parking-permits-051509.jpgVarious State and City politicians joined forces on Friday to announce their commitment to bringing residential permit parking to Brooklyn Heights. Under a program supported by State Senator Daniel Squadron, Assemblywoman Joan Millman and Council Member David Yassky, neighborhood residents would be able to purchase an annual permit for a “nominal” fee that would allow them to park on residential streets; metered parking would still be available to the general public on the major commercial streets. This plan is a classic win-win-win: it protects the community, it cuts congestion, and it provides revenue for public transit, said Squadron. For years, I have supported a residential permit parking plan for New York City, said Yassky in a press release. The plan announced today will reduce congestion and illegal parking in our neighborhoods, and improve the quality of life for our residents. I continue to fully support that effort.
Parking Permit Proposal on Table [Brooklyn Heights Blog]
Mayor Rolls Out Resident Parking Permit Proposal [Brownstoner]
Pols, DOT: Parking Permit Program For Many ‘Hoods [Brownstoner]


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  1. StuyIvy- but it is restricted to residents of a neighborhood. That’s the crux of the matter. It’s giving them special privilege. It’s not right. It’s elitist and it gives benefits to car owners that the rest of us do not have. It’s out and out wrong.

  2. Chaka…FL law says it is not legal and NY Court of Appeals agreed. In some southern states such as South Carolina, you don’t need proof of insurance to get registration and plates. Let’s get uninsured drivers (or drivers with insurance that is considered VOID in NYC) off the streets. Also, I wasn’t talking about illegally parked cars…if you park your NY car in NYC and the registration or inspection sticker are not current, you will get a ticket. If you park a North Carolina car with an expired registration on a Brooklyn street, the NYC traffic cops will not give the car a ticket for expired registration.

  3. Chaka…I do the same thing. My car is registered in MA where I legally own a home but it is always in Philly. Technically, it’s considered insurance fraud since when you insure it you have to tell them where it is kept.

    You will likely get away with it forever but if there’s a major accident where someone is killed and a big lawsuit then the insurance company is likely to do more investifation and may deny you coverage. It is not a crime but can become a huge civil matter.

  4. bxgrl – I believe the parking permit would allow access to park on a number of streets surrounding your residence, not a specific parking spot. I may be wrong, but this is how it works in DC. The city is divided into zones and you are able to park in the zone in which you live without having to move your car every 2 hours. Parking is still first-come, first-served where ever you can find a spot in your zone.

  5. total B.S.–>”A lot of the people who park in the Heights park there and then take the subway in to Manhattan, they use the neighborhood as a park-n-ride”
    There is no effin way you are going to drive to Bklyn Hts (or any area near downtown Brooklyn) in the a.m. and find yourself a convenient parking space for the day of work in Manhattan. They don’t exist. Lucky if you can find one at 10PM the night before.

  6. StuyIvy- I don’t own my seat on the train- correct. It’s first come first served. Which is completely different from giving a resident a residential permit to have personal and privileged access to a public street. That’s exclusionary.

    And the irony of picking BH for this- as petunia points out, BH is blessed with every train line. It’s the one neighborhood where you don’t even need a car. And its one of the richest in the city. Put two and two together. Its elitist.

  7. I don’t see this as a pro-car owner anti-public transportation rider issue. Both groups are are subsidized in one way or another in NYC. This is elitist though. If BH residents want designated parking, they should pay for a space in a parking garage.

    Art, many residents of Bed-Stuy, especially the older ones, are legal residents of Georgia and other Southern states where they register their cars. They are mostly retirees who have chosen not sell their homes in Bed-Stuy and of course they register their cars where it is cheaper which is completely legal for them. I have seen the Traffic Agents ticket illegally parked cars with out of state plates just as they would cars registered in NY State.

  8. As a Boerum Hill resident, I am concerned that parking permits in Brooklyn Heights would just push those cars into Boerum Hill where parking is difficult but not as impossible as it is in the Heights. While I’m torn on residential permits for my neighborhood, I am adamantly opposed to using them for just one neighborhood because of the impact it would have on nearby areas. Since parking is a problem is so many neighborhoods, if permits are implemented, they should be borough-wide with individual neighborhoods having the ability to opt out.

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