wars, Solved

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Since a "stroller manifesto" appeared in a Park Slope bar a couple of years ago, the battle between those with strollers and those without in the neighborhood was outed. Well, according to the NY Times, one Brooklyn business has the answer: valet stroller parking. At the Prospect Park YMCA, parents hand over their precious cargo — the strollers, that is — to Joseph Caraballo, a 52-year-old Y maintenance worker who is more than willing to watch the strollers, but not the kids.
Stroller Central, Now With Valet [NY Times]
PS. Photo by thetbone.




Posted by lisa at 9:02 AM | Comments (13)
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I wonder what that guy makes in tips!

Posted by: plgdude at October 6, 2008 9:44 AM

We still need a coffee shop with a drive-through window.

Posted by: IMBY at October 6, 2008 10:26 AM

Convenient stroller parking, or blocked fire exit?

Posted by: curiositykilledthecat at October 6, 2008 10:36 AM

plgdude- the article states he doesn't accept tips.

Personally I'd love to see less strollers out on the streets. Period. Every time I see a 4 year old with it's feet dragging along the street I want to throttle the lazy parents who don't want to be burdened with actually watching their children.

This is a nice solution.

Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 6, 2008 10:54 AM

I use that Y. The strollers are usually left outside. The photo looks like it was taken before the "valet stroller parking' started when parents had no choice but to park strollers in the entranceway [or possibly on a rainy day]--it's much better now IMO [and i have no ax to grind here--I haven't pushed a stroller for over 20 years].

Posted by: Bob Marvin at October 6, 2008 11:57 AM

Any and all complaints about strollers in Park Slope are completely exaggerated.

Posted by: infinitejester at October 6, 2008 12:05 PM

I'm so sick of the stroller comments by this point. I have a toddler, we mostly use a carrier. But you should try walking from point A to point B behind a toddler. You would in fact be way more annoyed by how long it took you to get around them. I'm sure most of the annoyance about strollers is really an expression of feelings about the parents (desire, jealousy, reflecting on your own loneliness or disappointment,loss of your own childhood, wanting to be taken care of, not wanting to be taken care of, whatever.)We each are annoying in our own way. There are serious things going on in the world. Put down the annoyance and keep on walking.

Posted by: Breukelen at October 6, 2008 12:42 PM

Breukelen, See professional help. Please. For all our sake.

As one who has had nice brand new shoes run over by a big bouncy stroller and it's dazed and confused driver, been blocked by a double-wide trying to exit stores, been blocked on sidewalks by clusters of mommies and strollers...it's a pain in the ass. Ok. It just is.

Just plain and simple, no cheap annoying BS psychology needed. Lots of parents are over-tired or just self-indulgent. They don't look where they are going. Or they assume you will move out of their way magically(!) instead of vice versa. It's really not more complicated than that. Really.

Posted by: cobblehiller at October 6, 2008 2:12 PM


You know what I hate more than stroller wielding moronic parents.

When those same parents don't pay attention to their kids running off a sugar high straight into my shoulder bag...then get mad at me for not moving or seeing the little one.

Completely not part of the topic, but I just had to vent.

Posted by: DizzyNYC at October 6, 2008 2:36 PM

Dizzy...I think it was perfectly "on topic"

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 6, 2008 3:08 PM

Annoying Park Slope parents with their kids in strollers need to get punched right in the baby maker so as not to infect the rest of Brooklyn with your useless prodigy's

Posted by: Xander Crews at October 6, 2008 3:52 PM

This is interesting because........?


Posted by: Inigo at October 6, 2008 8:30 PM

Here we go again.

Good Lord people. Seriously?

With this election looming, you're concerned/enraged by a three year old running into your SHOULDER BAG?

And Townhouselady, your point is all about perspective. You think 'lazy parents' are indulging a truculent four year old by schlepping him about, past the point that he 'should' be walking on his own. Meanwhile in the parent's world, she or he probably has exactly 10 minutes to make it to this appointment or that appointment and that by having the child walk it would mean being exactly 20 minutes late...

No one will come back to read this, but I had to put in .02. Drives me crazy like the racist, schadenfreude-laden thread on the Jewish couple drives me crazy.

Posted by: Nokilissa at October 7, 2008 9:43 AM

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