Adams Street Bike Lane Shenanigans Continue
Riding up Adams Street this week, we realized not much had changed since we wrote about the pervasive illegal parking in the bike lane in front of the Marriott Hotel back in December. This time we were also struck by the number of cars parked one block closer to Tillary. Upon closer inspection, some of…
Riding up Adams Street this week, we realized not much had changed since we wrote about the pervasive illegal parking in the bike lane in front of the Marriott Hotel back in December. This time we were also struck by the number of cars parked one block closer to Tillary. Upon closer inspection, some of the offenders included cars with a handicapped permit, a court officer permit and a NYPD permit. Nice.
No Love for the Adams Street Bike Lane [Brownstoner]
Well, prior to all you folks moving to Brooklyn there used to be a parking garage on a portion of the street where the Mariott currently stands, used by court officers and judges. That’s now gone.
There was a municipal lot on the corner of State and Court for folks coming to the various courthouses. That is now gone.
There were blocks of street level lots on Schemerhorn between Jay Street and Nevins Street. All of them are now gone.
I’m sorry that you don’t want the court officers, judges, DA’s, federal prosecutors, correction officers parking in your bike lanes (and btw the day that 100 people use that lane much less thousands it will be news) but the next time you applaud the growth of development at the expense of things like parking garages, gas stations and the like, remember that they serve a purpose as well. Also remember that in the cases of DA’s, the prosecutors and the court staff, some of them need to use their cars daily for their jobs. The municipal parking was originally placed nearby for that reason
P.S. The parking placard does not allow one to park in front of hydrants, but the same is not true of no standing zones.
You’ll be sorry if come cop catches you keying a car, so do so at your own risk.
Better yet, post here:
http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/
You won’t like the consequences if some cop catches you keying a car. So do so at your own risk.
Better to simply post violations here:
http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/
i thought the reason you can’t park infront of hydrants is so fire trucks can access them to extinguish fires. So my house can potentially burn down because some fatass cop doesn’t feel like walking an extra block?
I’m all for keying these cars. Seriously. Using a permit to park in a hydrant spot or some other ‘no parking’ spot that’s infrequently used is one thing; but this area is a bike lane, actively traversed by hundreds of commuters ever day, who are now pushed out into dangerous traffic conditions – which is clearly disapproved of by the City, since they went to the trouble to make the bike lane in the first place.
BUT riders don’t put yourself at risk. Keying a car is a misdemeanor, and getting caught will result in real consequences. Be careful.
As an alternative, don’t some bike stores have stickers that are really hard to get off? I’d love to find stickers like the ones you can get on your car for blocking a street cleaner, and plaster them all over these cars.
Now now children, police officers and other law enforcement officials (including judges and DA’s) have special parking priviliges in every city in the country and probably in the world. They are the ones that write the tickets and enforce the laws and they certainly are not going to write themseleves or their colleagues tickets. That is the way it is. What we need in Downtown Brooklyn are more parking garages not more whining or more rants agaisnt civil servants or the use of cars. Cops on bikes isn’t going to cut it in NY. Just saying.
gray type=good
illegal parking=evil
I’ve noticed this problem nearly every day for the last two years, since my (usually walking, sometimes biking) commute goes past this block. Who can we complain to? I really want to do something about this. The brick “divider” and the green paint do nothing to deter these people. We need a divided bike lane here.
Madison St: You’re right about that. Years ago I lived across the street from a police precinct. Even though there was a municipal garage with a completely empty top deck a half block away, all the cops would park their personal cars so they blocked 3/4 of the sidewalks up and down the street.