From the Brooklyn Paper: Homeowners have turned their Carroll Gardens block into a “trailer park” by illegally using their front yards as parking spaces — and the city says it will finally crackdown on the brazen practice.
Fourth Place between Smith and Court streets has become the wild west of inappropriate use of the very front gardens that give the neighborhood its name.
“Parking is not permitted [in front yards] and none of the curb cuts are allowed,” declared Carly Sullivan, a spokeswoman for the Department of Buildings.
A quirk in city zoning states that the front yards along First, Second, Third and Fourth places are to be used “for courtyards only.” The rule stems from a decades-old decision to designate the front yards of homes on those blocks as actually part of the street, not the homeowner’s lot, giving the city control over what is built there.
None of the homes with curb cuts ever applied for a permit to do so, Sullivan noted, and the cuts would only be legal if they lead to a back garage or off-courtyard use.
She said inspectors would be dispatched to the block and would dispense violations if they confirm this newspaper’s indisputable findings.
Great. Now how about everywhere else in the city where illegal curb cuts exist?
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so where the fuck are people supposed to park? the city should crack down on idiotic development and they wouldn't have this problem in the first place.
Great. Now how about everywhere else in the city where illegal curb cuts exist?
How about Elmhurst or how about developers designs with no green space in front to encourage curb cuts as an amenity (private parking)as a marketing tool. You can sell illegally to buyers in languages other than English about being able to illegally convert a property as well as use the front yard to park in.
Jamaica, by the courthouses.
so where the fuck are people supposed to park?
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If each household didnt need 3 cars, maybe there wouldnt be much of an issue?
Where do you park? Well, do what most people do in Manhattan, park in a pay garage like Quik Park or Central Parking.. If that idea is too much, than get rid of your car and use public transportation or move to the suburbs.
If convenient parking is one of the things that you value, then don't move into a neghborhood that doesn't have plently of legal on and off street parking. It really is that simple.
so where the fuck are people supposed to park? the city should crack down on idiotic development and they wouldn't have this problem in the first place.
You are an asshole. Plain and simple. You are a blight on this city. A pimple on the ass of humanity. You probably voted for Bloomturd, didn't you?
Hey Carly, DO YOUR JOB and go after all the THE REST OF THE slime developers in the outer boroughs for this or are you getting paid off like everyone else in this corrupt city?
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