This one just has a union permit. Is that even a legal dash permit?
The employees of Fire Squad Co. 1 often park on the sidewalk near the fire house. This is ironic because a) there is a half block of reserved street parking for their private vehicles directly across from the fire house b) there is a public parking garage next door in case the free spots are taken and c) by parking (and driving!) on the sidewalk, they endanger the very citizens they are sworn to protect. Cars coming in and out of the garage can't see pedestrians because of personal FDNY cars on sidewalk. Ridiculous! 9/29/09 9:30 a.m.

The employees of Fire Squad Co. 1 often park on the sidewalk near the fire house. This is ironic because a) there is a half block of reserved street parking for their private vehicles directly across from the fire house b) there is a public parking garage next door in case the free spots are taken and c) by parking (and driving!) on the sidewalk, they endanger the very citizens they are sworn to protect. Cars coming in and out of the garage can't see pedestrians because of personal FDNY cars on sidewalk. Ridiculous! 9/29/09 9:30 a.m.

UFA members (supposedly) doing it again

UFA placards are not valid for use on City streets (or sidewalks for that matter!).

"Official UFA Business" = breaking the law and endangering your life.

lame, lame, lame

UFA placards are not valid for use anywhere on NYC streets, even in this "No Standing Any Time Except Fire Dept" zone.

UFA placards are not valid on NYC streets

This driver think his/her car is a taxi.

FDNY employee yelled at me not to take pictures of his car. I wonder why? LOL

The owner of this car with Jersey plates supposedly works at Engine 54 in Midtown. Why does he think that this entitles him to park illegally on 1st Ave near Stuy Town?

Placard looks very fake. At the bottom, it says "Stephen J Cassidy", who is the current UFA president.

Sign says No Parking 7AM-6PM
Except Sundays
Except Trucks Loading & Unloading

UFA placards, are of course, illegal. This one is expired too.

An NYPD tow truck and an additional TEA agent were here when I was taking this picture, but they did not tow this car. They towed the one next to it -- one that did not have a placard.

Looks like some re-training is in order.

This "Active Firefighter" has parked illegally at this fire hydrant (see far right of photo - it's about 7 feet from his front bumper) on several occasions, but this was the first time I had a camera handy.

For good measure, he also compounded his illegal parking by being several inches on the curb, and he was kind enough to park in the car behind him by allowing only a half-inch or so of space between the bumpers.

Looks like that Uniformed Firefighters Permit is not a Get Out of Jail Free card after all. By the way, license plates are required on the front and rear of all vehicles in New York State, even if you are one of the Bravest and own a BMW. Sorry that even you have to pay the meter like normal folk. And by the way: this parking space is nowhere near a fire house.

This "active firefighters" sense of entitlement continues to develop unabated. This repeat offender seems to feel this a "special" parking spot for "active fiirefighters" out and about in Soho. Again no active fires and the nearest fire station is a hike.

This "active firefighter" with a 500 series BMW (hmmm), seems to feel entitled to an illegal parking spot for a night out in Soho.

More "Union Business" in a "No Standing Anytime" zone. Just where is this North-Carolina-plated vehicle insured?

No firehouse here, although there is one down the block, with loads of illegal parking there today (double-parking, parking in fire zones and in front of hydrants - real classy).

A woman stepped in front of the main shot, but this car was parked several feet into the crosswalk. To NYPD's credit, the guy got a ticket.

Pedestraisn have to navigate cars ont he sidewalk here, everyday. I'm not sure whether a wheelchair could get through. And, of course, there is a pay lot right there.

The firefighters ought to have first dibs on all the legal parking spaces on this small half-block, and should be prevented from parking on the sidewalk or in the bike lane opposite the scene pictured in the photo.

B, D, F, N, R, V, W and 6 trains all stop within two blocks of your firehouse. This isn't tough-to-reach outer Brooklyn or Queens; it's a central location in downtown Manhattan. So you park your Jaguar with an FDNY Union permit two feet from a bus stop in a No Standing zone.

And what do the taxpayers think of your behavior? Shameless. Your Jag sticks out like a sore thumb, an insult to law-abiding citizens. Last week a few spaces down from this firehouse, three fire marshals displayed new union permits that say POLICE in big three-inch letters on the front. Absolutely shameless, and an insult to law enforcement. Other uniformed services take the subway, and sure don't use a permit in their Jaguars. Up Lafayette at Great Jones, you'll also note a Jag with FDNY permit from time to time. If you've got it, flaunt it, right?

Five hours later, this Jag was still there. Proof that some bad apples spoil the crate, or that a few flagrant violators of permit parking should lead to total abolition of permit parking?

I wonder whether this approach works. By the way, it is illegal to leave a piece of paper on a car like this in NYC.

previous:
http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/2347
http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/2262

He was here just last week:

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/2262

Picture tells it all.

Like every firefighter in NYC, this guy is on "official business" for the UFA while parking illegally. Plenty of parking on the north side of the street reserved for firefighters.

There's plenty of FDNY-only parking on the other side of the street.

Another firefighter using an invalid UFA placard to illegally block the fire zone, the bike lane, and the line of sight of the cars emerging from the nearby underground garage, resulting in cars driving blindly into the street.

For more info, see here:

http://nyc.mybikelane.com/post/index/2182

Another firefighter using an invalid UFA placard to illegally block the fire zone, the bike lane, and the line of sight of the cars emerging from the nearby underground garage, resulting in cars driving blindly into the street.

For more info, see here:

http://nyc.mybikelane.com/post/index/2182

The point of the fire zone is to give fire vehicles clearance . . . not create extra parking for private vehicles of firefighters. There are space on the north side of the street set aside for that. These vehicles, all parked with Uniformed firefighters' Association placards, are creating a serious hazard for bicyclists and motor vehicles by blocking the line of sight of traffic emerging from the Hertz garage. Fuller explanation here:

http://nyc.mybikelane.com/post/index/2182

The point of the fire zone is to give fire vehicles clearance . . . not create extra parking for private vehicles of firefighters. There are space on the north side of the street set aside for that. These vehicles, all parked with Uniformed firefighters' Association placards, are creating a serious hazard for bicyclists and motor vehicles by blocking the line of sight of traffic emerging from the Hertz garage. Fuller explanation here:

http://nyc.mybikelane.com/post/index/2182

Apparently this is used as parking for an FDNY dispatch facility located nearby. There should be signage and placards that indicate the facility and the use.

This dedicated firefighter blocks traffic parking on the sidewalk.

Here's the way to do it. Permit number and expiration date are nowhere to be seen on this likely expired permit (given what shape it's in). In any event, this is a no standing anytime zone

Plenty of other signed FDNY spots were open on both sides of this block, but sidewalk parking in No Standing Anytime zone was the option selected here.

Sign says: No standing anytime taxi stand. UFA "permit" in windshield.

parked on sidewalk and double parked in street with UFA permits

One of a whole line of cars parked on the sidewalk across the street from the firehouse this morning.