Parking is an issue everywhere, a quick search for parking on GerritsenBeach.net found notes being left on cars, illegal driveways, lots of cones, and the retaliation you get for moving a cone. Now the issue has come up of Yellow Curbs (above).
Everyone was reminded at the last GBPOA meeting that: anyone with a yellow painted curbs, to save spots or mark driveways (legal or otherwise) is illegal and will net the property a $250 fine.
If you do have a yellow line – please paint it grey.
does it mean if you already painted your driveway, you are supposed to paint it back to black or somehow strip off the yellow paint?
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http://www.nyc.gov/apps/311/allServices.htm?requestType=listService&filterServ=Complaint&serviceName=Curb+Complaint&intentId=3C132E8E-8138-11DE-8E9F-96DAE110FEB8
Great link.
I wish they had one for illegally parked cars. (covered with tarps and not moved in more then 7 days) I probably just sent out 10 complaints on the site. So sick of people making there own spots or driveways.
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So you made complaints about people who don’t even live near you or affect your life personally? What a prick!
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no you moron i called on people that have extended there curbcut another 8 feet so they can park 3 cars side by side and not allow people to park on the street because there is a driveway.
Who cares if there is yellow paint id park there anyway.
and yes they do live near me.
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Ten or so dollars for some grey paint and a half hours work is alot less than $250.00 for a fine. Besides, no one said you can’t be fined more than once!
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Sounds like you might have painted your Driveway.
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Having them paint it gray might be illegal too. It doesn’t state anything about color.
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Now Really ! All this about a little Yellow Paint.Know what they say about Yellow Paint,yellow can be dramatic, daring and surprisingly debonair
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What about yellow paint in front of fire hydrants?
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OMG!!!!! Can’t help you people at all! The CURB is not your private property…it belongs to the CITY. If you paint it yellow to keep others away from your beloved driveway it is illegal!!!!! You are not allowed to paint city property!! If you already painted it yellow or any other color other than the original (cement gray) and one of your lovely neighbors thinks it makes the whole block look tacky they can report the home owner with the above link. If you want to avoid the fine go out and buy gray paint and paint over the yellow to make it look as original as possible. If you don’t want to paint over it, then pay the fine, please, the city needs the money!
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People think they own the spot in front of their house, they do not, anyone is allowed to park anywhere they like. I had a neighbor who parked the entire curb in front of their house yellow so no one could park there, WTF! In my neighborhood, we respect each other’s spot, no written rule just that unless nothing else is available we don’t park in front of their homes. I hate when people who don’t live in this neigborhood leave friends or relatives cars in spots when there aren’t that many to go around. Again though, as I said, no one owns the spot in front of their homes so get over it.
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My Neighbor said her parking spot is in front of her house and no one else can park there.
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Biff, the old saying is true. “You catch more flies with honey”. My neighbor told me I had to park my car on the avenue. When I asked why, she said thats her spot. I kindly told her it’s a public street and I can park in any available spot, but she insisted. Again I was kind and told her if i’m doing anything wrong come ring my doorbell and talk about it. She stormed off. Most people live in the past here and think they are the only one who can park in front of their house.
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Let the city come and paint over the yellow and bill the home owners at the going rate——-$50.00 a minute.Then fine them for painting in the first place.Then note the address and when something needs repair in that spot make them pay for the repairs on “THEIR PARKING SPACE”
WHO THE HELL DO THESE IDIOTS THINK THEY ARE!!!!!!!
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They are The City Government they can do what they want, when they want, to who they want. That is how it works.
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If someone were to fall on the curb/sidewalk wouldnt the property owner be sued? And yet the curb “belongs” to the city. It may be, Im just asking.
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It is perfectly legal to block your own driveway. Because of this, the only time a ticket is written for a blocked driveway is when the property owner calls cops to complain. So, yeah, they do get to park there or let their friends park there if they want.
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I dont think this is correct. I believe it is illegal to park in front of ypur driveway. The cut curb is npt a reserved spot for the homeowner just access to get the vehicle into the driveway. And yes i have a legal driveway in the beach.
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Sue, it depends on the circumstances and the person who fell. In this day and age that’s important. If the curb and the owners sidewalk were broken up, the person could have slipped on the curb and fell on the owners sidewalk, and say he or she fell on the sidewalk. That person could sue the owner because he or she didn’t want to fight the city. Another person might be honest and it could take years with the city. However, if the owners sidewalk was smooth and free of cracks but the curb was damaged, the owner could take pictures and would not be liable.
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It’s funny! If you paint the curb yellow, you get a fine because the city states it’s their property. If the curb is broken up from years of neglect by the city, it’s the property owners responsibility to fix it. Same thing with water and gas pipes leading into your house. It’s the cities property until it is under your sidewalk, yet if a pipe breaks under the street on your side of the street and it feeds your house, you pay the bill. Double standards?
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No it’s no legal to block your own driveway.
If it were then even if a call was made no ticket would be issued.
I think everyone should call and when the police come tell them you said it is legal.LOL LOL LMAO
Another nitwit GB answer
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FYI From the NYC website.2) Driveways. In front of a public or private driveway, except that it shall be permissible for the owner, lessor or lessee of the lot accessed by a private driveway to park a passenger vehicle registered to him/her at that address in front of such driveway, provided that such lot does not contain more than two dwelling units and further provided that such parking does not violate any other provision of the Vehicle and Traffic Law or local law or rule concerning the parking, stopping or standing of motor vehicles. The prohibition herein shall not apply to driveways that have been rendered unusable due to the presence of a building or other fixed obstruction and, therefore, are not being used as defined in section 4-01(b) of these rules.
Here you go Pal Knock yourself out.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/trafrule.
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Parking is very rough here, especially on the streets where you’re only allowed to park on one side. My neighboe dosen’t have a painted curb, but he does have a driveway that can fit both cars, yet he always parks one car on the street taking up valuable parking for us that do not have a driveway. If it’s a holiday, he and his wife will park both cars on the street so his friends can use his driveway. Walking a block or two isn’t a big deal to me, but why should I have to when there was a chance I could have parked a few doors from my house! He’s not breaking any laws, but he is not being a good neighbor either. I say let his friends find their own parking and walk to his house!
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Sounds like your neighbor is an inconsiderate jerk.There are many like him in the Beach.
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I’m going to walk the entire neighborhood and write down all the addresses that have yellow paint on the driveways and in front of their house and report them. I epect that all dislikes will be from the people who have yellow paint.
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Go to 119 Abbey Court
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At the Dec. 7, 2011 GBPOA meeting, the representative from the DOB advised those present, “the fine for painting your curb yellow, is $ 250.00″. The matter came up in follow-up to a house on Bartlett Place, where a cut was made for a driveway. We were advised it was a legal driveway; however painting the curb in front of the driveway is illegal. There are other questions that are being looked into.
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How do you find out if a driveway is legal?
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I live in the new section and we have the same problem. There are days that my husband and I along with our neighbors whom we share our driveway with want to paint it yellow. But we will not resort to that because it’s not right, nor is it legal. As far as I’m concerned… first come, first serve. One nieghbor in particular continues to put out garbage pails to block a spot. Some of us have moved them in the past and I had a blow-out not too long ago with another neighbor that was doing the same thing. Practically the whole block came out to see what the comotion was. It is selfish and extremely inconsiderate. We also have a few families that jocky theirs cars back and forth in order to park in front of their homes. What a waste of time and energy that is! It is so annoying and childish. As far as I’m concerned if your car is insured don’t worry about it. I don’t car if it’s a bomb or a beamer! There are a lot more things that are important in life than a car.
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My Neighbor says She owns the parking spot in front of her house.She sweeps the street at least three times a week and washes it in the summer once a week.Now that’s dedication. Now having a Blow-out over a Parking Space is Childish as well. Now as far as the ones that jockey their cars around go,to each their own… This entire thing I find quite amusing.
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Mr. Murhpy, I agree with you and find the entire thing funny. A few years ago I was parking my car in front of my neighbors house (and she has a driveway) and as I was backing in, she pulled her car out and blocked me from parking. When I asked her why she did that, she said its her spot because its in front of her house. When I told her she has a driveway and this is a public street, she started yelling. I was half way in at a 45 degree angle, so I turned the car off and told her…I’m good and started walking to my house when she put her car back in the driveway yelling that she would call the cops. Thats when I got back in my car and parked it. LOL..Too funny!
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Maybe this is the same crazy lady or a relative ?
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There is a guy on Stuart St. that does this too. Will knock on neighbors doors and tell them to move their cars out of ‘his’ spot and come out in all kinds of weather, all times of the day and night to move his cars (3) in and out of spots, have his wife move one while he moves the other. Uses his driveway for his ‘special’ SUV. It’s really hysterical, he’s a well known nut on the block so at least the car moving keeps him busy. How small his life must be that THIS is his biggest problem.
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Another anon,
This Guy must be related as well.Many Screwballs in the World.
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I once had a neighbor like that,She stood at the window watched over her parking spot,better yet every time someone walked by with a dog if they by chance went in the street near her house she went wild at the dog owner.Funny that they all are females !
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Stuart St is a man, or a poor excuse for one anyway. Although his wife seems to be onboard with the insanity. I think that nuttiness is something about equal in both sexes, plenty of crazy to go around.
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This is all a part of living in the Beach,This is an Old Neighborhood,when it was built cars were less numerous ,now most families have more than one vehicle so the parking spots are far and few in between. It is the way it is and we have to live with it.
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How long did it take you to figure this one out ?
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89 years.
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So, did you have the same problem with your horse 89 years ago?
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I heard they’re making sequel to Bad Santa in the beach. Its called Bad Neighbor.
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Well here in the Old Section, we don’t have those problems (no curbs) LOL but we did have a person on our block who sold their house and told the poor people moving in that the 2 spots in front of their house were “theirs”. Poor guy painted two huge yellow boxes on the street…only to have us tell him that was not the case.
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Sorry to hear that.
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I gotta admit you people from the beach really have a sense of humor, too bad the negativity outweighs the positives. The neighborhood isn’t all that great but it could be. The people living there can make it or break it, it’s up to you! Glad I moved out but I still love you guys!
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