Alternate
Side Parking Regulations To Be Suspended In Parts Of Riverdale, Spuyten
Duyvil, Marble Hill And Kingsbridge Starting Wednesday, Oct. 28 Fo Six
To Eight Weeks As DOT Posts New, Reduced Street-Cleaning Regulations
Suspension is the first of two phases for neighborhoods in Bronx
Community District 8 New regulations will take effect in parts of
Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights (south of Joralemon Street), Boerum
Hill, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill starting Nov. 9
Effective Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, Street Cleaning/Alternate Side
Parking (ASP) Regulations will be temporarily suspended in parts of the
Riverdale, Spuyten Duyvil, Marble Hill and Kingsbridge sections of
Bronx Community District 8 for approximately six to eight weeks as the
Department of Transportation (DOT) installs some 2,200 signs with new,
reduced regulations. This is the first of two phases of the project to
change approximately 3,600 ASP signs throughout the district reducing
residential street cleaning parking restrictions from twice a week to
just once a week to ease parking for local residents. In other cases,
only the time of day of the street-cleaning regulation will change. The
new rules were established by the Department of Sanitation at the
request of Community Board 8.
Meanwhile, in Brooklyn's Community District 2, the third and final
phase of a signreplacement that began earlier this year is now
complete, with signs in Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights (south of
Joralemon Street), Boerum Hill, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill having
been replaced since Sept. 8. The newly posted regulations will be
enforceable starting on Monday, Nov. 9, giving residents two weeks to
adjust to the new rules.
Street Cleaning Regulations (all parking signs marked with a broom
symbol) will be suspended within the following borders from Oct. 28
until further notice:
North: City Line (West 263rd Street included) from the Hudson River to Broadway.
East: Broadway (included) from City Line to the Harlem River.
South: Harlem River from Broadway to the Hudson River.
West: Hudson River from the Harlem River to City Line.
The new regulations will take effect once sign changes are complete
in the entire area. The changes do not affect 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. parking
rules or meter regulations, or any other parking rules that are not
street cleaning regulations. DOT will give advance notification before
enforcement resumes. The public is encouraged to check the DOT's Web
site at www.nyc.gov/dot and to call 311 regularly.
Regulations were similarly converted last year in Brooklyn's
Community District 6. During that transition, DOT conducted a study
which found that the suspension of Street Cleaning Regulations had
minimal impact on traffic and parking conditions in the area.
For more information, please contact 311 or visit the Department of Sanitation's Web site at www.nyc.gov/sanitation, or the Community Board 8 Web site at www.nyc.gov/bronxcb8.