Nice, court officers and cops you'll show plate... rubber ducks, no plates

Where would you like him/her to park? Next time you need to the fire department, ask them to respond only AFTER they move their cars..

They had a member who was injured in the line of duty admitted to the hospital. Ticket them all! Who cares if the patient was hurt protecting the people of the neighborhood....I can't park like that with impunity.

The job of firefighter involves risking one's life. Sometimes firefighters lose their lives, saving people like me. I get it. I am grateful for the work that firefighters do. I just don't see why that means they should be able to park over the street. 2 + 2 = 5.

If they don't park halfway on the sidewalk the truck will not be able to pull out of the firehouse without having to back up one or more times. This kills valuable time in the event there is a fire or other emergency. Safety Hazard? Small inconvienence for pedestrians when seconds can mean life or death.

#5 - You could park your PRIVATE car somewhere else. Or take the train.

The whining about "where should I park?" is getting annoying.

isn't that what you do on this site,whine about parking.Step 1-take picture of vehicle step 2- cry about how its parked.

you people have to get a life

well steve who remains anonymous with nothing better to do but look for illegally parked cars why don t you join the dot and ticket everyone?...each firehouse assigned few spots,at chNGE OF TOURS THERE CAN BE TWICE AS MANY CARS AS SPOTS ASSIGNED TO THEM..if you don t like it knock on the firehouse door ,be a man and ask nicely..from the pic i see cars halfway on sidewalk with approx 6 to 8 feet of room for pedestrian traffic..get a lifw steve..you sissy

i love it you yuppies move to the big city and complain about noise, parking ,garbage and everything else. Guess what meatheads that's how thewonderful cultural big apple has always been. so shut up suck it up or move back to idaho,new hampshire or where ever your from.Not only are you all annoying your ruining our culture.

#9, Taking and posting these pictures is one of the many things I do, all of which are worth exactly the amount of time I give them. I'm not interested in knocking on firehouse dooors, because the best I'll do is get this one guy to move his car; I'm trying to address a widespread problem. Be a man? I'm doing the best I can. (And I notice you are commenting as "Anonymous Commenter, without even a first name.")

#10, I'm from New York City and grew up on the Upper West Side not far from here. I have a feeling I've done more for this neighborhood than you ever will. If exposing illegal parking is "ruining your culture," then you've got a pretty pathetic culture, my friend.

man o man...the ip's of each poster is being logged so much for the anonimity. maybe stevo is bucking fora high lever city position himself.

Its coming steve and its gonna be quick and painless.Lets just get it over with.

To #9-- When I followed your advice to "knock on the firehouse door ,be a man and ask nicely", the firemen who were TRIPLE-PARKED and PARKED ALL OVER THE SIDEWALK and BLOCKING THE CROSSWALKS so that all the children going to elementary school down the block had to walk out in traffic on 8th Avenue, I was threatened by the firemen at the station. Other parents told me similar stories when they asked nicely if the firemen would mind allowing at least a small area for the children to walk at the crosswalks.

Yes, firemen risk their lives to protect us, as do policemen and nurses who work in contagious disease wards. The nurses don't have a City-granted "right" to park illegally and for free. Neither should the firemen or policemen.

The no-parking zones around firehouses are meant to allow the trucks room to get in and out. They are NOT meant to provide free parking spaces.

Just come to west 83rd st.(south side) bet. Columbus and Amsterdam Ave.sign says "NO Parking Anytime" still you see car parked all the time w/fake permits from Post Office, schools and others. The Post Office a authorized parking zone only in front of the building, the fake permits were printed by the printing shop and sold for $20. Check them out!

At the end of that block (at the far left of the photo) is a middle school entrance, where 11-year-old 6th graders walk to and from school on their own.

My question to the commenters defending the sidewalk parking is, what should I tell my 11-year-old about walking to school?
Not only to obey "don't walk" signs and watch for cars when crossing the street, but also to keep a watch out for firemen driving their cars onto the sidewalk he's walking on?

Just an FYI everyone:

THESE CARS ARE PARKED ON THE SIDEWALK FOR A REASON;

SO THE FIRE TRUCKS CAN ENTER/LEAVE THE FIRE STATION..

#15, here's a picture from this morning:

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/851

As far as sidewalk parking is concerned, there's no such thing as a "little bit." If cars are allowed to park as much as one tire on a sidewalk in a non-emergency situation, it will be impossible to prvent cars from parking fully on the sidewalk.

It's true that in this picture, the cars are only half on the sidewalk, and there is room to get by. But as #14 says, the picture looks very different when school lets out, and the sidewalk is full of kids. I know that FDNY parking this way would use the utmost care to avoid hitting a kid when driving on or off the sidewalk, but why take the risk?

Yes, these cars a parked on the sidewalk for a reason: it's convenient for the firefighters.

Yes, they are strong and brave, they may save our lives and we love them. But why can't they take public transportion like the rest of us?

The way some city employees park -- and complain about this site -- hurts their reputation.

Howard Tomb

It's amusing to ready the civil "servants" complaining with their odd logic: "We must park on your sidewalk or people will die"; "we must park in your crosswalk or crime rates will soar because we will be late for our patrols". It's as if the only way to get to work in this city is a care. There is, in fact, a wonderful alternative -- it's called public transportation. It is taken by millions (yes, literally millions) of hardworking New York "civilians" each day. Where in any city contract are civil "servants" guaranteed parking spots worth many thousands of dollars? How many people in NY (particularly Manhattan) are given free, guaranteed spots within a few minutes of their place of work (other than some gazzionare CEOs....oh, and civil servants)? You know those bus stops you are parking in? Buses stop there and go all around the city? You know those sidewalks you park on and obstruct? In many places, there are little staircases that go down to this thing called the subway that can take you around much of the city. Ever wonder what all those people are scurrying to at 42nd and Park as you drive by to your guaranteed free parking spot? It's called the train and it connects much of the region at virtually all hours of the day. There are people who live in the city (all boroughs) and the suburbs who get to work each day without driving. Amazing.

The simple answer is that if it is convenient for the ffrs it's actually convenient for you, the citizen. We're detailed to other firehouses quite often. When I am detailed out I'm there much quicker than if I take the public transport. Plus I'm not sitting next to some mom and her kid on the bus, wearing my filthy gear (which, incidentally, gets cleaned exactly twice a year by the city). We're usually good neighbors, Howard. Honestly. We're living, literally, 24/7 in your community. We're not out to make waves. Most of the time if cars are parked cockeyed it's for a good reason- no room; came in, got a run, gone for an hour. While there are some rare examples of idiot behavior, we try to be reasonable. For many years, now, guys have had to move far from the city to make ends meet on this job, so alas, the cars are here to stay. Our salaries have lost a good 30% to inflation over the last 20 years. It's less expensive to drive a 16 year old Volvo to and fro than it is to take public transport. I know, I've sat down and done the accounting...

I can just see it--the same folks who wonder why a firefighter doesn't take a train would scream bloody murder if their apartment went up, because a detailed FF was stuck on the subway "due to congestion."

Reading the firefighters' posts, I see that they have some good arguments. I didn't know, for example, that they regularly have to work from other firehouses and might not be able to get there on time using subways or buses.

Insofar as they park illegally only when necessary, I'm okay with it. After all, a fire is more dangerous than the problems most of us face at work.

Unfortunately, some of the photos on this site suggest that a handful of civil servants abuse their privileges. They're the ones who raise our ire and make a site like this necessary and popular. The message they send is clear: "Our time is more important than yours because we are more important than you are." It's the same childish arrogance exhibited by certain corporate executives, sports stars and the Leona Helmsleys of the world.

Their bad behavior deserves our scorn. And they make life more unpleasant for everyone, including their colleagues.

Howard Tomb