New No Standing Sign on York Street

Drivers, please note there’s a new ‘No Standing’ sign on York Street at Front Street. This sign went up last week and cars have been ticketed and towed. One of our readers wrote in:

Wanted to alert you to the new No Standing sign at the bottom of York Street at the corner of Front. I parked at the bottom of the street Friday night and was towed promptly at 7am on Saturday morning. I talked to a neighbor who said the sign went up on Monday (to the best of his knowledge).

The new No Standing sign is quite a ways away from the restricted area (because there is a hydrant and a driveway in between) and there is no sign at the very corner, so if you are on “auto pilot” when you are looking for parking in the neighborhood, there is no way you are going to see the new signage. In addition, the sign is on the far side of post, making it nearly impossible to see unless you are standing right in front of it.

In other parking news, the parking meter pay system (made by Parkeon) have been installed to replace the individual meters. The cost is $0.25 per 15 minutes.

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  • This is because of new neck down at the corner of Front & York Streets

  • This is because of new neck down at the corner of Front & York Streets

  • What is a new neck?

  • What is a new neck?

  • neckdown – 1) a constriction at the intersection of two roads to attempt to get drivers to slow the fuck down and stop at the stop sign. 2) a constriction in the roadway to make for a shorter pedestrian crossing. 3) distant relation to Neck Face.

  • neckdown – 1) a constriction at the intersection of two roads to attempt to get drivers to slow the fuck down and stop at the stop sign. 2) a constriction in the roadway to make for a shorter pedestrian crossing. 3) distant relation to Neck Face.

  • Neckface street art?

  • Neckface street art?

  • I live across the street and noticed that it has been a tow fest for the NYPD the last couple days. It’s not even 9am yet and I’ve seen three cars towed. It happened all day yesterday too. Every time a car gets towed, a new car would pull into the space, only to be towed in a few. It’s almost like there’s a memo going around the parking/tow unit at the local NYPD…
    Some one should really put up some kind of notice that is clearly visible to these drivers, who probably have been parking in these spots for years.

  • I live across the street and noticed that it has been a tow fest for the NYPD the last couple days. It’s not even 9am yet and I’ve seen three cars towed. It happened all day yesterday too. Every time a car gets towed, a new car would pull into the space, only to be towed in a few. It’s almost like there’s a memo going around the parking/tow unit at the local NYPD…
    Some one should really put up some kind of notice that is clearly visible to these drivers, who probably have been parking in these spots for years.

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  • I parked at the bottom of York St on Friday night, not seeing any new signage. I was towed at 7am on Saturday morning. I’d been parking here for years and could not figure out where my car was when I came out for it on Sunday. I had to shell out $225 to get my car from the Navy Yard plus I have a $115 ticket. The signage is intentionally deceptive in my opinion. This is serious money and a serious matter.

  • I parked at the bottom of York St on Friday night, not seeing any new signage. I was towed at 7am on Saturday morning. I’d been parking here for years and could not figure out where my car was when I came out for it on Sunday. I had to shell out $225 to get my car from the Navy Yard plus I have a $115 ticket. The signage is intentionally deceptive in my opinion. This is serious money and a serious matter.

  • Anyone who was ticketed from the corner of Front and York recently: If you have not paid the ticket yet, you can write to the DOT, FOIL Unit at 55 Water Street NY NY for a letter which will state that the new sign was installed on 10/19/2011. A sympathetic Admin Law Judge may dismiss the ticket because of no prior warning given to the neighborhood associations that are working with the DOT on the bulb-out sidewalks being built there. For more info, write to the FFLA at fultonferry at gmail dot com.

  • Anyone who was ticketed from the corner of Front and York recently: If you have not paid the ticket yet, you can write to the DOT, FOIL Unit at 55 Water Street NY NY for a letter which will state that the new sign was installed on 10/19/2011. A sympathetic Admin Law Judge may dismiss the ticket because of no prior warning given to the neighborhood associations that are working with the DOT on the bulb-out sidewalks being built there. For more info, write to the FFLA at fultonferry at gmail dot com.