ALTERNATE SIDE OF THE STREET PARKING SUSPENDED TOMORROW

Tomorrow--Sunday, December 5th--alternate side of the street parking regulations and parking meter and muni-meter rules are suspended. All other parking regulations will still be in effect. Alternate side parking regulations will be suspended on Wednesday, December 8th.

On major legal holidays, stopping, standing, and parking are permitted, except in areas where stopping, standing, and parking rules are in effect seven days a week (for example, “No Standing Anytime”). Parking meter rules are suspended on major legal holidays. The remaining major legal holidays this year are on Friday, December 24th, Saturday, December 25th, and Friday, December 31st.

Click here to see the alternate side parking calendar for 2011.

ALTERNATE SIDE OF THE STREET PARKING

Alternate side of the street parking in residential districts could get reduced to two days per week--one day per side--with the exception of streets that are either more than thirty feet wide or have parking meters, according to a bill introduced at a hearing on Tuesday sponsored by the City Council's Transportation Committee and the Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management.

The Mayor’s Office of Operations inspects streets for cleanliness and measures and reports on their cleanliness through a program called "Operation Scorecard." Any street that gets an average cleanliness acceptability rating of 90% for two years would be switched to the two-day-per-week cleaning schedule.

Another bill was introduced that would allow drivers to stay in their parked cars on the restricted side and move them when the street is about to be cleaned. They can then legally park on the restricted side after the street sweeper is finished.

Another hearing is planned for the bills.

To see when alternate side of the street parking is suspended for the rest of 2010, click here.

PARKING ON CHURCH AVENUE

Church Avenue--from Old Utrecht Avenue to Coney Island Avenue--is being milled and paved (the work started last night). A few blocks at a time are being worked on, and no parking is allowed between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on those blocks. The work will be completed on Friday, September 3rd.