Comments on: Parking in Crown Heights is Being Grabbed Up by Car Rentals

By: Has reporting them helped?

Has reporting them helped? — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:31:42 +0000

Report abandoned vehicles NYC

https://portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kanumber=KA-02130

By: Restrict Rental Car Parking like Commercial Car Parking

Restrict Rental Car Parking like Commercial Car Parking — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 22:49:42 +0000

“”6) Nighttime parking of commercial vehicles prohibited. No person shall park a
commercial vehicle on a residential street, between the hours of 9 p.m. and 5 a.m.”

https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/trafrule.pdf#page=32 – Section 4-08(k)(6)

NYC can 1) designate rental cars as commercial (change license plates) to restrict parking 2) create “NO Rental Car Parking Signs” where needed

By: Broken down vehicles

Broken down vehicles — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 19:07:37 +0000

In reply to Crown and Schenectady. If the broken down vehicles are towed, it will benefit everyone with more parking spaces

By: Agreed

Agreed — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 18:35:09 +0000

In reply to Buggy. The problem here isn’t necessarily the parking, it’s the illegal double parking, blocking bike lanes etc. and worse the blatant “look the other way” by the NYPD right next door….

By: Crown and Schenectady

Crown and Schenectady — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 18:02:03 +0000

712 Crown Street (corner Schenectady) has a lot of abandoned vehicles parked in front of the building on the city street, since before Covid. If those derelict vehicles get towed, then there will be 4 more permanent parking spots for the entire community & area residents to use.

If the brown down vehicles by 712 Crown Street gets towed…

By: Another Solution

Another Solution — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:40:46 +0000

4 times a week i have to move my car because of Alternate side parking, i lived here all my life and can count on my hand how many times I’ve seen the cleaning truck actually come, but the Police given out the tickets never misses.
I think the only good think that Mayer Deblasio did was make it once a week. Mabey the vaad Hakohol Could do something about that

By: Buggy

Buggy — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:14:49 +0000

There are 2 car rental companies that actually service the community, but there is another rather large company, that mainly rents their cars out to TLC drivers, and all their cars have TLC plates, these cars take up the most parking, sometimes even 5+ cars in a row in front of apartment building and houses, it’s simply disgusting

By: Car owners & and car renters

Car owners & and car renters — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:01:03 +0000

Have equal right to parking

By: How about you get your private car of public street

How about you get your private car of public street — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 15:18:15 +0000

Love the aurgument the “public spaces should be for the public” while complaining that you need to park your “private” car takes presidency over these rental companies that service the public”. If these vehicles were not available there would be more “private cars”. Don’t know if you remember but before these rentals, citybikes, revel, zipcar etc there were plenty of parking spaces! Not!

By: Dr Sooll

Dr Sooll — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 14:51:02 +0000

It is not as simple as it being a case of some selfish private business vs. crown heights residents.

These companies primarily local crown heights residents. driving up their costs by pushing them off the streets would drive up the costs for local residents who need to rent from them, often because said residents cannot afford to buy or lease cars and choose to rent ocassionally when they must.

The people who rent ocassionally, often because they cannot affoer to buy or lease a car are no more able to afford an increase in the cost of their rentals, than the people who do own or lease cars can afford risking parking tickets.

This is not to say that the companies should use the spaces on the streets, that is a reasonable topic for debate, but it is to say that the view presented in this article is a little narrow in its perspective and grossly oversimplified.

By: Important to remember

Important to remember — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 14:50:28 +0000

Important to remember that car rental companies are here to help both residents and visitors in Crown Heights. They provide transportation for people who need a car for errands, family visits, or Simchos.

By: Car-Rentals for locals

Car-Rentals for locals — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 14:24:17 +0000

For your info thease Car-Rentals aren’t for people who aren’t locals they are here to service people in CH

By: The rentals are helping residents as well!

The rentals are helping residents as well! — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 14:10:32 +0000

B”H

Halevai every resident would have a car and be able to complain like this.
I agree that the parking situation is insane but it seems funny to put it on the rentals who are enabling RESIDENTS of CH who cannot own a car (either because they can’t afford, or because they don’t have a parking spot) have a car available when they need.
Of course ideal would be if they have a garage, but then they would be taking precious space that could be for housing…

No easy answers here…