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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.
Channel 11 WPIX, which apparently has no shame getting leads from us at this point, chimes in on the parking war in Gerritsen Beach.
A reader sent this in who received the above note on their car over the weekend.
This is one of many reports GerritsenBeach.net is getting about notes being left being left on cars. According to NYC Traffic Law, Section 4-08 (7), it is unlawful for anyone to reserve a parking space. The law goes on to list every which way you can reserve a space – we will spare you – but it does say cones. You can call 311 or fill out the online complaint form if you were so inclined. I hope no one has family, friends, or an elderly relative with a home health aid – there will be no parking. These pictures were collected in about 15 minutes of driving along. There were even cones on Gerritsen Avenue!
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Let’s be clear that this could happen anywhere in Gerritsen Beach and does not apply to just the Old Section or Canton Ct for that matter. But let’s take for instance this example 68 Canton Court – which again is just like every house – and see if we can help. Right of bat for these tickets to be issued someone HAS to call and complain – or know a cop with a quota to fill. The easiest way to figure out if there actually is a driveway on an address is to check the Department of Buildings website to check their Certificate of Occupancy (C of O). This house, according to their 1925 issued C of O, has a detached one car garage which would include a driveway. As expected and just like any house in Gerritsen Beach the detached garage does not exist anymore. Somewhere between 1925 and today the garage was converted into an extension of their home – without telling the Buildings Department no less – but that’s besides the point. However, this renders their driveway useless and upon brief inspection their “driveway” it was obviously turned into a front yard with yard like objects in the front of the home. With no room for a car this ticket seems like retaliation for taking a spot. This may be grounds for dismissal of the ticket. Between this and the cone epidemic – As a community we seem be be lacking a great deal of common sense. We seem to not know or care for our neighbors anymore. With the development of 311 we seemed to have become a city of tattle tales or rats. We call on each other without speaking to each other first. In our humble opinion, instead of the home owner immediately calling 311, the Precinct or both, a neighbor to neighbor interaction would of been 100% better. What is easier: Having a conversation, a polite note, or an all out war with your neighbors that would last generations? Editorial Side Note: We did trim the e-mail a bit because it was rant-ish but mostly because it involved threats of retaliation .  62 Canton Court - LOVES their cones! Parking is Gerritsen Beach is not unique in anyway, we share the same issues just like the rest of the city. If anything, some could argue that we have better parking than most of the city. It seems as though Canton Court needs to be highlighted for a crazy cone situation. On Canton Court between Cryus and Seba Avenues, there are three spots or approximately 50 feet of reserved spaces by cones. This does not include driveways or the polite don’t block my fence signs which is common sense. According to NYC Traffic Law, Section 4-08 (7), it is unlawful for anyone to reserve a parking space. The law goes on to list every which way you can reserve a space – we will spare you – but it does say cones. So, when you’re trying to find a parking space and you spot a space with a cone maybe you should tell your neighbor that it’s illegal and could be issued an expensive summons. You can call 311 or fill out the online complaint form if you were so inclined.  62 Canton - 20 Feet Worth of Parking on Canton "Reserved"
The Traffic Enforcement Agency has apparently discovered Gerritsen Beach’s nook and cranny’s . Recently we have been getting tickets EVERYWHERE. First Beacon, reports of wrong way dead end parking on Madoc, Garland, Eaton. We are on someones radar. Now the point! Check out the pictures above and below.
After Beacon Court received dozens of parking violations for wrong way parking. Many people were angry and contacted GerritsenBeach.net who put the residents in touch with the Gerritsen Beach Property Owners Assocation and Lew Fidlers office. After our story and subsequent phone calls the Property Owners personally invited the members of Beacon Court to the monthly meeting which happened to be on the same day. The 61st (above) flat out said to Beacon Court residents – you’re parking in the wrong direction on the street. However, They received outstanding support from Councilman Lew Fidler who wrote a strongly worded letter trying to help the residents with their the tickets. They plan on mailing them all together – we will keep you informed of their progress. How to Park on a Dead End Dead Ends are technically two way streets. Our streets happen to be very very narrow but they are still considered two way. The easiest way to know if your parking legally is to have your drivers side door to the street. If you are facing a dead end Just make sure a police officer does not see you driving in reverse – that’s a moving violation.
Dozens of “Wrong Way” parking tickets were issued last night to residents of the dead end section Beacon Court. The $45 tickets were issued by a Traffic Agent around 9:30pm last night, to anyone who dare park straight on the block. Everyone is flabbergasted – “Never in 30 years have I gotten a ticket for parking on this block” said one resident. Residents are even more angry and surprised because the block is filled with police, fireman, and various other city workers. Of Course, there were a couple of tickets issued for missing plates and expired stickers – we can’t help those people – but maybe just maybe everyone on beacon ct. will have their tickets thrown out. Apparently the thousands of people in Gerritsen Beach have been parking wrong all of these years! Update: Lew Fidler’s Office has written a letter of support for residents of Beacon Court – Residents should call Lew Fidler’s Office to get a copy to mail with with their not guilty plea.
Coming in Via Email. Old-Old Section you ask? I’m talking about Kay Court, Landis Court, Merit Court, off of Just Court. It’s the only section of the old section which is not connected to any sort of Avenue. Which is just weird. In this part of the old section, Garbage pickup is completely dependent on the cars that are illegally parked on the corners which blocks sanitation (therefore fire) trucks access to the blocks. Bartlett Place is a one way all the way down to the water, with the ability to make a left (toward cryus) on Abbey, Canton, Eaton, Noel, Hyman, and Just Courts. There are no parking signs on those respective blocks allowing access for larger vehicles room to turn. The problem for residents of Kay, Landis, Merit and Just Court residents is that if someone removed those no parking signs. Surprising? When someone is parked there there is no Garbage pickup. Which can sometimes last for weeks. There are numerous no parking signs on Bartlett missing. If you wanted to make a left onto Bartlett from Beacon, Dare, Frank, Gain, and Ivan Courts. Signs below Frank are missing making lefts ONTO Bartlett difficult if not impossible.
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