HIKIND SEEKS TO ADD HUNDREDS OF PARKING SPACES TO BORO PARK, MIDWOOD

NEWS FROM
ASSEMBLYMAN DOV HIKIND

May 21, 2013

Contact: Yehudah Meth                                                       For Immediate Release
718-853-9616 (office)

HIKIND SEEKS TO ADD HUNDREDS OF PARKING SPACES TO BORO PARK, MIDWOOD

CALLS ON DOT TO
REMOVE USELESS PARKING METERS

Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) is attempting to bring hundreds of additional parking spots to Boro Park and Midwood by having coin-operated parking meters, which are no longer in use, removed from community streets. The Assemblyman has called upon Joseph Palmieri, Brooklyn Borough Commissioner of NYC’s Department of Transportation, to remove the outdated meters as soon as possible.

“Last year the City of New York installed Muni Meters throughout our district,” Hikind explained. “One of the advantages of these new meters is they allow for more parking spaces as such spaces are no longer designated by proximity to individual, physical coin meters.

Unfortunately, the continued presence of these meters causes motorists in our district to continue parking as if designated spots still exist.”

Hikind’s staff  surveyed the neighborhood and estimated that the wasted space between parked cars would allow for an additional 40 parking spots on 13th Avenue in Boro Park alone. When taking into account the other main thoroughfares in the community—including 16th Avenue, 18th Avenue and New Utrecht—there are literally hundreds of new potential parking spots available in the community.

“The removal of physical parking meters, which now serve no purpose, would not only benefit our community by providing us with much-needed parking for residents, but it would also benefit the City as additional parking on streets with Muni Meters would translate into additional revenue,” Hikind explained.