Franklin Ave Eastern pkway

The $185 (actually it will be $185 plus the cost of whatever ticket you find on your windshield; but you don't have to pay that ticket while you're there) is bad but not nearly as bad as the large chunk of your life you're about to give up standing in line watching the most inefficient office in the history of inefficiency. While I was standing in line attempting to keep my head from exploding I noticed that, in order to obtain the proper forms, one of the workers had to walk the perimeter of the office no fewer than 3 times per person with a towed vehicle. He made no attempt to do this quickly (not that I would, if I had to walk 25 miles per day because it was impossible to keep the right paperwork at my desk). At one point, a female worker started using a typewriter. Yes, a typewriter. I was unaware these things existed outside of museums in 2007. If you're really lucky, once you actually reach the front of the line, you'll get to make a trip to your car to get your registration and then be allowed to cut the line when you come back. Unfortunately, nobody will explain this to the people in the line who are threatening you with violence because they think you're illegitimately cutting ahead of them. All told, I waited in that line for 90 minutes. When I got there, only 6 people were ahead of me. A visit to this place could turn Dennis Kucinich into a Libertarian.

One way to make your life suck less if you get towed again:
http://nycserv.nyc.gov/NYCServInquiry/NYCSERVMain
This way you can at least find your car without phoning into the bureaucratic hell.

If you left it overnight, it might be due to alternate side street parking?