Residential Parking Permits Pushed for Brooklyn Heights
Various 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…

Various 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]
Why should car owners get a break? I don’t get anything for taking public transportation,and I don’t have car so why should taxes help pay for a car owners privileges? We’re talking public streets here, not gated communities. And allowing the privileged residents of BH to have permits is not going to stop illegal car registrations or even impact it.
I am all for it, but the city should not limit only to Brookyln Heights. It should be available to any neighborhood — maybe each CB can decide for itself if it would make the neighborhood better or worse.
And I see the bill requires that non-permit holders be able to park for at least 90 minutes. I think that 2 or 3 hours would be better, but at least it gives the city a baseline from which to decide. I am not srue how this will dsicourage most intra-city car trips other than daily commuters.
I don’t see the hostility — how is the making people live as they (the politicians) see fit?
The one thing that I absolutely hate about residential parking permits is this:
I don’t own a car, but I rent them 4-6 times a year.
Those 4-6 times, I would like to have the same parking rights as my car owning neighbors. I need access to street parking only a very small percentage of the time compared to my car owning neighbors, and it would really aggravate me that they get privileged for using up more public resources than I do.
1-2 times a year, I may be visited by an out-of-town guests with a vehicle. Again, I would like to be able to loan them the parking rights that I should have equally with my car owning neighbors.
Oh, the idea that “only residents should park in this neighborhood” seems to be a complete failure to understand why cars exist in the first place.
I’m curious about Yassky’s comment regarding “illegal parking.” What exactly is he referring to? And how does giving residents parking permits going to reduce that?
etson- ask a homeowner with a curb cut how much they pay the city for that privilege of owning a chunk of a public street. Nominal.
DC has residential parking permits. The DC street parking rules for residential streets limit unmetered parking to 2 hours M-F from something like 7 am to 7 pm. (They chaulk your tires and loop back after 2 hours to see if you moved). The neighborhoods are zoned and parking permits allow you to park your car on the street without having to move it every 2 hours during the week. It does force the owner to register the car rather than use out of state plates.
That’s agood point Art…I see it too. I bet there’s a lot more of that in Bed Stuy than in BH though.
Great Idea! especially if you need NY State plates to get a permit. I live on the edge of Bed-Stuy and it least 40% of the cars have out-of-state plates. Many of these cars don’t have current registration but the NYC traffic cops only enforce NY state registrations. I’m sure that most of these cars don’t have insurance…or even if they do, it is void as the car is fraudulently registered out-of-state. Recently, the NY Court of Appeals upheld a FL law that said insurance companies don’t have to honor claims against FL registered cars when the driver (and car) doesn’t actually reside in FL.
I am as liberal, leftist, progressive as they come. But when I see this pic above of Squadron, Millman, yassky, etc..and the anouncement of one of their stupid intrusive ,
busybody, controlling ideas I understand why the term ‘liberal’ became such a dirty word. Always trying to make people live as they see fit.
Sorry, but I’m all for this. I lived in Washington, DC for 7 years and this worked well there. Allowing parking permits to be purchased by residents of the immediate area who actually bother to register their car in NY is a great idea. Why should people who illegally register and insure their cars in cheaper states (North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, etc.) get the benefit of parking on streets that people who follow the rules pay for. If you don’t bother to register here, pay up and get a spot in a parking garage!