Taking a cue from placard-abusing uncivil servants, and from their neighbors further up Henry Street (http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/14876), parishoners of Our Lady of Lebanon Roman Catholic Church also enjoy abusing the street via bogus placards. These drivers are both on the sidewalk and in the bike lane (others were observed across the street in a No Parking Anytime zone).

When I asked a TEA as to why he wouldn't ticket these cars, he said he had orders from Brooklyn North. Looks like Gerald Nelson has some explaining to do.

More background can be found on Streetsblog http://www.streetsblog.org/2010/10/13/eyes-on-the-street-nypd-oks-bike-lane-blocking-on-henry-street/