NYPD parks illegally to shop next to school, 2 malls and in midst of merging traffic.
This is location of an injury accident with one of the contributing factors being the safety risks of parked cars here.

Apparently, the gym at the Atlas Park shopping center in Glendale, Queens is a favorite amongst the NYPD. You have to pay $3 to park in the mall's parking garage. So they park on the street, in a "no standing anytime" zone instead. They never get ticketed because of professional courtesy and they block the bus from pulling over into a special cutout.

Apparently, the gym at the Atlas Park shopping center in Glendale, Queens is a favorite amongst the NYPD. You have to pay $3 to park in the mall's parking garage. So they park on the street, in a "no standing anytime" zone instead. They never get ticketed because of professional courtesy and they block the bus from pulling over into a special cutout.

For this one, the plate number on the permit does not match the plate number on the car!

Apparently, the gym at the Atlas Park shopping center in Glendale, Queens is a favorite amongst the NYPD. You have to pay $3 to park in the mall's parking garage. So they park on the street, in a "no standing anytime" zone instead. They never get ticketed because of professional courtesy and they block the bus from pulling over into a special cutout.

Apparently, the gym at the Atlas Park shopping center in Glendale, Queens is a favorite amongst the NYPD. You have to pay $3 to park in the mall's parking garage. So they park on the street, in a "no standing anytime" zone instead. They never get ticketed because of professional courtesy. But they block the bus from pulling into a special cutout and this causes safety and traffic problems.

Running the motor, windows open, talking on phone. Obviously a major story is in the works from the driver of this oversized SUV, who probably wishes he were in Boulder CO where the action is at.

NYPD Traffic Control Division parked in No Standing Anytime zone.

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This car was parked by a woman with shopping bags, left in front of NO STANDING sign. Few days later I found the car parked on the same street just a few spots away from the original picture, also in front of the No STANDING ZONE.

Memmorial weekend came and left, yet this car was parked for 3 days in fron of Lfrak city along with 50 others in a NO STANDING zone.

nowhere near th 7th precinct.

This driver also has two license plates written on his placard

Setting a bad example.

This permit authorizes a different vehicle, not this one. Might be fake, too, because it looks a bit flimsy and off color for a NYPD placard. Or maybe a cop gave copies to his other family members...

Homemade placard. Parked in Bus stop. The vehicle behind does not have a placard but did get a ticket.

Car was parked all morning in No Standing Zone. Officer in 3 wheel cruiser flagged down and refused to investigate or issue a parking summons. 2 beat officers refused to investigate the matter and scurried off at a very fast pace when I drew their attention to the illegally parked car. 2 officers in Black Ford Explorer after pulling into spot behind this vehicle refused to do anything about the illegally parked vehicle.

En route to and from work today I observed three different locations in Manhattan well-served by public transportation to which MTA bus dispatchers drive their personal vehicles and park illegally. I observed the second one on West 23rd Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues as he sweet-talked a traffic agent from writing him a ticket. After she walked away, I mentioned to her it's interesting how these guys work for the bus company but can't bother to take the bus or subway. She giggled. But it really isn't funny that these guys use nothing more than a reflective orange vest or a homemade placard in their front windows and get away with it. Shown here is a dispatcher's car frequently seen at Astor Place, approximately 20 footsteps from the 6 train and 15 paces from several bus lines. Can't the MTA's bus dispatchers utilize the MTA's buses and subways to get to work like the rest of us?

Update:

8 minutes after the 311 ticket was filed, the 9th precint closed ticket with this message, "The Police Department responded and upon arrival those responsible for the condition were gone."

In other words, they didn't even leave the precinct building.

He blocked his permit # with his PBA card. This is one of the new, yellow permits.

This vehicle is is parked on a continuous basis in a No Parking/No Standing 7AM-7PM zone, typically in front of the entrance to 225 E 63 st, where it creates disturbances for deliveries, moving trucks, normal resident traffic, emergencies, etc.. This often creates excessive traffic and double parking in the middle of this busy street. As it does not move for days at a time and this happens repeatedly, the owner cannot possibly be on "Official Business" for the press in this residential area permanently therefore appears to be in violation of the spirit and privilege provided by this type of permit.

...with a new placard hot off his printer.

And here I thought he had had a change of heart. I guess not.

Here he is again, abusing his Auxiliary Police permit by parking overnight in a no standing zone. This morning the car was overlooked by parking enforcement officers patrolling during street cleaning times. I'm starting to wonder who's worse -- the permit-abusing parkers or the turn-a-blind-eye "enforcers"? Hmm, do two wrongs make a right?

It's not unusual to find this car parked in this no-standing-zone, proudly displaying an auxiliary police permit. Who knew volunteering earned a perk as good as a free, personal parking spot.

He was parked in front of or less than 15 feet from the hydrant on 2/16-2/18, 2/20 and on 2/21 (he has done this continuously for over a year). He also continuously parks past the No Standing Anytime sign or on the corner of the block.

This is not the first time that this driver has parked in front of or less than 15 feet from a hydrant or has parked either right past a No Standing Anytime sign or on the corner of the block both the hydrant and the sign are on Yellowstone Blvd. - between 67th Road and 67th Drive in Forest Hills on the block of the building 67-40 Yellowstone.

After parking in this illegal area four times yesterday, officer is back again today! This No Standing area has become this car's personal parking space.

Parking in No Standing Zone. First of four violations on 2/17/08

The pictures speak for themselves.

Seen just after this lady loaded shopping bags into her trunk. Her Honorary Police Surgeon permit expired December 31, nearly 1-1/2 months ago. Behind this car was an FDNY vehicle parked in the bus stop. Folks, when are you going to curb your rotten and immoral behavior? Honorary Police Surgeon permits should not even exist, especially if this City intends to collect revenue on foreign diplomats parked similarly illegally.
I quote the Senate Ethics Committee's admonishment today of Sen. Larry Craig: "an improper attempt by you to use your position and status ... to receive special and favorable treatment." How is this Honorary Police Surgeon's behavior any different?
And since you confronted me and asked why I was taking the picture, now you know why.

Helping my wife move into her new Downtown Brooklyn Office Saturday, our meter was to expire at 3:56PM and the no standing zone was to go into effect after 4:00PM

We were greeted at our car just before 4:00PM by Lieutenant Cyrus (Command T 301, Badge Number 353025) who was starting give us a $115 ticket for no standing before it turned 4pm (and the time on the ticket actually proves this). We also noticed that another enforcement agent (T.J. Grant, Command T -301, badge Number 353053) had given us a ticket marked 3:56PM – the exact moment the meter expired. I was ready to accept the tickets gracefully when I noticed that the car behind ours (and later realized most of the cars in the area) had illegal and/or expired permits. She and the other cop had clearly been poaching our car because it was the only one with out a “permit”.

When I told her I would not dispute the ticket if she would also ticket the car behind us, she started walking away.

As we drove away, we noticed that there were parking cops all over downtown Brooklyn, and that the majority of cars had illegal placards, but all of the cops were choosing not to enforce the set of laws that are charged with upholding, or worse they enforcing them unequally.

This looking the other way for a select few, is resulting in a huge amount of lost revenue for the city, wasted time of parking cops, lost downtown business because of low turn over, safety hazards and pollution caused from induced driving, reduced respect for all levels of government and a degraded image for downtown Brooklyn.

Getting two tickets in 4 minutes felt upsetting but fair, but getting two tickets, as dozens of other cars parked in no standing zones illegally, without tickets, made me feel like a victim of discrimination.

well it was raining so I guess there would be no fires. Copy of permit was so bad that permit # was unreadable. As Iwas taking photo of permit and car, a NYPD patrol car from 78th Pre. came by saw the permit and just kept going. I am sure it was because it was raining and they did not want to get wet.

Right on the sidewalk under No Standing Anytime sign

On the North East Corner of #4 ave & 14 street Astoria Ny 11106
NO STANDING ZONE created so that cars exiting 14 street could see oncoming traffic without having to pull to the middle of 34 avenue. By parking in this NO STANDING ZONE this car creates a hazard.

This auto parked illegally all day. Photos taken 7pm which is outside the time that placard is authorized for and was parked for more than double the 3 hours authorized. The driver returned with packages from the nearby mall that she deposited in the trunk of the car.

2003 Lexus displaying expired NYPD Self enforcment placard from 74th precinct illegally parked in the 110th precinct at intersection of 90th street, Justice, 56 Ave - for hours while the occupants visit Queens Center Mall and Queens Center Mall Annex. This causes blind spots for merging motorists and pedestrians in high traffic area. A woman was injured due to this safety hazard 12/24/06.

This site is frequently the location for illegal double parking which creates a real safety hazard at the merging of 3 streets (90th, 56 Avenue and Justice) in a high traffic spot (across the street from a mall parking facility and also a high school athletic field. The 110th Precinct absolutely refuses to enforce any parking law or ordinance here. 12/24/2006 approximately 6pm, the blind spots due to illegally parked autos contributed to the injury of a female pedestrian at this location. The 110th precinct failed to respond to the 911 call.

Sorry about the photo quality. They may be 15 feet away, but is still no standing area. Mostly to allow the MTA buses to turn off the circle.

Well it has been almost every night for the past week. Many times it is many in one night, one leaves and another takes the space. I don't have the energy to doc. every one of them. I have sent emails and called my police prec. and they do nothing. But the cars that don't have permits, even the really bad fake looking ones, they ticket just fine. Even the cars that try to park legal, But maybe they are just "14feetaway" and not the legal 15 feet.

This is the SEVENTH illegally parked official vehicle at the location.

This is the FIFTH official car parked illegally at the location.

This is the FOURTH car observed illegally parked and with an expired permit.

See my original post for details. This is the THIRD car observed. The parking permit is expired although even if effective would not allow parking at the location which says NO STANDING ANYTIME.

See my original post for details. This is the second car observed and it actually has Maryland license plates to go with the NYPD Permit on the dashboard.