Clamping Down on Curb Cutting
This should be a crowd pleaser. The Daily News and the New York Times both have articles today about new legislation that will make it a lot tougher to convert front yards into parking lots. The Times notes that legislation to be voted on by the City Council this week will not only make it…
This should be a crowd pleaser. The Daily News and the New York Times both have articles today about new legislation that will make it a lot tougher to convert front yards into parking lots. The Times notes that legislation to be voted on by the City Council this week will not only make it harder to get approval for a curb cut, it will step up enforcement of curb cuts that have already been made illegally. If all goes well, the DOT will be able to remove illegal curb cuts at the homeowner’s expense. If approved, the new bill would also prevent homeowners from paving over their entire front yards. [Curb cutting] is the bane of many people’s existence, said Councilman Vincent Gentile, a sponsor of the bills. It is an issue that is burning in people many times over, especially those that are affected by the curb cut and not able to park anymore.
New Zoning Rule to Ban Paving Front Lawn [NY Daily News]
The Last Cut Is the Deepest [NY Times]
Landscapers Win a Round Against Cement Trucks [Curbed]
Photo by Tangentialism
yay! yay! yay! johnny…tell it like it is brother. those fucktards with cars can shove it! seriously, those petrol-using tards should pay, pay, pay… 3:43-where the hell do you live? there’s plenty of parking in brownstone brooklyn–it just costs money. there’s a ton of garage parking, all over. suck it up and pay dude or dudette. you’re the asshat messing with the ozone, so deal. there should be a lot more carlessness in brooklyn. grand army plaza should be carless. get rid of yer shitboxes!
BRAVO!!!!
Let these selfish A-holes look for parking like the rest of the city. Could be wrong but the road outside my house isn’t actually my property. Blocking it for my personal use aint exactly my divine right.
Pay for parking? where? hello? hello? are you just stupid or really really stupid – 12:00 pm??> THERE IS NO BLOODY PARKING! curb cuts on your own damn property should be legal.
this city blows because of the entitled judgmental aholes who are posting here.
other people’s property and lives are not your business.
if so, then let everyone comment and judge your decisions.
1:25 I do not. Why? Besides the fact that I enjoy Prospect Park and you are an A-hole, you are trying to compare Public and Private property. If you wish to be so generous, buy up the land and donate it to NYC Parks. You’ll have more green space. You could be the next Rockefellar. They will name a park after you then and you could be imortal. Sounds about as plausible as living in NYC to avoid asphalt.
I know, 1:19. I especially like the “support our troops” ribbon bumper stickers on the back of the gas-guzzling SUV.
4- wheel drive for urban driving. Nice.
hey 12:58, want to sign my petition to clear cut prospect park and tun it into a parking lot?
The car is about the nicest thing in the picture. Spot on 1:12. Tacky and tasteless.
Curb cuts and driveways for parking one car do not create more parking. Curb cuts to create driveways takes away two street-parking spots in front of the house.
However, it’s not the driveway that made this house ugly in the picture.
12:00 As long as someone follows city regs, plans for, and gets approval for a curb cut legally for parking. Blow Me! Have fun paying for your parking and walking back and forth to your car.