Park It, Slope: Alternate-Side Regs Tossed 'Indefintely'
It’s good to be a Sloper. Especially, nowadays, one who owns a car. The Department of Transportation is suspending alternate side of the street parking in the neighborhood starting this Monday, according to a post on Gowanus Lounge. The suspension will be in effect “indefinitely” for the area from Pacific Street to 15th Street and…
It’s good to be a Sloper. Especially, nowadays, one who owns a car. The Department of Transportation is suspending alternate side of the street parking in the neighborhood starting this Monday, according to a post on Gowanus Lounge. The suspension will be in effect “indefinitely” for the area from Pacific Street to 15th Street and from 4th Avenue to the park, or until the DOT changes the neighborhood’s signs so they reflect new regulations that cut restricted parking periods down from three hours to 90 minutes. GL reports that similar suspensions are on tap for Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Red Hook. The big question right now, probably, is whether this is going to mean a very dirty summer for Park Slope curbs.
Alternate Side Parking Suspended in Park Slope [Gowanus Lounge]
Photo by redxdress.
I LIKE TO THROW GARBAGE IN BUGABOOS WHEN THE MOMS ARENT LOOKING
This Manhattanite knows where he will be parking his car when he goes on his 10-day vacation. Will save me a nice hunk of change that the garage charges. 🙂
They get swept in Bed Stuy…
Dave, I find even the busier BH streets (Montague, Henry, Hicks) clean, despite the tourist and local traffic. For some reason, though, I often find Court Street in Cobble Hill relatively messy, which is odd since the side streets and Smith Street aren’t like that.
Amen 9:13 Amen
Alternate side parking is a joke–they NEVER sweep anyway–simply a revenue generating scheme for the city.
I agree. Alternate side laws are more for generating revenue than they are for street cleaning. The street cleaner on my block at least one out of 3 days is overflowing so it actually lays down more leaves and trash than it collects. But you can bet the cops are right behind it ticketing people who move back early as well as in front of it handing out tickets for those who would rather not have trash dumped by the “cleaner” in front of their house. Anyone notice why the poorer less-white areas have more days of inconveniencing owners (ie Bed-Stuy) than more wealthy whiter areas that are actually dirtier as far as streets go (ie Williamsburg)? I’m white and live in Williamsburg, but couldn’t help noticing that my friends in Bed-Stuy who live on a very nice very cean brownstone block have to move their cars 4 times per week while we only have 2. Our streets stay filthy (because of the “cleaner” dumping garbage) and theirs is always spotless.
bad things are the blocks near bars/restaurants and along the parks…unless they put out more public garbage cans we are in for more mice, bugs, and smells this summer. folks visiting need to clean up after themselves and not throw their crap on the ground
My Block is always a mess – People just throw their trash on the street, in planters, on the sidewalk, etc. What is with people in this city that dont care if garbage is strewn around their streets even their own block?