Parking is tight in Park Slope. What at first seemed like a great thing, a dream really of not having to move cars at all, is turning out to be more of a burden. There seem to be no spots on days when there usually are which makes me think people have driven up from other areas of Brooklyn and are parking their cars. Anecdotally there were two members of my COOP squad were very late
last night because they had been circling around for over half an hour
looking for a spot.The lack of movement also leads to sloppy parking with odd sized gaps forming people have no incentive to tighten up. The streets are dirtier. The high winds last week kicked up big clouds of dust and paper. Overall it makes me even more of an advocate for permit parking which I was hoping would come in with the congestion pricing proposal that the Mayor tried to put forward. Permit parking would open up spots, it would make all of the people with out-of-town plates register their cars and pay NY insurance which in turn could cause lower rates. All in all it would be more fair. So as the weekend looms it is a real question in my mind whether to take the care out of its spot.
Gowanus Lounge has a parking watch going and is reporting some movement today...
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