July 14th - Time to circle the block....again!

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2008/06/30/2008-06-30_park_slopes_parking_pass_to_end_early.html

Bad news for Park Slope.

Good news for a few other Brooklyn neighborhoods.

The Department of Transportation said Monday a two-month break for motorists in Park Slope will end July 14 when it resumes alternate side parking.

Department officials said it will have successfully posted 2,800 new parking signs on neighborhood streets. Alternate side parking will be reduced from three-hour intervals to 90 minutes and from twice-a-week cleanings to once a week.

It means Park Slope motorists who got comfy leaving their cars parked in one spot will have to move them at least once a week.

Reaction in Park Slope was quick.

"Damn it, it's going to get me," said musician Mike Eber, 26, worried about a ticket blitz. "Now I can leave a car for a week and go out of town. I'm the one everyone hates."

Meanwhile, DOT announced alternate side parking regulations will be temporarily suspended for six to eight weeks, beginning Monday, in parts of Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Gowanus in Community Board 6. The department plans to post 2,100 signs.

The changes do not affect 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. parking rules, meters or other parking rules that are not street cleaning regulations.