I have seen this car parked on the same spot on a 'No Standing' zone on my way to work every day for at least two years (actually, it's not the same car; he had a red Lexus before buying this 2009 model a few months ago). The permit is from the Police Department of the City of New York School Safety Division, and expired December 31, 2009. The permit appears to be a photocopy, with the license plate handwritten at the bottom. It is placed upside down under the registration and inspection certificate, so it is hard to see.

The car is parked there all day, because i sometimes see it still there on my way home. I have never in all this time seen him get a ticket.

Of particular irony is that he parks illegally right next to a parking garage, and that the vanity license plate makes it clear that the owner is very religious.

Parking at a hydrant and using a placard for a different car (wrong plate # on it) is a double no-no.

This is the same hydrant featured here:
http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/11603

A 108th Precinct employee showing courtesy, professionalism and respect by parking in front of a hydrant (yes, I know it's hard to see, but it's there).

Deputy Inspector Thomas Kavanagh has his work cut out for him, because his employees routinely block hydrants, park on sidewalks, in crosswalks, bike lanes and no standing zones.

I don't think there is a 519 precinct. The placard says "Legal Bureau." It looks like a photocopy too, which is illegal. Not to mention the fact that it has expired.

Several months ago, in response to a civilian request, NYC DOT daylighted the northwest corners of both Douglass Street and Fifth Avenue and Baltic Street and Fifth Avenue as a safety measure. Unfortunately, both corners are frequently occupied by illegally parked cars.

Both streets run eastbound across Fifth Avenue, and both are offset, with the streets on the east side of Fifth Avenue about 20 feet north of the streets on the west side of Fifth. This creates a dangerous situation, in which cars heading to and through the intersection can't see pedestrians in or entering the crosswalk until they're nearly in the intersection, and vice versa. The daylighting of the corners vastly improved visibility -- which is negated when a vehicle parks illegally at the corner.

Today, the spot on the northwest corner of Douglass at Fifth Avenue was occupied by a late-model silver Toyota RAV4, with a police permit that appeared to be photocopied. The space is marked No Standing Anytime.

Unsurprisingly, the corresponding spot at Baltic and Fifth Avenue was also occupied by a van, which totally obscured the intersection (it did not sport a placard -- just Pennsylvania plates). I pointed it out to a passing Traffic Enforcement Agent, who wrote a ticket. When I mentioned the RAV4 with the parking placard at Douglass, she rolled her eyes, said that TEAs hate placard parkers because they park everywhere with no regard, but said there was "nothing they can do."

i live across the street.. saw police car stop and look at car id in windoe and get back into the car without ticketing it.

wrong plate, wrong precinct, wrong idea

Get this guy a map.

[not exactly a crosswalk, but still illegal]

Car with 19th pct placard in the 9th pct, parked illegally. The placard's plates don't match the car either.

Illegal parking abounds around the 108th precinct. This is just one of the many examples.

Call Deputy Inspector Thomas J Kavanagh and tell him to clean up his mess: (718) 784-5411.

(the license plate on the permit doesn't even match the plate on the car here)

SOrry bud, but 19th pct ain't around here!

Hmm, let's see what we have here:

* a forged 9th Precinct Restricted placard
* not even in the so-called self-enforcement zone
* parked in a No Parking Anytime Zone
* a bogus church "permit" on top of the forged NYPD placard

oh, and the stuffed animal on top was a nice touch.

Better get to confession.

I think this guy's lost. There's no so-called Self-Enforcement Zone here anyway. straight out illegal.

Ah, and those window tints? Those are illegal too buddy.

I got news for you buddy, but the 17th Precinct is not on McGuinness Blvd in Brooklyn. Oh, and that NYCPBA card is a nice touch.

somebody give these folks a raise so they can afford to pay the meter

I met the driver and passenger coming out of the Boys Club. They were most definitely not on duty, if they were even NYPD employees. Not to mention that the 88th precinct is nowhere near east 10th st.

Hmm, someone at 1PP doesn't know the law very well. No surprise there.

No surprise there.

no excuse

This SUV routinely parks in this spot, even though parking is very available in the area. The restriction is aimed at improving visibility for the intersection, in which kids often play. This morning there is a legal spot less than 20 feet away, but I guess Brooklyn North is above the law!

Big SUV parked in no standing zone, to close to hydrant. The permit in the window did not match the lic.plate on the SUV. This spot is a favorite spot for NYPD to park and see the movies at the place around the corner. Once again there where open legal spots to park on the block, but hey they would get a ticket,right? Also, what is with the overly tinted windows that seem very popular with the NYPD officers that break the rules?

The owner of this vehicle has been parking around the sixth precinct for more than a year without a front license plate and very darkly tinted windows (both NY violations.) I have sent three letters to the captain of the precinct with no action taken. It is currently parked on the east side of Hudson street between Charles and Perry at metered parking. Who is this guy that he can operate his vehicle without a license plate for more than a year without any consequence?????
Can not make out the permit number because the window is tinted very dark.

All I have is that the car is usually parked on a fire hydrant. The address that is always park at is on Dewey and Quincy about 50-75 feet from 2829 Dewey Ave. I know that this permit is fake, is definetely a photo copy, It folds the fake permit, so you dont get to see the other nypd logo. the sealed that nypd puts is usually on the right side the one the is clear, and then the other part is just a shield with the NYPD logo.

still can't park correctly, or legally

Continued illegal placard parking in a NO STANDING ANYTIME zone. This despite a letter from community board 8 to the 19th precinct dated May, 28, 2009 which reads as follows.

Dear Inspector Murtagh,
Community Board 8M has recently received a number of complaints from the public about vehicles displaying "NYPD-19" Precinct placards parking illegally at two small center islands located at either end of 66th street between Second and Third Avenues.
As you know, these islands are signed "No Standing Anytime" and it is illegal for any vehicles to park at curbs with this signage, even with a city issued placard.
We would appreciate if you would remind your officers of this fact.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Prior reports:
http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/454

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/1000

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/1068

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/1069

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/1072

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/1073

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/1074

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/1085

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/8122

Parked at the above location.
Harbor Cop.
No water in sight except for rain.
Parked in No Parking Zone AND in the crosswalk.

No Ticket on car. Go fightin' 9th!

Car is at a meter, unpaid, at 34 Avenue A, East Village. Funny because the unmarked towers and truck show up to tow him and he and all his buddies run out to show juice. They don't tow!!!
Unpaid tickets and illegally displayed placard and DRUNK. They let him walk.

illegal, and plate numbers don't event match placard

Parked here quite frequently. Hasn't moved since the morning of the 12th. No tickets, of course...

Previous violations:

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/7718

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/7681

This is the 4th time I have observed this vehicle parked here. Parking enforcement drove right past it and another Fed Law Enforcement placarded (# 43900) vehicle to ticket someone down the block last night.
Earlier documented violation:
http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/7691

This Toyota Camry was parked on a Saturday during the time period restricted for commerical trucks. It had an expired NYPD parking permit with licence number partially covered by a NYPD PBA card, and the number did not match the license plate. I asked a traffic agent who skipped right through it why he did not ticket this car. He said in his own words "I have instruction" and that "the guy might be too busy to get the updated one." So now you know not to bother reporting to the city if you ever seen a car with the expired permit. Traffic agent does not care anyway and we as taxpayers will just have to pick up the tabs.

The Honda was still there this morning, and sure enough - it sports a NYPD 72nd Precinct placard.

I missed the permit number on this 4Runner's 70th Precinct placard because it was almost entirely concealed by the registration and inspection stickers. However the licence plate on the vehicle matched the placard. The Honda in front of it was also illegally parked, but I was about to miss my bus so I didn't check it out. If it's still there tonight I'll update if it was NYPD too.

UPDATE - Yup! The Honda is NYPD too!

2nd UPDATE. The 4Runner was back (and unsurprisingly parked illegally again) so I've added the permit #.

The said vehicle in the pictures regularly, on a daily basis, can be found illegally parked in the "NO STANDING ANYTIME" zone on Odell Street Circle adjacent to 1565/1575 Odell Street Parkchester units. This vehicle also blatantly blocks the sole fire hydrant at the end of the block directly across of 1565 Odell Street, for which it is in this picture, plus fouling the "NO STANDING ANYTIME" zone. There is also a "NO PARKING ANYTIME" zone on the south side of St. Raymond Avenue right at the intersection of Odell Street and St. Raymond Avenue where this vehicle can often also be found illegally parked. This vehicle is one of several who use the Odell Street circle as their own personal parking location. I have a disabled daughter who requires a wheelchair and get a wheelchair-lift school bus to pick her up for school, and on a number of occasions, we had to switch buses because the drivers of the buses refused to come down Odell Street because of all the illegal parking, and complaints to the NYPD and the 43rd Precinct seem to have fallen on deaf ears.

It's getting tough out there for abuser of parking placards! Now off-duty NYPD have to compete with other city agencies to find a nice convenient hydrant.

This car and the Prius in the next violation were parked together at the hydrant. Both had placards, of course... You can imagine my surprise.

Not sure if I got the placard number right (my photo turned out to be a bit blurry) but the license plate is correct and matches the placard.

This minivan with a 34th Precinct (179th St and north) permit is parked right in front of a hydrant on 50th St, a good 129 blocks away from the 34th Precinct.

The 30th Precinct has taken over the entire north sidewalk on 151st St., between Amsterdam Ave and Convent Ave.

Who knew there were so many precincts in one neighborhood?

Another fine, upstanding NYPD employee breaking the law.

This joker decided to park in front of a hydrant. S/he also has somebody else's permit. Looks like they need some training themselves!

expired permit for NYPD: Housing Borough Manhattan-IRT blocking a crosswalk

Parks in No Standing Zone, creates line of sight hazard between 2 merging streets, next to school, 2 malls and at location where an auto has struck pedestrians in a neighborhood where 3 kids have lost their lives in last 2 years due to traffic related collisions and neighborhood where 110th precinct rarely enforces any traffic law.