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November 1, 2011
Reserved parking
Pols eye permits for neighborhoods
NY Post
by Rich Calder
City residents may soon get the exclusive right to park on the streets where they live.
After years of false starts, state and city legislators are seriously looking at a plan to establish residential parking permits in the Big Apple.
Drivers who live in designated neighborhoods and pay for a permit would be the only ones allowed to park in 80 percent of the spots.
The latest push came after Brooklyn residents began complaining that people attending events at the Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, which is set to open next year, would monopolize most of the parking spaces in their neighborhood.
The new 18,000-seat arena will only have 1,100 designated parking spots — and parking is already tight in the surrounding area.
But the push isn’t limited to those living near the future home of the Brooklyn Nets.
...Sources said that with the arena close to opening, there is now a groundswell of support for the council to back the plan after years of indifference by many of its members on the topic.
Councilwoman Letitia James (D-Brooklyn), who arranged the hearing, said the permits are crucial in neighborhoods near the arena like Fort Greene and Park Slope because they would discourage arena patrons from driving to events -- thus reducing traffic congestion.
Related coverage...
Atlantic Yards Report, On Wednesday, a City Council committee hearing on residential permit parking
The Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council alerts us to a hearing on residential permit parking, to be held tomorrow, November 2, at 10:30 am by the New York City Council Committee on Federal and State Legislation.
The location: 250 Broadway 14th Floor (allow time to go through security).
NBC New York, Residential Parking Permit Plan Revived
“Permit parking is long overdue in downtown Brooklyn, western Queens, upper Manhattan and other communities where residents must circle for hours trying to find parking near their homes,” state Sen. Daniel Squadron told the Post.
Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, Speak up in support of residential permit parking around the Barclays Arena
Got a car? Walk the streets and sidewalks? Breathe the air? Then this hearing and issue impacts you.
Posted by eric at November 1, 2011 11:37 AM