From the Times Ledger:After several months of complaints from residents of a new condominium tower in Long Island City, the police have moved a restricted parking area that was in front of the building.
Residents of 549 Borden Ave. now have about 15 parking spots on the curb to call their own after the city Department of Transportation removed the bright red “no standing” signs.
“It took probably six months from the initial petition I put together to the time it was moved, which was just days before Christmas,” said Marty Towey, a condo owner. “DOT does work — it just takes them a little time for them to do it.”
Towey, a retired FBI agent, attended at least two Community Board 2 meetings to complain about what he called excessive police parking in the blocks surrounding the 108th Precinct station house.
“What I learned from DOT is that these spots aren’t supposed to be used for police personal cars, they’re supposed to be used for official cars,” he said. “I never had a reserve parking for my personal car in my 26 years I worked for the Bureau in New York City.”
But the police parking spots are not gone entirely — the city agreed to move them over to Fifth Street, on the west side of the block.
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Excessive police parking?? The 108 Precinct was in the neighborhood LONG before any of these towers went up, and LONG before the neighborhood became VIBRANT! DIVERSE! Who the hell do these condo owners think they are?
Actually, the 108th has been parking illegally for a long time. Finally, somebody is starting to do something about it.
Why doesn't the city buy a private lot for the personal cars of the cops so that their cars don't take up the local spots, legal and illegal?
These guys also got the LIRR to change its practices. Nice to see activism help make the area better than it was before.
"DOT does work!"
Maybe in LIC, sister.
"These guys also got the LIRR to change its practices. Nice to see activism help make the area better than it was before."
yeah, i heard about that. then i went down there and found the noise as bad as before. if you buy a condo around the corner from a police station and across the street from a railyard, you should know what to expect.
Why would they need parking spaces? I thought they were all green in the new LIC and took mass transit everywhere. These condos are practically on top of the 7 train.
No, no - bikes!
Anonymous said...
No, no - bikes!
No No homicidal reckless drivers who dont share the road.
That's what I said - bikes!
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