The problem with all this is that in this neighborhood a parking lot cost over $500.00 for a monthly customer. This individual is already way ahead of the game and would need about 50 tickets a year to be behind the 8 ball.

This story is to be continued.

The thrust here is to get this abused resricted parking street returned to the community to provide the residents fo much needed curbside parking. Thsi street is loaded with scofflaws on a daily basis. People like this abusing placards, New York Press in violation of their placards and MD's and dentists doing much the same. Enforceement or more accurately selective enforcement has created this cesspool of parking abuse resulting in a huge quality pf life hit for tax paying, law abidind residents.

maybe that is his new stratergy putting a blank orange summons to throw you off

I would not rule anything out.

Way to go you are really making a difference, now can you do away with welfare, illegal immigration and find affordable housing in the city for the middle class.

That can be your job. We are concentrating on this issue of quality of life for local residents.

I would point out to the peanut gallery that if Sherlock was not in the wrong that little orange envelope would not be there.

It's just an envelope, you need to have a summons with it.

This is a cops car? A new Mercedes? Don't they cry how poor they are?

My guess is a rich guy looking to avoid paying for parking.

Then again, my mom lives near there and parks her car on the street because it's safer than with the illegal alien indy 500 car jockeys in the garage who smashed it into the wall and blamed it on her..

"All you did was weaken a nation, son"

Think about this, if that is truelly a cops car ( I dont think it is)the summons is a good as garbage. Trust me.....

For sure this clown needs to be investigated. I suspect somethings afoot.

First of all I am a Viet Nam vet who has su[[orted himself his whole life, so you can stuff your yuppie remarks where the sun don't shine. The members of the community are trying to get abused restricted parking zones that allow clowns like this to have a haven for his illegal parking. The NO PARKING signs do nothing to meet the original reason for them being placed there. These areas onl;y prevent law abiding local area residents from parking and should be returned to normal street parking regulations.

You speak of merchantys feeding meters when NYPD park at the meters in my areas all day without feedingthem even a penny.

Correx:
The members of the community are trying to get abused restricted parking zones that allow clowns like this to have a haven for his illegal parking changed back to aternate side parking where everying has a fair shot at parking.

Enforcement is not keeping this block free of cars makingteh signs moot. This has been going on for years. The DOT already looked at this street and agreed that it is residential and could be returned to normal street parking.

The local city council member Dan Garodnock is in support and only community board 8 stands in the way.

is the community board part of the community. if they don't agree with you it must be for a reason. Yes you have a council member on your side because that is his job to Jerk you around. he really does not care about parking but since you must have called him 600 times he has to listen to you. I respect all Vets, but you have a share of vets munipulating the system. they get paid from vendors to obtain a vendors license because they are vets. they have no finacial interest in the business and tax paying store keepers lose out.

Well there you go again off topic and off the mark. This site is about illegal parking. Actually the commissioner of the DOT pre-approved the sign changes. Abusers such as Sherlock here help me make my case.

As for the council member, he saw the problem with his own eyes and did nit like what he saw. He wrote to the DOT after I finally convinced him that enforcement would not get the job done.

You seem to be a whinning angry guy. Perhaps you shoudl devote yruo energy to doing something positive rather than critcize others who are trying to make a difference.

I like everyone! I am just being like you guys. you see one cop park illegally and you put the rest of us in the rotten apple barrel. anything that looks like an official placard you blame the police. if they give to many summonses you complain if they don't write you complain. So basically I sound just like you.

What allowed and allows people like Sherlock to get away with his crap is so called good cops and enfprcement people looking the other way.

Yuppies??!! You people come to our city, push the poor out of there housing because you pay more rent, than complain about the city living.
I take great pleasure writing you bike summons!
I sit in the park and wait for you to break the "law", by riding your bike illegally.

And all that is a great reason for NYPD to abuse their placards and park illegally. Sounds to me like you feel your job is to serve yourself and not the community. I suppose you hate bike lanes as well since everyone who rides a bike is a yuppie in your mind. When I was discharged from the service I rode my bike to school everyday and then work; So does that make me a yuppie. I am trying to do something about MD's and NYP and people like Sherlock here from pushing local areas residents out of their neigborhoods: Does that make me a yuppie?

You are a hostile, angry person and have no business in law enforcement. If you had a real social conscience you would see what is wrong with this picture.

before you bash cops again I have nothing against bike lanes. I commute by bike and I am also a T/A member and an active road racer. Before you talk I would drop you ass at will on a bike. with that being said I am a bike advocate. but I have to admit I wanted to start a NYPD bike club but I would not dare to wear anything that says NYPD in a bike. there are to many cop haters in the bike community. I bet they would be calling 311 on me if I travel in central park more than 15 mph. But if you seriously consider the NYPD plaque abuse outside the SEZ (because SEZ is a contract issue)and the abuse of vtl laws commited daily by cyclists. the cyclists outnumber the plaques. How can the t/a be taken seriously if there membership disregard traffic laws all the time. Salgoud I don't now if this original posted is a T/A member but he should kick in some money to T/A if he wants this much air time.

You sound just like a yuppie, so do you have a self-hate thing going.
Contributing to this site and putting alot of time into trying to make a positove difference is not my first choice on my list fo fun things to do. I think neighborhood residents take priority when it comes tp curbside parking. This particular street is serving no good purpose at it is and the signs need to be changed. I have been at this about 20 years on and off and for three years straight. I have gone through several mayors, commanding officers of teh 19th and Manhattan North as well as a slew of politicians. Don't give me any crap about my air time bucko.

you are using your personal vendetta against the city on this site. Again that is the problem T/A is going to have. they are not the ACLU they are transportation alternative. time and time again there are other individuals or groups tarnish there reputation with there own agenda's. your fight is not against permit abuse, your fight is signage. I agree if you can't park here nobody can. If they ever agree with you and allow parking cops and doctors can still park there legally. I bet you will still complain when cops lose there SEZ parking and then the day shift will park early legally the afternoon shift will wait to the day guys leave and take their spot and the midnight the same. Again you should kick in to T/A or volunteer your time for the tour of brooklyn and maybe we will have a drink at the brooklyn brewery and stop hating. P.S stop by the 19th and get crime stats around the pct. block I bet burgs are much lower then other sectors of that command.

My agenda as a resident is to be able to park in my own zip code. On this block the issue of illegal parking is best solved by signage change. I would not have a case of this restricted parking block was not abused and selectively enforced. Other issues have to do with huge placard abuse.

Do you think a clown like this who may not even be a cop should be alowed carte blanc? What about MD's and denstists from NJ who park all day on this street? Lastly we have NYP from FOX 5 who park all day around the corner from their studios in violation of theor press placards. The excuse enforcement likes to use is their claim for multiple observations, Fact is they make no attempt to enforce the regulations and the result is an abused restricted parking area. The original intent was to allow a bus to pass more easily. The fact is cars park on this street all dayt long and the only thing the signs are doing is discriminating against local law abiding residents in desperate need of curbside parking in their neighborhood.

This SEZ ploy is a load of crap. It is like area 51. If in fact the NYPD or whatever is actually entitled to parking, red signs in the proper numbers should be installed and cut the crap. Having NYPD in every parking meter, NO PARKING zone, NO STANDING EXCEPT TRUCKS LOADING AND UNLOADING is insanity. Signs need to say what they mean and mean what they say. On this block the signs read NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY.

And PS this clown has nothing to do with the 19th or official business.

you are contradicting yourself Bucko, read your post you are all over the place. I made a statement about the 19th because even thought there is some parking issues it is still a safer place to live, near a PCT. wait to they move the police academy all the local businesses should shut down

Look fella. you are the one bitching about yuppies, veterans and now businesses near the academy and whatever.

I am far from all over the place as I am concentrating in parking abuse. Can you grasp that without the placard this clown would nt have been able to park illegally on this block for over a year in a NO PARKING zone. Same can be said the the NYP abusing theor placard and gettinga way with it because enforcement are told to not ticket placarded cars. Same regarding MD plates or a Dentist from NJ who plays games with her DDS-133 NJ plate and pile of paper garbage on her dashboard.

This jerk parks 24 hours a day most of the week on this block.

What in hell does this clown parking illegally have to do with the police adademy moving or anything about east 21st street.

Everytime someone posts a violation on this site I see the apologist pile on with excuses and diversions. This is a no spin zone! I looked at the previous post regarding this car and it looks to me like a slam-dunk. Why in the world would anyone defend this type of thing. It is clearly and confirmed by the ticket illegal parking.

The "ticket" doesn't mean it's illegally parked. It means there's an orange envelope on the windshield.

I've seen them write on a car at a meter when the meter sign fell down and they used that as an excuse to say the meters were a part of the alt parking further up the block.

Clearly this was meter parking, writen by agents who know that because they have the same beat every day. There was money in the meter, double jeopardy.

The cops parking is only part of a huge problem.

I am not getting your point. This was not meter parking.

bucko nobody is defended him. you are getting upset for nothing. I love vets you are the real hero's. your blood pressure seems to be getting high. this is just an open forum with different opinions. with the help of T/A we can stop the abuse. but you have to remember that permits inside a SEZ are okay. I have nothing against you personally. obviously your age precludes you from being a Yuppie and most likely Nam precluded you from being a Hippy.(that is just a joke) relax we only live once on this planet enjoy it. obviously you did okay in life look at the nieghborhood you live in. your biggest problem of the day should be getting up snake hill with your bike.

But his biggest problem is actually getting to Snake Hill, in spite of the crazy drivers and the thieves.....

I was assured by the wonderful cops of the 19th that these car stalkers would eventually be ignored by the media. Frankly, it is just too hot right now. I was instructed to put an empty Orange envelope on my window and write on it "MD On Call". The secret message would be understood and my car would not be summonsed. The envelope would give the false appearance that my car was summonsed and I could continue practicing my medical career without any further problems. End result would be that everyone would be happy.

I am not the owner of the in question but I am a doctor who parks in the vicinity in the same manner. I will vouch with most of the posters here when I say that the Orange envelope means nothing without an actual summons. The celebrations of the poster are all in vain.

Good day to you.

I do beleive there actually is a ticket in the envelope. The enforcement people tend to just stuff the automated ticket and envelope separately but the NYPD seems to stick a manually made out ticket into the envelope.

Hey Doc you must have taken the hypocrites oath by mistake.

Regarding any plavcard in a SEZ is OK is wrong. However like area 51 no one knows where the SEZ (s) are. I do not think this street is included but again this clown is from the Bronx, that is if this is his placard. I suspect it isn't.

Now there are thieves. the city is that unsafe on the eastside that you can't get to the park. I don't think anybody wants that indepedant 10 speed, slime green in color and the groupset is older then Bucko.

Good work Mr. MD.
The poster of the picture just fell for the oldest trick in the book. THEE OLE EMPTY ENVELOPE TRICK.

Just for the record, the NYPD does not stuff the summons inside the envelope. It just does not happen.
Score:
Permit owners-1
Bike bullies-0

Sorry, but you are wrong again, and indeed there was a ticket under the envelope as I just checked. And yes it is filled out.

If you enlarge the photo it is visible as well.

I want to make a few things clear. Although I made 311 complaints against this vehicle, on the morning in question when it received a citation it was not directely as a result of a complaint on it.

I had reported another car the afternoon prior on the same block (DDS-133 Latte Lucy the outcall dentist fronm NJ) and it took the NYPD 17 hours to respond and of course that car was gone. It looks to me that when they finally responded thet noted ole Sherlock here and finally nailed him. I deduced that as a 311 check indicated a time within 10 minutes of when they claimed to check the other complaint. Perhaps the pressure of several 311 complaints and e-mails to the council members office and community board 8 finally prompted some action.

Oh and yes there is a hand written ticket along with the orange envelope.

that is what you think. they probably make funny faces to each other when you call the council office.

The car was in fact ticketed and before this site existed it was not, so funny faces or whatever something positive has happened. I also noted that since Mr. Tracy started posting the hydrants and bus stops are much improved so again a plus for this site and his personal efforts.

It is a standard practice that when forced to write a summons(i.e via 311) the summons is never handed in. This is especially true for doctors. The majority of cops will not summons a doctor and when forced to do so never makes it into the box.
A sure way to see if the summons is successful is to see if that car returns the next day. From my understanding, the poster has been whining about this car for weeks. And he really thinks the summons is legit. WOW!

He mentioned that to equal what a garage would cost this car would have to get about 9 tickets a month

I agree I wrote a guy a summons for a red light, he never mentioned he was a doctor. At traffic court he told the judge he was a doctor and was heading to the emergancy room for surgery and that is why he went through the red light. Judge dismissed the summons. So not only do they act like god they are god. Don't be surprised to see cop permits, Some doctors sit on the Police medical pension board.

Signage change levels the playing field at least for parking. The reason the MD's and NYP get away with this is the restricted parking rtegulations.

We have a honorary police surgeon on the block. What does that mean; does he play doctor with a toy Dr kit??

Anyone seen some of this stuff on www.streetfilms.org?

Here is a sad story with illegal parking on a street in Brooklyn:
http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/red-hook-lane-illegal-parking-lot-to-history/

And this one features a clip sent in by some guy showing press vehicles up and down a bike lane:
http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/how-do-i-make-a-streetfilm/

All I am saying is that it appears everyone is doing it. Not just NYPD, not the press, not doctors, there needs to be a paradigm shift from the Mayor on down.

Doctor's are not summonsed...PERIOD!
They save lives on a regular basis and that alone warrants all the courtesy in the world. The poster whould get over it and complain instead to his garage for raping him by charging 500 dollars a month for a car space in a building.

A docotor is allowed three hours and that is more than fair especially when they are not on a house call. I would think a doctor who can afford an $80,000 car could afford a parking garage. The point is they are violating the law and abusing their privilege. I woudl say a veteran by your logic should have a special placard allowing him to park anywhere.

Poster 51 wrote:
<<All I am saying is that it appears everyone is doing it. Not just NYPD, not the press, not doctors, there needs to be a paradigm shift from the Mayor on down>>

I could not agree with you more.

#35 (who is also #45 and #52) claims on other posts to be a police officer, not an MD. His claims are clearly meant to inflame you Mr. Tracy, so I'd ignore them.

#32: the meter story was in response to the one who said "it got a ticket so it must be illegaly parked. I beg to differ, that's not always the case.

Sometimes if it has 4 wheels they write a summons and good luck getting out of it.

Even seen them give out on holidays. Your problem, not theirs once they write.

Burn, Dick, BURNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!

If in fact these stupid inane responses are from NYPD the problem goes deeper than parking abuse,

Hypocrites thats what we all are. again the T/A only wants to enforce the laws they need to be enforced. Post 51 cleary shows the T/A feeding the meter which is against the law. Guess what sitting in a group of three or more in a public place is against the law. if that was a couple of gang members hanging out there you would have called 311 a hundred times

Great, he got a ticket. Like he can't just get that "taken care of".

Another great example are UPS/FedEx trucks that get numerous tickets each day. The drivers don't care, and obviously the companies don't care since they get a discounted rate, which in the end business income offsets.

I can't believe how cheap tickets in NYC are! No wonder nobody cares about them. Where I grew up parking fines are in some cases four times the NYC rates. Ah the good old days of clear streets and proper parking.

$165 is cheap? and then they get interest worse than a loan shark? Then thieves come and tow your car? (They don't check for criminal records aparently)

So you miss 3 times with a quarter at the meter and it costs $800, your car gets dented and some of your stuff disapears. Some times it's not worth getting it back, so you just lose your car.

(Don't argue, I've been documenting it for years, the best was the girl who had her car towed at 3 AM and wound up in NJ raped and murdered)

Nothing cheap or fair about it. Even in Japan, a parking ticket is only $65 and there's nowhere to park and the rules are enforced.

NY is just a bunch of thieves at every level, both civilian and municipal.

I lived here when it WAS fun city

I cant understand how people on side of the token brag about paying 600 dollars for a garaged space and then on the flip side cry about how it is not fair that they have to pay such a high price for a garage space. It seems it is only relevant when they notice that common people like cops get to park for free in and around their precinct of employment.
Envy is not a good thing.

I suggest you read the study which shows 77% of NYPD abuse their placards.

Mr. Dick, I correct you. It is more like 88%. I have no shame in my actions. Why? Because it is not parking abuse when you are within a SEZ which is provided by our glorious union contract.
Funny how no officers at the 19th pct have been reprimanded. All this blustery wind comes out of your mouths and yet nothing has changed. I'd try harder if I were you or perhaps you are not upto the challenge that your fathers started back in the 70's. Yep, thats how long you guys have been trying to change our contractual perks. Is change really around the corner?
I think not.

Have a nice day.
;)

It is more like 92% and growing. It is a proud figure.