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Resident Parking Permits/ Meeting Wed 26th — Brooklynian

Resident Parking Permits/ Meeting Wed 26th

wtgirl
wtgirl
edited November -1 in Park Slope
Please join Council Member Bill de Blasio, Community Board 7, to share your ideas on

Residential Parking Permits in a community forum!
Date/Time: Wednesday March 26, 2008, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Place: Shepherds Hall at Holy Name Church
245 Prospect Park West
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Details: Residential Parking Permit Forum

What will the impact be on Windsor Terrace if the slope gets the RPP that a vocal minority has been fighting for?

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  • mtarley
    mtarley
    I'll be traveling and can't attend. If anybody goes, please post an update. Thanks.
  • jamzer
    jamzer

    Subject: Re: Resident Parking Permits/ Meeting Wed 26th

    What will the impact be on Windsor Terrace if the slope gets the RPP that a vocal minority has been fighting for?
    Uhm... let me give it a try.

    People who live in Windsor Terrace would have to park in Windsor Terrace?

    I don't get it. What is the tragedy here?
  • wtgirl
    wtgirl

    Subject: Re: Resident Parking Permits/ Meeting Wed 26th

    Jamzer wrote:

    Uhm... let me give it a try.

    People who live in Windsor Terrace would have to park in Windsor Terrace?

    I don't get it. What is the tragedy here?
    Uhm, let me try to explain.
    People in Park Slope who are registered out of state will be parking in Windsor Terrace, people who work at Methodist will be parking in Windsor Terrace, people who can't find parking on alternate side days because of more muni meters taking up side street parking will park in Windsor Terrace. People who park and ride in will park in Windsor Terrace now. We just want permits too if the Slope gets them so that we don't become your auxiliary parking lot and handle your overflow. RPP is a great idea.
  • pitu
    pitu
    In case anyone else is wondering what the borders of CB7 are...
    wikipedia wrote: Brooklyn Community Board 7 is a local governmental body in the New York City borough of Brooklyn that encompasses the neighborhoods of Sunset Park, Windsor Terrace and Greenwood Heights. It is delimited by Gowanus Bay on the west, 15th Street and Prospect Park South West on the north, Caton Avenue, Fort Hamilton Parkway, 37th Street and 8th Avenue on the east, as well as by the Long Island Rail Road and Bay Ridge R.R. Yards on the south.
  • jamzer
    jamzer

    Subject: Re: Resident Parking Permits/ Meeting Wed 26th

    WTGirl wrote: [quote=Jamzer]

    Uhm... let me give it a try.

    People who live in Windsor Terrace would have to park in Windsor Terrace?

    I don't get it. What is the tragedy here?
    Uhm, let me try to explain.
    People in Park Slope who are registered out of state will be parking in Windsor Terrace, people who work at Methodist will be parking in Windsor Terrace, people who can't find parking on alternate side days because of more muni meters taking up side street parking will park in Windsor Terrace. People who park and ride in will park in Windsor Terrace now. We just want permits too if the Slope gets them so that we don't become your auxiliary parking lot and handle your overflow. RPP is a great idea.

    That makes sense. I wonder what the hyped up neighborhood warfare tone of the notice is all about. Simply silly stuff. But you are right - Windsor Terrace should not be an overflow parking lot for people living or working in PS.
  • landlord
    landlord

    Subject: park slope parking permit for landlords

    What if your a park slope landlord and live outside of park slope? I can't park at WT everytime I have to visit a property in park slope!
  • daver
    daver
    image
    Let's Lynch the Landlord!

    Ahem.

    Apologies.

    I believe the permit parking is certain times only, so you may be lucky there. Also, you can use the new plethora of munimeters that are to come. You should go read the actual proposal to see how it will affect you, as I haven't. Since I live in Crown Heights. And don't have a car. :mrgreen:
  • jamzer
    jamzer
    daver wrote:
    ..... Since I live in Crown Heights. And don't have a car. :mrgreen:
    That certainly should not stop you from commenting on a thread about parking a car (or not) in Windsor Terrace and Park Slope. :lol:
  • raw
    raw
    You all should do what the guys who sell fruit near the Citibank on 7th Avenue do and leave bright orange cones in an empty place where you always want to park your vehicle.
  • wtgirl
    wtgirl
    Flexichick wrote: I'll be traveling and can't attend. If anybody goes, please post an update. Thanks.
    Wait, I thought you were travelling? You post when you travel?

    The meeting was filled with lots of old folks afraid of change and shrieking anti-taxation. Luckily as the evening went on, some younger folks spoke up with a little vision for the future. It is eye opening that democracy is decided by old cranky people who only thing of "what is this going to cost ME."

    But for now RPP is tied to the congestion pricing because of Bloomberg. If Congestion pricing doesn't pass in two weeks then RPP is dead in the water for now. If it does pass, then the first step is to fill out a DOB form asking for RPP and submit it to your community board. From there, it works its way up a chain of command. By the end of the evening, I was convinced RPP is a great thing for all of Brooklyn
  • clarkjones
    clarkjones
    Well, WT, not that I owe you an explanation for my change of plans, but.....I was supposed to be traveling, but ended up on a 4 hour cruise to nowhere and back home. Tried to get on Amtrak and they shut it down for hours due to power issues. Then my colleague who was coming in from CA had a plane with mechanical failure. After we finally decided to bail and I got home in a taxi (another big production as Penn Station was a zoo), the taxi door swings WAY out when I open it up, and it smashes into....wait for it....MY car and breaks the tail light.

    Let's just say that once I got back home I was not about to leave.

    And occasionally I will post when traveling. Depends on how boring the trip is :-)


    But...thanks for the update.
  • wtgirl
    wtgirl
    Sorry Flexi....just could have used a few people under 75 years old at that meeting. Seems Democracy is decided by curmudgeons because younger people don't participate. Hence status quo on everything!


    Here is a good summary of last night's meeting:
    http://www.gowanuslounge.blogspot.com/
  • bklynpetunia
    bklynpetunia
    Speaking of Bill de Blasio, when I called his office on Tuesday they told me he was opposed to congestion pricing - perhaps because he's only been hearing from the sort of cranky constituents that packed that meeting. I'm ashamed to say I couldn't go to that meeting either - but I did send a letter, which I think is almost as good. So for those of you who are in de Blasio's district, you can still do something. Please drop him a line - the more he hears from us the better, as the City Council vote is still a week or two away (March 31? April 7?). Since he represents hyper-eco-conscious Park Slope, I'm a little surprised that he doesn't support the CP plan.

    here's his mail/email address:

    Bill de Blasio
    2907 Fort Hamilton Pkwy
    Brooklyn, New York 11218

    [email protected]
  • eggcream
    eggcream
    At least the old people er curmudgeons showed up.

    "The Department refused to send its own representative."
  • testiculon
    testiculon
    Anything that stops my street(s) from being a parking lot for the park in the summer is OK by me....would it?
  • raw
    raw
    WTGirl wrote: Sorry Flexi....just could have used a few people under 75 years old at that meeting. Seems Democracy is decided by curmudgeons because younger people don't participate. Hence status quo on everything!


    Here is a good summary of last night's meeting:
    http://www.gowanuslounge.blogspot.com/
    You and your assumptions, WTGirl!

    Things for you to think about:

    Maybe the only people who have time to participate in these events are retired.

    Maybe when you are 75 or older you will not like being called a curmudgeon.

    Maybe Flexi is not under 75 years old.
  • wtgirl
    wtgirl
    raw wrote:
    You and your assumptions, WTGirl!

    Maybe the only people who have time to participate in these events are retired.

    Maybe when you are 75 or older you will not like being called a curmudgeon.
    .
    EVERYONE has time to participate in their community. I am a working mother and I can find the time.

    I know lots of cool old people who aren't curmudgeons and believe me, they weren't at that meeting! Even my 80 year old mother calls some of her peers "old fogeys" only thinking about themselves.
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