BOILING POINT REACHED AT CENTRAL PARK
Observed by FlowerPower on Fri, Mar 30 2007
[Admin note: we absolutely do not condone provoking confrontations of this sort. This is a great way to be injured, arrested or worse. At the same time, the response by the illegal parkers described is unacceptable and shows that the use of this illegal parking has become institutionalized.]
Sometime ago a few of us who deplore the sidewalk parkers of the Conservatory Gardens took it upon ourselves to do something about it. What we did was decided to block the only crosswalk cut out being used to enter the sidewalk with our own personal cars. It would intail myself or a friend parking there in the a.m and refusing to move for any car that wanted to park on the sidewalk. On the first day we were ordered by a park ranger to move but he had no jurisdiction to move us. I implored him to call the real police and he just walked away. By the end of day one, we had won and denied them access to the sidewalk but on day two it was a loss for us. What the employees of the Parks and Recreation did was park a suburban truck in the crosswalk and left it there all day. I watched as when one of their own wanted access to the sidewalk they would go get the owner of the car from 1 E 104 street and move it. They were using this car as a gate.
To bad for them I was there to catch their illegal activities.(see above foto) These dastardly employees of the park will do anything to park on the sidewalk. Who the hell do they think they are?
We need some sort of intervention by the city Govt before matters reach an extreme boiling point at this spot.
Blocking the crosswalk and the sidewalk surely is an infraction in this city? Isn't it?
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Posted on Fri, Mar 30 2007 at 06:10 PM
The sidewalk vigilantes of 105th Street! They recycled James Bond, why not Charles Bronson?
Posted on Fri, Mar 30 2007 at 07:11 PM
I think you are better off confrinting the commissioner of the parks department and do yoru best to embarrass him. I see no reason the media would nit cover this.
Posted on Fri, Mar 30 2007 at 08:13 PM
Well, a few people with personal cars might be asking for trouble, but if twenty or fifty people showed up with signs and reporters and sat down on the sidewalk whenever one of these jerks tried to park, something might get done.
Posted on Fri, Mar 30 2007 at 09:01 PM
I don't know what to say... crosswalk and sidewalk... all to hold parking for other illegal parkers... kinda makes PD in a NP zone look not so bad ;) ('nother joke folks... since some people need to be told)
Posted on Fri, Mar 30 2007 at 10:00 PM
#4. great idea. Lets call Arnold Diaz of Shame, Shame, Shame on you.
Posted on Fri, Mar 30 2007 at 11:35 PM
FP-- can you confirm that this was observed on 3/30? (The "sometime ago" part threw me.)
I am very interested in what the situation will be like next week.
Posted on Sat, Mar 31 2007 at 02:35 PM
FlowerPower, thanks for defending the park!
Posted on Sat, Mar 31 2007 at 03:58 PM
HOLY CRAP!
Park warriors!
Becareful next time you park on a sidewalk because these eager beavers might soil your car windows. HAH!
Now that was rantastic!
Posted on Sun, Apr 01 2007 at 06:22 PM
There are a number of organizations who claim to advocate for park users. They may (or may not) be interested in this issue. Has anyone tried contacting any of them?
Central Park Conservancy
New Yorkers for Parks
NYC Park Advocates
City Parks Foundation/Partnership for Parks
Posted on Wed, Apr 04 2007 at 01:01 PM
I was there 3 days ago and the cars were gone. What pure and unadulkterated power this site controls. If only the Nypd and FDYNY were'nt immune to this power.
Posted on Fri, Apr 06 2007 at 01:24 PM
They're not, just getting warmed up
Posted on Sun, Apr 08 2007 at 07:59 PM
What are you guys talking about? Just this Friday I saw 3 cars parked on the sidewalk and it was after 5pm. I can only imagine how many were there during 9-5. Seems like Salguod was had and only promised a temporary rose garden because those rancid sidewalk parkers of the Parks Dep are back.
Posted on Tue, Apr 24 2007 at 05:18 PM
Be careful when doing this sort of action!
(1) Full time NYC Park Rangers (excluding sesonal rangers)have NYC special patrolman status which permits them to issue summons and make arrests ANYWHERE IN NEW YORK CITY. NYC Parks Enforcement Officers who are often confused with NYC Park Rangers are Peace Officers under New York State Law whith further authority of arrest and the authority to issue citations.
(2) By your own admission YOU were blocking a crosswalk so the ranger or officer was fully justified in requesting you to move and he could have issued a citation for (1)failure to obey a lawful order and (2)for obstructing a crosswalk and for (3) Disorderly conduct due to your confrontation. It is worth noting that you could have been arrested for #1 and #3.
Had NYPD (a.k.a "the real police") been notfied and responded they would have made you move and perhaps even issued a summons to you themselves.
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